TO 
House & Garden 
LINEN CLOSETS 
Planned, for Both Upstairs 
and Down 
VERNA COOK SALOMONSKY 
T O closet the household linens of the 
moderately sized home one main 
closet is essential. By using this as 
a base of supplies with dependent closets 
in each bathroom to take care of the daily 
demand for towels, and a series of drawers 
or enclosed shelving convenient to or in the 
dining room to supply the table linen, many 
useless steps will be avoided and the linen 
kept in a much better and less crowded 
condition. A well-ordered linen closet with 
its geometric rows of white linens instantly 
bespeaks good housewifery. 
A satisfactory type for the principal 
linen closet, which, in general, is most con¬ 
veniently located in the second story hall 
and within easy reach of the various bed¬ 
rooms, is wide but shallow. The depth need 
not exceed 30", divided into upper and 
lower compartments, each provided with a 
pair of tightly fitting doors. A sliding 
countershelf is located at a convenient 
height to form, when extended, a working 
shelf on which the linens may be sorted. 
The upper compartment is equipped with 
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A closet jor table linen can be built in the 
lower part of a recessed china niche in the 
dining room. The shelves are constructed 
to slide forward, thus facilitating the 
handling of the linen 
In many bathrooms there is a space at the 
end of the tub in which can be built a 
narrow, but adequate, closet for towels. 
The lower shelves contain soap and extra 
bathroom supplies 
The main linen closet is usually placed on 
the second floor, accessible to the bedrooms. 
In this design sliding shelves are provided. 
The bottom compartments house blankets 
and a soiled clothes hamper 
