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SITTING PRETTY: A sitting room/bedroom with feminine appeal
features a carpeted platform that elevates the opulently-pillowed bed/
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ender and green. The rich, plush carpet unifies the room.

WORKING WOMEN

Convenience is critical

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likely to pull out a lightweight,
cordless iron, throw a towel on the
tabletop, iron one item, and be
done. In this way ironing’s no
longer a demanding task.’’

Tight schedules, which often in-
clude travel, are affecting the
design of women’s personal care
products, which are — again —
portable, smal! and convenient.

Hair dryers, curling irons and
electric shavers, for example, have
all been modified to require less
time and space to pack, store and
operate — so a woman can get out
of the house fast or take her pro-
ducts on the road.

The phenomenal popularity of
microwave ovens and related
housewares products goes hand-
in-hand with the emerging role of
women in the work force.

A recent study of 2,000 house-

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Make carpet the basis
for innovative decorating

IT HAS been said that decorating
a home is like falling in love —
exhilarating, exciting and, at the
same time, @ little scary.

If this is true, then decorating
with carpet must be like having
your love returned in kind. For,
like having a dream materialize, it
can change the look, feel and
nature of a room more completely
than almost any other single item
of decor.

Using carpet in creative, in-
novative decorating plans can
completely transform a room
without a major change of fur-
nishings. It forms a backdrop for
the rest of your decor, creating a
stage on which to play out all of
your decorating fantasies.

Cast in literally thousands of
colors and a range of exciting tex-
tures, today’s carpet is a fashion
spectacular. Country, traditional,
modern, eclectic — whatever the

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scheme of your dreams, there's a
carpet to express them, thanks to
the development of new genera-
tions of wool and nylon fibres,
advances in dyeing and the
development of new methods of
manufacturing.

For all the functional qualities
that the new advances in carpet
technology offer, style is what
makes it exciting to decorate with.
Style is a look and a way of life —
your way of life — that is the most
important factor in decorating.

Your decorating plan must ac-
commodate your family. Are there
children or pets? Do you like to
entertain? If so, you have to pick a
carpet that’s as durable as it is

rugged, so you'll want to be sure
you carefully consider nylon
carpets, since nylon is naturally
one of the strongest and most
popular carpet fibres.

You must also consider the
house itself. Are your rooms large
or small? How do you use them?

Small rooms tend to look larger
when they are carpeted in a light
color. On the other hand, large
rooms tend to seem cosier with
dark carpet.

The most important question is,
what do yuu like? What styles and
colors look best to you? You and
your home should show each other
off.

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