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The Acton Free Press Wed Doc 1976 SITE SMITH perches on the oak stair bannister above the carved newel post SMITH waters the forest of plants in the conservatory assisted by daughter Sue Recycled material shines in Smiths Rockwood home PAT SMITH reclines behind his antique oak desk in the family residence at he remarks A professional emphatic about his dislike of designer can be paid and cliche design and is pleased given carte blanche or you with the spontaneity and can start at one end and warmth achieved so far in Ihe continue till you reach the house other end When it feels good It home he concludes example of expert mentation with recycled ate rial the house is clearly former innovative As a friendly trustee soys he never knows comfortable home he s going to do until sing the extraordinary talent he done it If he doesn I like of its designer the Smith it hL changes it He very home is totally unique THE BEAUTIFUL fireplace of the Smith home features an original batik of Canada geese over the mantle North West by Jennifer Bon- Using recycled materials without being an environ mental freak is Pat Smith s way of describing the concept behind the attractive renova of his home Situated on the corner of Main and Harris Streets in the south end of village the Smith house is now a charming example of artistic warmth always that way La Heme Smith a minute dynamic real estate sales person shudders when she remembers the horrors of the house bought in 1973 The seventy yearold house was in desperate need of love she says Somebody must have got a deal on green paint remarks referring to the hospital green color of all the plaster walls thrice The first thing they did was paint everything white and sand the floors previously covered by linoleum Bcauti ful oak boards came to life and said thank you The living room fireplace has been redone three times The original was torn out and a white stucco Job created but it looked like an iced birth day cakt laughs So it was replaced with a gracious pine covered fire place featuring two heavy beams as a mantle Unfortunately an accident last year caused Ihe mantle to catch fire and ruin the whole thing This time a sional job was done by Dun bar Brothers of Rockwood The resulting fireplace feat urcs a hearth made from brick once used as ballast of an old ship from Scotland weathered red brick facing and once again a huge beam mantle The living room finished first Tor Christmas is a testimonial to artist writer Pat Smiths and sense of design A warm melange of antiques hlend with modern pieces for com fort An old carved rockers sits across from denim multi use on ng is a lounge Effective highlights the Hereford hide rug Pieces of barn beam pro vide stands for plants sol d oak table picked up at the lea Market doubles as a work desk for Pal does most of the hunting but Pal lakes care of the finishing touches I like what he does He has sense of design Pit can do anything Oodles of ink The reason for the purchase of the house the finegrained oak conspicuous in every room comes into its own in the large central hall The stripped staircase culminates in an ornate newel Site D limited to 100 acres The kitchen is a lesson in the art of recycling Oiled pi inks from a chicken house roof march di along two walls Kitchen cupboards ire fashioned from sanded one inch burn with porcelain pull knobs The hay mow flwr of another barn provided the heavy wood which when sanded cleaned sterilised made a unique counter top More barn floor was used for chair nil all in und kitchen family room I arn board forms the us two feel squire def the kitchen jnd were hauled in place at ceiling he with the help pulleys nil neighbor Ijrenters The famous lis presented the Smiths with a wall corvine dec ratine the outside porch Sections wall re veiled when old plaster was rem provide warm foil for cork covered walls in the area In in effort to provide extra 1 Pit designed and built a coaservalory replac part of one wall Pebbled floor accents mass of enthusiastic plants winding way into the cheerful kitchen A smull den another addition completes the garden annex is delighted with the realization of her kitchen design She can see the bird feeder and her plants as she washes d The upstairs is not yet as complete as the downstairs but sleeping becomes an adventure when you can choose between the brass bed in the master bedroom daughter Shawn waterbed or daughter Penny Sue wonderful playhouse bunk another of Pat creations Start atone end The outside of the house is now finished in roughhewn local batten board but once was stuccoed plaster La Kerne remembers the plaster coming down behind sledgehammer blows in a welter dust dirt and several nice mice The front porch was turned and brought out to theedgc of the new den A beautiful black cherry storm door with iron latch saved from the torn down back shed graces the entrance Pat Smith feels people on limited budgets should look to older homes to provide renovation materials His own remodelling was greatly assisted by the use of local material and taking the time to explore the many sources of used lumber he says There are two ways of remodelling an older home S ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Guelph Multi Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Lamps Door Ch Swig Limps Van ty Heat Baseboard and Portable Ceninl Vacuum Cleaning Systems Fixture Paris etc on Fans etc FREE PARKING Thurs TII9pm Sai THE CRUCIFIXION a painting done by writerartist Pat Smith hangs on the wall of his home Choose it ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS Any proposed landfill operation at Site D would be limited to about acres according to a report pre pared by Dillon Con suiting Engineers The report was released last week The region wants a acre site for the major regional dump Site includes about acres of land in the southeast quadrant of Highway and lower Line in the north west corner of The report claims that 150 acres of the site are not suit able for landfilling because of the presence of petroleum pipelines and hydro trans mission towers On the positive side there- port indicates that surface drainage will not create a major problem The site is however located over a ground water recharge zone No details Details of accidents in the district this past week were not available for the press Tuesday due to holidays and only the western portion of the site could be used for landfill and still protect the aquifer in Que ens ton Shale bedrock Drill rig No drilling has been done on that site The only site the drilling rigs have visited is Site at Britannia and maine While the report rules Site D out as a major 20year landfill operation it could still qualify for a smaller But council been receptive to the idea of a four site operation proposed by Milton Council There has been no discus sion on the most recent re port The Public Works Com millee or Council Is expected to consider the report early in the new year Drilling has been com plcted at Site Britannia Tremalnc area of the drilling at Site are also expected to be pre sented to council early In the new year While those results have never formally been cussed consultant Wells has said the drilling produced no surprises In other words the else has produced nothing to deter the region from using Site F as a dump Georgetown Denture Clinic 106 Guelph Street Office on No Highway GEORGETOWN ONTARIO Soc of Ontario J T J NOVAK T COMPLI DENTURE SERVICE 8778974 7912314 VW Rabbits Reduced to clear New Or 76 Demote Executive Cars BANK PLAN FINANCING NO DOWN PAYMENT UPT0 LOW MILEAGE ALL MODELS HEW YEAR FROM MANAGEMENT AND STAFF Silverwood Partly Skimmed 2 MILK 3Qt Bag or Jug MEAT FEATURES Table STANDING RIB ROAST Canada Dry I GINGER ALE 28 Ft Bottle 29 Sliced WHITE BREAD MO RIB STEAKS Sunny Mom SIDE BACON 19 Maxwell COFFEE Assorted Variolic MEAT SPREADS A 1 Tin R I Caribbean Queen CHUNK LIGHT TUNA 6AOz Tin WW Carnation Frown HASH BROWN 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