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PAGE 14 What kind of face does your house present to its visitors? If you are among the many families considering the purchase of an older home or remodeling your present home, you may be faced with the problem of deteriorating wood siding or stucco and the need for a new leek. Paint could give you a fresh appearance, but it may be costly to contract and time consuming to do it yourself. Repainting may be required again in three to five years. NeaLpre-flnished siding could be your best invest­ ment, especially when ob­ tained from those manu­ facturers who offer long- term warranties that pro­ vide reasonable protection against product defects. First impressions count The outside of your home is the first "face" you present to your visitors and neighbors. New siding and shutters or a new front door can give a brand-new welcoming ap­ pearance. Consider the outside of your house in its entirety, and decide how you would like it to look when it's been redecorated. Color is in these days-- shades like olive, avocado, barn red, royal brown, co­ lonial blue, and autumn gold will make your home look cozy and snug. If you have a ranch-type home, you might want to accentuate its long and low lines by using hori­ zontal siding in a color lighter than the roof. Even the architectural extravagances of Victorian castles ana other vintage ? styles can be preserved and enhanced by careful selection of colors and at­ tention to the charming detail of antique design. Decorators advise never to use more than three colors on the outside of your home. For instance, if you have a brown roof, you might think about re-sid­ ing with a barn red siding, brown shutters, white trim around the windows, and a brown and white front door. With careful planning, your new siding and acces­ sories will present a lovely "face" to your visitors and neighbors, and enhance the styling and value of your home. So you should put as much thought into refurbishing the outside of your home as you would into redecorating your liv­ ing room. Aluminum siding prob­ ably has the widest range of styles, colors and acces­ sories. It has Deen on ihe market for 30 years and has been used in residing millions of homes. Low maintenance There are a number of reasons for this. Alumi­ num siding comes in dur­ able baked-on finishes, is easy to clean, and is light in weight--which makes it easier to work with than other metals. Probably its biggest selling point is its time-proven low mainten­ ance. New insulated alumi­ num siding can help to re­ duce heat loss through your walls, especially when they are uninsulated or partially insulated. The potential savings in fuel bills added to the main­ tenance saved in repaint­ ing wood siding can usually pay for residing in less than ten years. The newest siding on the market is vinyl, a plastic material that has been used for floor tile and plumbing pipe for many years. Because vinyl plas­ tic can become brittle when exposed to sunlight, it must be carefully form­ ulated and is only avail­ able in pastel colors and white. Normal weathering Prefinished hard board is available in various pat­ terns and colors, but does not have the long-term low maintenance charac­ teristics of aluminum. The exposed edges of prefinished steel siding are vulnerable to the elements and may deteriorate if protective coatings fall. Each type of prefinished siding has its advantages, but all will change some­ what in color over a period of time once they are on your home and exposed to March 11.1977 sun, wind, water and tem­ perature extremes. This is called normal weathering. Although color coatings have become appreciably better over the past few years, manufacturers and home Improvement con­ tractors still can't (and shouldn't) guarantee 100 percent absolute color re­ tention. This is true of vinyl plastic siding (which is a "solid color coating") as well as of color coatings applied to aluminum, hardboard, and steel. For a free copy of a new 16-page booklet to help you pick the best type of siding for your home, write to the Siding information Bureau at 750 Third Ave­ nue, New York, N.Y. 10017 and ask for a copy of "A Homeowner's Guide to Choosing Siding." Winsome windows According to Barbara Taylor, interior design ex­ pert, "There's no question about it, window shades are probably the cheapest product available today for dressing up any win­ dow in any room in your home. The ordinary little win • dow shade has undergone vast improvements in the last decade. Now it is avail­ able in any color as well as in numerous textures and materials. 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