. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. r. 220 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN Occasionally a man may wish to view himself full lengthin his proud clothes—but a lady always—so a full lengthmirror must be a part of the furnishing, materially adding in itsusefulness to the attractiveness of the room. In Fig. 224, themirror shown, 20 x 52 in., is set in a frame of i)4 x 2 in.,and swung within a stand consisting of i^ in. square postsmortised into bases 1^4 in. thick, and 21 in. long, and cutwithin a width of 4>^ in. according to this or similar pattern,the two parts b
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. r. 220 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN Occasionally a man may wish to view himself full lengthin his proud clothes—but a lady always—so a full lengthmirror must be a part of the furnishing, materially adding in itsusefulness to the attractiveness of the room. In Fig. 224, themirror shown, 20 x 52 in., is set in a frame of i)4 x 2 in.,and swung within a stand consisting of i^ in. square postsmortised into bases 1^4 in. thick, and 21 in. long, and cutwithin a width of 4>^ in. according to this or similar pattern,the two parts being securely mortised and tenoned. Thehanging pins may be turned in some hard wood, or be ofmetal, so placed, by experiment, between temporary posts toswing to stay either tipped forward or thrown back as wanted. The shoe and slipper chest might be dispensed with if no fur-ther use was made of it, but as the one shown in Fig. 225 is in-tended outwardly as a window seat it forms a finish to the roomand a place to put on shoes, or keep in proper bounds shoes and. Fig. 225.—Window Seat Shoe Chest. slippers when not in use. This chest is built of i in. material,the top and front side swinging forward to the floor on hinges asone piece when the chest is open, as shown. A corner bracketholds the top and front at each end. It will be noticed that the top of the chest is of panel con-struction, over which a light padding of cotton and hair may beplaced in an even manner, this in turn to be covered by a pieceof colored sheepskin cut somewhat larger than the exposed pan-el size, this to be neatly tacked down just within the outerframing by brass headed nails. BEDROOM FURNITURE AND CONVENIENCES 221 Refinement in outline should be the first suggestion of thedresser. We think of it more as the ladies work table, in factthere is little room left for the dear man to share it in. PossiblySundays he takes a flash light of himself in the mirror to see thathis outer rigging is extra satisf
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