432 HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA. 



Strong packing-boxes also can be transformed into very 

 desirable chairs, by sawing them into the proper shape and 

 then proceeding as "with the barrels. If the bottom of the 

 box as it stands in position for the chair is left intact, and 

 the seat made of solid board and hinged, a first-class shoe 

 or hat-box results. The cushion should be tacked to the 

 lid so as not to be displaced. 



' ' Eockers ? " Why, yes, of course you can have rockers. 

 They can be sawed out from a thick board, and made as 

 good as a "bought rocker." 



A divan, as pretty as it is comfortable, may be easily 

 made if you have a spare mattress, and if you have not 

 it will pay to make one, only, in this case, it might be as 

 well to make it in tAvo sections, the one for the back, the 

 other for the seat. 



But supposing that you have the spare mattress on hand, 

 this is the way to make the divan : place the mattress so 

 that one third of it rests against the wall, then fold the 

 other part over toward it, and fasten the folded parts in 

 proper positions, the back and seat at right angles. If you 

 can place it on a box or platform about a foot high, so 

 much the better, but it will do very well without. With 

 a pretty cover of some cheap material and one or two 

 square pillows to match, you will find that you have one 

 of the most cosy resting-places imaginable. 



A HOME-MADE REFRIGERATOR. 



Obtain tw^o common dry-goods boxes, of such sizes that 

 the smaller one will be large enough to hold the ice and 

 food you wish to keep within it, and the other will be 

 about four inches larger around. The smaller one must 

 be lined with zinc, or it will absorb moisture from the ice 

 and soon make trouble. Near one corner of the bottom 

 of the smaller box bore a hole an inch in diameter, and, 



