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SECTION3.PAGE 4• PLAINDEALER-HERALD.WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER 12,19S4 MOLLY MILLIGAN Your Home Decorator C tt$4 FwUy ktmif* Syndic*!* Tickets on sale for wildlife series FIRST FLOOR , J: Our house is three years old. We hive put off buying IMag rata furniture because we didn't know exactly what we wanted and {mcmk we didn't huve the ready cash- Now, however, we have come into a iMi Inheritance and are ready to splurge. What shall we buy first, draperies <#» ash? Jean-Marie, Marengo, IL Dear Jean-Marie: Start with the carpet. After that, choose wallpaper and paint. Then buy your draperies. This will give you a stage on which to build. After you have chosen all of the above, purchase your furniture. When picking out your sofa and chairs, choose the very best you can afford. No matter how beautiful your living room looks when completed, if your sofa and chairs are not comfortable, you won't use the room. And since you are buying the best, select a style that will stand the .test of time. Go classic. You • won't be sorry. Trust me. Faddish styles may seem chic today but their days " are short-lived. '! After you have purchased your sofa, loveseat, chairs, etc., you will need table* ' and lamps. If now you are beginning to feel a financial squeeze, select less expensive models. Gradually you can replace these pieces with what you truly want. Or you could buy one really good table or lamp each year. Then you will have time to save as well as time to think about your design plans and _ further furniture choices. If you have young children, think long and hard before buying items that are light colored, delicate or one of a kind. Children can not discriminate between a garage-sale find and a Louis XIV original. Dear MoNy Milligan: We are a family of four with very informal tastes. As • casual as our life is, we would occasionally like to use our dining room. - However, most tables and chairs that I've seen are too elaborate and expensive ' for our budget. What would you suggest that would blend well with plaids, •I rough woods and earth colors? No colonial styles please! Roxanne, Woodstock, IL Dear Roxanne: If you know how to use a hammer you can make your own dining room table from a hollow door which you can purchase from your local lumber yard. Attach a pedestal or easy screw-on legs. Stain or paint. Director's - chairs go well with this informal look. They are versatile, available in folding or non-folding versions and they come in a variety of colors. You could choose a combination--two beige, two blue and two rust. Patio-type furniture could 7; also be used for the time being. A wicker dining set would look beautiful and • be very practical. -, V y°u have a question for Your Home Decorator, send it along with a self-addressed, stomped envelope to Molly Milligan, P.O. Box 14, Dundee, IL 60118. Allow four weeks •I for a reply. Three personally-presented wildlife films will be presented at the Woodstock Opera House at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. This is the seventh annual series sponsored jointly by the McHenry County Defenders, the McHenry County Conservation District, and the McHenry County Audubon Society. The first film, to be shown on Feb. 17, "Gifts of an Eagle", is a true story about a 16-year relationship between Kent Durden (the photoghrapher), his father, and a golden eagle named Lady at their California mountain home, ending with Lady's return to the wild. On March 24, Tom Sterling will present his film "Autumn Journey to Alaska", the journey begins in New England and climaxes in Alaska. It is a parade of wildlife against autumn's riotous colors. And finally on April 28, the film "Romance of the West", personally shown by the film's creator Allen King, will retrace the Lewis and Clark journey of discovery from St. Louis to the Pacific Northwest, showing the wildlife of the Missouri River and Yellowstone Park, Indian re-enactments, and more. Season tickets are available now by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Wood­ stock Opera House Ticket Of­ fice, 121 Van Buren, Woodstock, 60098. The price for regular tickets is $8. For Senior citizens, students, and children it is $4. Write checks to the Woodstock Opera House and specify the ticket category. Tickets to the films would make a unique gift this coming holiday season. The National Audubon Society, for many years sponsor of the films, has decided to discontinue its sponsorship. However, the Wildlife Film committee can assure series followers that many of the same photographer naturalists are continuing as before, under the suspices of Outdoor Film Ad­ ventures. Both Allen King and Tom Sterling have presented films at the Opera House in past series. This will be Tom Sterling's fourth appearance here. For more information, call the Woodstock Opera House ticket office at (815) 338-5300, or the McHenry County Defenders' office (815) 459-0450. Benefits improve for seniors Senior citizens are reminded that they are now eUgtoto for circuit breaker benefits during the month in which they turn 65, according to State Rep. Dick Klemm (K- Crystal Lake). "Senior citizens should be aware that they are now able to take advantage of circuit breaker benefits as soon as they turn 66, rather than waiting until Jan. 1 in the year following their 65th birthday," explained Klemm. Benefits during the first year of eligibility will be prorated so that a senior citizen will receive benefits for the number of months remaining in the year following his or her 65th bir­ thday. 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