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gf HERALD June I78 Tips For Updating Remodelling Older Home YOUR and come to the that youre better off stay in your old but afford able home How can you br ing it up to date and make more comfortable Research indicates lha the greatest need far re modeling older homes the kitchen and the bath room and in providing slot age space Experts point out that the kitchen is now no simply a work area but a social center as well Here are suggestions for bringing that presently drab kitchen into the Seventies A storage island with butcherblock top can pro vide needed shelves for pot and pans a handy work area for the cook or an island with a range can liberate the cook from a dark corner Is there a porch cent to your kitchen Why not enclose it for additional eating space Or you may want to eliminate a wall be your kitchen and breakfast nook to create one large family room New appliances such as ranges with separate wall ovens double ovens dishwashers waste dis posers and trash compac tors can be built into new counter units for great time- saving convenience A dark kitchen can be come bright and sunny with new windows or even a sky light or greenhouse window Extending a wall of the Kitchen can give your family the breakfast nook it needs or provide space for a laun- Outmoded bathrooms arc not only unstylish theyre inefficient Here are some ways to bring that bath room up to dale A tiny can gain added space from an adjoining spacious bed room Just a few feet can give a bathroom more breathing room and pro vide needed storage space without affecting the bed room space to any great de gree Extending bathroom wall by the added floor space thus avoiding having to add a foundation can give you well New fixtures such as whirlpool tubs saunas or cabinet lavatories can make any bathroom more You can give a bath room the semblance of spa crease us eye appeal by re placing one wall with glass and fencing off t i for than private little An overworked bath room calls fur added bath room facilities Scrutinize your hoi thai A IMfcW make It easy to of dirt and the can be converted into an ex tra powder room or shower stall A hallway a closet or even the space under a stair way offer possibilities You may be able to make better use of existing balhroom space com partmentalizing partition ing off can allow more than one person to use the facilities and still have privacy for instance If space allows a doublevanity will speed up that morning bottleneck in the bathroom Adding a small powder room off the basement rec reation room can help keep other bathrooms neat par ticularly if there are young in the family Many older bathrooms have only one small window A skylight can create the sunny open effect you want is ideal for decorating with If the den has a closet thats just used lor collect odds and ends consider installing a lavatory in that space it will take pressure off your bathrooms during the morning rush will be handy for Nothing is so inconveni lack of and providing 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counter or table top in a jazzy or Si en soft and subtle color whole room and a So to the cabinet shop fistful right Wrong Juit go pick out a plastic laminate thats really and install the new surface yourself for practically peanuts Surfaces to which a laminate will be banded should be clean dry and free of oil paint var nishes other finishes or old cement if nating Fill any may require sand smooth Cut laminate with a overlap around all edges so you will have some play and wont have to worry about absolutely per fect alignment You can die down the edges later Spread a through coat of contact ce ment on the underside of the laminate and on the table or counter lop in long even stroke Same sur faces like particle board soft woods and plywood creamy while cement turns crystal clear and glossy faces arc for joining Carefully align the with the old surface he fore joining because once they touch they bond Help ful hint place thin dowels or a sheet of paper be tween Wo re id fur bonding surfaces while you align them then carcMli pull them out as you firmly press the laminate in place You can use a J- roller to roll down the entire surface starling in the middle and working to the edges bonding trim down the overlapping edges start with a plane or rasp like woodworking tool and Tin with a finetooth file using smooth down ward motions Then smooth the filed edges with a Tine sandpaper If youre finishing off the edges of the counter or table top with bands of lami do it before the sur face laminate is applied Cut the banding strip to allow for W overlap at all edges If the strip has been cut per fectly bond it flush with the top surface if not position it with execu on each side nd dress down both sides with a fine Tile