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22 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, September 17, 1960 RELAXED ATMOSPHERE TU | : : | i ! i i § E : : i : ; | Wi ¥ i : F i" i Outdoor Accessories Add To Home's Value and importance of the i projects one ati over a period of years, ean then ys coset door with plywood frame and shelves, and presto , . , you have that mach more room, pA | id 3 FS iH i 5 RT 3 8% i i if if 4 ESw 8 : i i i i PERE § § §. §3il If if I | i LELRLYS SF it i | | a | : : : i ; 3 i : ® i | h £ tl i 4 he. He i i, * 2 oi 1 k is : : % g i g 3 § § 3 § 2 § 8 8 & g J : g i § his tape measures up backyard fence of basketweay for a be given sll kinds of beautiful, e natural finishes, Out 4 Goons 21 design, Not after responds to the play ! Hp al er| oe shadow and hes as many and perhaps changing moods as the weather, | swing, climbing bars and louve.| Wood is never a dull compan. ed sunroof, As the family grows|lon because it has a life and per-| up a backof-the-house sundeck sonality of its own; and, | or patio pays handsome divi- grain patterns are as unique as dends in outdoor relaxation, |fingerprints, no two pieces of Each of these accessories adds| wood are ever exactly alike, to the family's safety, pleasure or, Wood, is also the most work-| comfort, Taken together they can able of materials, The do-it-him-| add much more than the sum of selfer enjoys the warm) op i HS i jul =] § g ; 3 i A ti | it : § sxe | Cabinet work and e and last impressions the visitor mally need the touch of an ex receives of a house. It is rarely pert to insuré high - quality hit upon by accident, It takes results, imagination, - planning Break down the wo knowledge of materials, But most by listing the types of workmen of all it takes interesi--interegt needed in addition to yourself-- which only a householder can electricians, plumbers, carpen- have jn the appearance and val- ters, ete, ue of his property, | Then get estimates of cost from A little extga time and thought | 811 of the suppliers, gontractors st the planning stage brings out| OF sub-contractors required, the best in a house and pays Mf You are plan lasting dividends in relaxed, out.|the work, yourself, all you have door family living, {to do is take your plans to deal their costs to the value of a prop- erty; but poorly-chosen accessor- fes can spoil the appearance of any home, And, just as clothing accessories are a guide to the wearer's personality, so outdoor / HOUSE INTO A H NS A OME R Dull Appearance Can Be Changed Tired of the plain, dull, ordi-|the strip to extend around the nary, run-of-the-mill appearance corner, The second part of the of your home? Want to make a strip overlaps the first strip on change of scene, of mood, and each wall, still keep your budget balanced?| Using strips from alternate Then follow the lead of daring rolls is a saving in paper, "dodt-yourself" homemakers and| Try it yourself to realize how use wallpaper, Have you heard easy ready - pasted, washable, that it now comes ready-pasted? wet . strength wallpaper Is to Just dip in water and apply, {apply -- and see what a wonder- A roll of wallpaper covers 30 ful difference it makes when you square feet of wall surface, Be use color, texture and design as sure to buy plenty | also pick up one of the handy| If you choose a design without | cardboard water troughs, Even if| paste already on the back, mix a it is the bathroom you are doing, (pail of ready - prepared paste, a trough is as necessary as roll-|{Use a wide brush to spread an| fog pin to a pastry cook. Aleven coating on the entire strip-- sponge, an old pair of scissors, the kitchen table is a good place| rdstick, pencil, and plumbito work, If you get paste on the| e (anything heavy on the end|front surface, don't panie -- go of a string), complete the tools (over each sheet as it is hung, be- PLUMB LINE fore the paste has a chance to Start in the least obvious cor-/dry on, with a wet sponge, Re-| ner -- usually the one behind you member, the finished job is only | a enter a room, Near the|as good as the pasting, so don't| ceiling, measure 19% inches from miss any areas, the corner, Suspend the plumb a a Age Heavy Texture Carpet Styles with a pencil, Join these marks with a yardstick, This becomes Heavy textures are spotlighted in the mew carpet stylings for| the guiding line against which the first strip Is hung, Take the roll to the celling to measure, Allow 2 or 8 inches for trimming, unwind the roll, letting it re-roll fall , , , featuring extra-thick fo one hand as it unrolls in the|pile, long loops, bulky yarns, and other, At the baseboard allow ghaggytype cut pile textures, enough paper to extend into the| The soft, rugged, hand-crafted water trough, Crease and tear jook, however, will find itself con off, or cut with scissors, Reroll/trasted with other new stylings featuring a "flat" surface creat. ed by tightly Jovped alts Jing the appearance e time-honor- ed needlepoint, from the bottom of the strip, keeping the pattern on the inside. the Though texture stars, color Is still a top performer in many of half full of clean water against base- board, Immerse the measured strip completely in the water, Don't worry «-- the Appear| the new lines , . , with more hues, to be delicate, but they won't/shades and tones offered than at wash off, Thread the end of any time in the carpet industry's the strip under the and styling history, draw up slowly about 2 inches High-fashion colors continue to past the celling, Lay the edge of grow in exciting assortments, the strip against the plumb line, (New additions are plums, apri- sliding Into place or lifting the cots and yellow-greens, Iridescent entire sheet when necessary 80|colorings, seen in many lines, are that it lies true, all the way to/being created by a variety of in. ge baseboard, Bubbles will dry|g | new techniques, One at, manufacturer has resorted to Now make a crease at the cell: glectronic automation to blend ing and baseboard by drawing various color fibers in just the the point of the scissors across right balance to achieve the irl lightly but firmly. Pull out from descent look, the wall a foot or so and out also take on a new look along the creased line on the with multi-color combinations giv. back of the strip, Firm the en-|ing way to two-tone effects, using tire strip into place with a wet/iwo shades of one color rather sponge working down the centre/than contrasting hues, However, then out to the edges, Ignore combinations of blue and green, minor bubbles; they will dry outired and orange and beige and tight, as the paper dries, white can be found in almost MATCHING PATTERN every tweed line, Match the pattern of the sec. Pattern is also cast with a ond strip to the first one by hold-| principal role, Broadloom carpet. ing the roll against the first strip ing and artistically designed area - measure, reroll and dip into/rugs can best be described as the trough as with the first strip.|"floor paintings". The patterns, The edges are butted closely to- however, are combined with the gether, never overlapped, Con-new textural effects, resulting in tinue around the room, Cut the indefinite designs approaching the strip at each corner, allowing soft brush strokes of impressionis- about an inch of the first part ofitic painting, of paper and|a change from plain color, | accessories speak volumes about a house and its occupants, PLANNING IDEAS Here are 8 few suggestions to help you in planning outdoor ac- cessories for your home, Make a|Under way in the burgeoning ac- rough sketch of your lot and mark| !1Vity in the field of ome im- in ink the position of your house proven, 2 Year's jot X- and of any existing outbuildings|Penditure for home improve. or accessories, noting briefly ments promises to substantially What materials show on each| exceed even that of los: year, face, Next, in pencil, plot in when activity in this fiel ax roughly all the accessories you sousied for a whacking percents would like to add over, say, the| p86 h 8 Dyer a A ns next five or 10 years, Garage OF) aadey Bd A carport, fence, children's play = gome improvement can range corner and patio or sundeck arel ui ge way from a new coat of the first to come to mind; others| ont in the kitchen or weather: He ieiand manvools" And this I tne|*iTIODIDg for the windows and '| doors ne ) . place lo allow for that exte|reation room finished off in attic dd, oy a go ol basement of SYou 4. Vad ew ' 4 e house, the family would have enjoyed so wag added its size or scope, much during that hot spell last| every home improvement project summer, |has as its aim and purpose one Now, with your general plan In| or more of the following results: mind, get to know what materials| (1) better appearance, indoors or Ed Br ete e w em, Pp e comfort, re; spent with your retail Jumber| my of operation or maintenance dealer will give you an Idea of| (5) more space, (6) increased thelr appearance and relative livability, cost, He can help, too, with fi-| An important ation to varies its posture between its early cabriole stance with curved "knee" to the later straight. legged design, Back legs of Chip- rendale chairs are almost invar- ably straight, with the feet fea- turing a scroll, claw and ball or leat design, Sheraton, an early modernist who Invested twin beds and roll- top desks preferred slender, ta- pered legs, delicate in appear- ance, and often reeded, Leg Style Has Triple Function | Take a look at the legs -- it's a short cut to recognizing furnl-| provincial / furniture is the [ture styles, happy result of simple' wood- Every type of leg styling Plays working imitations of gilt-and- | triple role in the function of fur-| glory furnishings, and can be {niture. They must be engineered found in the "country" flavored {to hold weight and remain evenly (ype which includes Early Amer- | balanced, |iean or in the formal style with Their size, shape and eolor richer upholstery and decoration, must harmonize with the style Bun feet are characteristic with of the furniture and continue the curved or straight stretchers be- overall effect of the wood, tween the legs, The swelling "knee", often| Duncan Phyfe, an American embellished with a scalloped) provincial style, is easily identi- shell design identifies Queen Anne|fied by the famous lyre design, furniture as quickly as the softly brass-tipped feet, carved pedestal curving chair lines, | table bases, and the x-crossed leg In contrast to this comparative-| which has been adapted to con- ly unadorned type of leg, Louis| temporary design. XV reproductions feature ornate] Modern or contemporary furni- "leg art', During this period,|ture styles feature graceful, furniture became smaller, more|straight-lined legs, sometimes ta- feminine and bore every type of pering to slender, unadorned One of the brightest spots i Canada's economy in 1 More Attention To Improvements | ers handling the materials and PLUMBING SERVICE equipment involved to get a list of their prices, , by an amount substantially in excess of the cost of the Im- provement, which thus becomse an unusually soupd and profit able investment, | START WITH SURVEY Best approach to the whole sub- ect of home improvement is a thorough roof - to - basement, inside - and - out survey of the house, in which the whole fam- ily should participate, with each member freely expressing his or her opinion as to what is needed first and most, Put everything suggested down! on paper, whether you can af-| ford to do it mow or not. This enables you to plan all your pro- posed remodelling or moderniza- tion at one time, which can re- sult in many Important econo mies in achieving the desired over-all results, You can, for in- stance, lay electric wires and water pipes for facilities you'll want later -- under a cement patio, for example or under a porch while it is being installed. Having established an order or 12 BLOOR ST, EAST DONEVAN FLEISCHMANN RA 5-5632 "priorities" based on the urgency elaborate ornamentation includ. feet, nancing arrangements, Next visu- have in mind when setting up a alize how your home will look|program of home improvement ing carving, enamel, gilt and] Contemporary design legs often painted panels, do double-duty as levers that The succeding Louls XVI|raise or lower table tops to per 'straightened' the look and turn: mit more comfortable seating. ed to elegant legs reminiscent of| Yes, legs always out their miniature Greek columns with|' 'best foot forward" to balance, fluted effects, complement and of course, iden- The famous Chippendale legitify furniture, after your complete plan has|{s how it will affect the re-sale been carried through, Check for|value of Jon home if you should compatibility between the house|ever wish to sell or "trade", It and its accessories; first in pro-|is a matter of record that a well portion, or relative size; next in|conceived and executed improve form or shape, and finally in/ment project will often increase materials, Lack of planning/the re-sale value of a property bea hot water waiter eo W FOR THAT PLUMBING PROBLEM | WHEN YOU NEED EXTRA FAST SERVICE FOR THOROUGH REPAIRS THAT COST LESS... 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