"Not that way!" shouted Kit, for a cloud of dust rose about their heads.
"This way!" suggested Shirley and the boys stopped and paid attention to her, as they usually did. "Stand on those old chairs and sweep off the ceilings and walls and in that show window while the brooms are nice and clean; then you can do the floors."
"That tan shade of the walls isn't bad at all. I think we can make that do, don't you, Shirley?" asked Bet.
"Yes. We don't want to do any more than we have to," Shirley answered.
"I don't like those high walls," pouted Bet.
"We'll have them lowered," teased Bob.
"If I may be allowed to suggest, Miss Fixit," said Colonel Baxter, addressing Shirley with great ceremony, "I would say that a band of contrasting color could be painted around the walls just about at the height of your head. That will give the effect of a lower ceiling at once."
"Oh yes, Dad, the way you had it done in your den! And that room always looks so cozy."
"After a while when the shop begins to pay, you could buy burlap and run that around under your border. That would make a backing for displaying your pictures."
Everybody liked that idea.