Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 28, 1978, Real Estate, p. 7

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Design Today Pols Plants and Places Now that Clyde the Cactus has outgrown the window sill what are you go to do with him That really perfect spot is already occupied by Roger the Rubber Tree and that dark dreary corner begging for com Generally speaking plants appear more Interesting in groupings if they vary in type and s The extravagant leaves Quick Changes for Tired Rooms Your living room represents three years of blood sweat and near bankruptcy and the results are as exciting as a bowl of week old Chances are you and yourhomeare suffering the between season blahs prime time for a multitude of mini changes Small scale low in cost and short on time each is designed to freshen change and brighten both your home and your spirits Rearrange the living room furniture and live with It for two weeks Despite comments made by your husband Most rooms have at least three poten tial arrangements Pick a furni arrangement similar to your living room from a line and make your moves accordingly Rttnovt a piece of furniture from a room Most rooms are over furnished often with pieces that are hardly earning their keep an uncomfortable chair no one uses a bookcase for a few tired knick knacks end tables magazine racks That bare spot will disappear in time Resist the urge to fill it with something else Create a piece of art for a bed headboard room divider or foyer Stretch one of the of one compliment the stark of another and this pro greater flexibility in f for a really gigantic piece ranging and rotating them It is use for powered by textures colors Work with colors stronger than you desire color seldom appears as strong when a room is completely finished Invest in a yard of fabric a quart of paint or a roll of wallpaper It s a small price to pay to check the results before committing your self Live with it a week and test your reactions to it Artificial and natural light can cause huge differences in color Remember that wood brick stone all belong to color families Teak for Instanceisorange sols rosewood mahogany is red walnut can be beige brown or gray Keep this in mind when selecting fireplace faangs blend furniture pieces and choos panelling and sidings Keep floor colors throughout the house the same blending bathroom and kitchen floors to Reduce or increase your living room lighting A change in your lighting level produces an automatic change in your room new shapes and shadows can create whole new Start an Indoor garden in a broom closet A fluorescent tube and same glass shelves on metal brackets will prove a delight each time you reach for the Great for a starter garden of seeds bulbs or herbs That Wonderful World of Color if you got that once In a lifetime chance to start afresh with color whether It a room or a house take heed of some facts before you order six gallons of bile green and turn the same color at the results There is no fashion in color contrary to what the magazines want you to believe Use colon only that please you that you work with the carpet Don let respond to naturally and that children choose their carpet or also to introdut small specimens or cuttings wh otherwise would appear lost by themselves Cons der unusual places such as hallways foyers a stairwell land tables the ends of sofas an entire mantle a seldom used dining table a china cab net glass shelves n a kitchen win a den desk or a patio floor bath re you are already using in your wardrobe the color of your car a picture you like The most common mistake frequently found in homes is simply too many colors all weak and related The more color you use the more fractured the result Try using only three and for variety adjust them making some lighter some darker some stronger The effect be more coordinated and im Avoid subtlety unless you re an expert Very soft tints and tones are simply lost by 1 and shadow and are over vinyl colors Childrens rooms arc already set apart by the size and type of furniture and gener al mood Continuity is one of the most important factors in making colors work Keep pattern and color to a minimum over la rge areas walls floors etc and Id up as areas become smaller and more im bathroom walls do all four of them d chairs cushions etc Color II do more for you than dollars it to use and fun to live with Try it youll like it June May Bring More Lawn Weeds June may bring a new crop of weeds In the lown accord ing to horticultural experts in the and garden section at Canadian Industries Limited These weeds should be eliminated as quickly as possible because the more established they become the more difficult it Is to get rid of them Lawns ore also under additional stress during the hot summer months and any food used up by the weeds adds to the problems the grass Is having The weed seeds may come from other properties from birds or from late Ing seeds which have become buried fn the lawn soil At the first two or three weed leaves emerge apply Lawn Weed Doctor Apply at lb ft in clear warm weather and do not water in Do not cut or water tie lawn for three days Many lawns tend to brown out and go dormant in dry hot midsummer weather You can avoid this by giving the lawn its second feeding now This will keep the grass plants growing and healthy during the hot weather Lawn Weed Doctor provides this im portant feeding addition to the weeds If you do not have late emerging weeds feed your lawn with and count your blessings JEJUPACE Since Bedrooms with separate living and dining rooms large kitchen approximately ft 60 ft walkout from kitchen and family rooms to a beautiful K lot Largo bedrooms atone fireplace are a few of many features 986900 MILTON TORONTO LINE Mem Si Lawrence Teny Sanderson 1 Open to Moo toFrt RANCH UNO ALOW room fireplace out large bad ptut fourth bad room or don Separata room eat In kitchen double garage Many aim In eluding 4 hone bam fenced riding ares Listed BEAUTY ANDTHEBEBT Seml multilevel home contain many swi Midi si 2 bath main floor much mora HEY LOOK ME OVER Thro bedroom lownhome attached garage stove and fridge nee park Only Ml 900 MODERN IDEAL HOME CHARMING HOME detached with single car garage ideal mam home only BOO BEDROOM COUNTflY featuring large separata room femHyroom large kitchen Located on Truly a at BOO Sotry photo not but our agent are JOHNSON CARNEY te REALTOR FOR INFORMATION CALL Ed Allan 6777321 Bishop 8266401 Terry flonlftoe Maureen Browning 8773616 Dorothy Lamb Pat Tucker Joan Know 7820828

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