Gifts for Every Home Featured This Christmas in Amarillo
A Christmas shoppers guide highlights home gift ideas from Amarillo merchants. The Amarillo Hardware Company offers glassware, silverware, lamps, and Sunbeam Mixmaster. Russell Stationery sells books and writing sets. C M Williams showcases Electrolux appliances and furniture. Amarillo Gas promotes gas ranges and heaters. Amarillo Greenhouse features wreaths. Tolzien Music lists Orgatron pianos. Southwestern Public Service and Mathes urge home lighting and radios. Morrow Thomas suggests toys for children.
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Amarillo Hardware Company
Sunbeam
Beaumet
Russell Stationary Company
Russell's
Sheaffer
Parker
Wahl
Crane
Co. M. Williams and Company
Amarillo Gas Company
Amarillo Greenhouse
Tolzien Music Company
Tolzien’s
Amarillo
Southwestern Public Service Company
Mathes Company
Philco
Norge
Morrow Thomas
Let Hubby Do Kitchen Plan
Old joke aside the Globe-News urges modern kitchen planning with labor saving appliances and flexible layouts. It highlights practical tables, ranges, refrigerators, adjustable work heights, color schemes, and easy to clean features to boost efficiency and comfort for the housewife.
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Globe-News
Let There Be Light Aplenty
A home feature note describes a well furnished living room needing several lamps beside chairs and sofas with table bridge and end lamps. It mentions cabinets and wall storage, plus washers and ironers as essential basement items, highlighting new bowl shaped tubs steel chassis and roll top safety wringer.
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Kent
Ten Essentials For A Good Sleep Environment
A historical list outlines ten bed and mattress principles including an even support system with independent springing, edge stability, silent operation, proper sheet fit, and a temperate, draft-free room to ensure restful sleep.
Mix Curves With Angles In Your Decoration
The text advises balancing curves and angles in room decor. It notes an angular table or chair will stand out among curved pieces. Using line and a recurring curve can create unity without exact repetition, as similar forms harmonize while remaining distinct.
Mirrors Usefulness as Home Decoration Highlighted
The article notes women have long valued mirrors for decoration and practical use in adjusting hats and powdering noses. A new framed mirror process eliminates unsightly screws and prevents tarnishing or plate detachment, enabling decorated mirrors in wood and metal frames without visible fasteners.
Modern Home Furnishings From 1928 to 1938 Styles
A look back at 1928 furniture contrasts with 1938 homes noting zigzag and zebra finishes give way to smooth lines and practical Swedish Modern pieces. Women as home decorators influence choices, balancing function, comfort, and hospitality with refined color palettes and enduring design.
Don’t Be Afraid of Gay Tints Says Tone Expert
A housewife’s guide to interior color schemes for fall and winter stresses using rusts browns tans greens reds and blues with yellows and light beiges as accents. It advises centering decor on a dominant item like a rug sofa or chair and using draperies upholstery and floor coverings as color bearers while noting red green blue and yellow color dynamics and the role of decorative screens.
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Tone
Housewife
Mother Nature
America
Future satisfaction in home furnishings gains promised
The article predicts long term improvements in comfort and enjoyment of home furnishings, noting that changes will occur over time from the present moment. It emphasizes ongoing evolution rather than a fixed state.
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Il Philco
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Neem
Inar
Philcos
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POLK
Yaupon
Spruce
Marillo Ceanhouse
PAU Butukea Floris
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