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In both older and newer homes, there's a common complaint: not enough storage space. As a result, many home improvement projects have as their objective the correction of this situation through space-creating facilities such as built-ins and storage walls. Finding space for a new storage area is not as difficult as it may seem. Older homes have large rooms, attics and basements that offer remodeling opportunities. Newer homes have family rooms, utility rooms, unfinished attics. And almost any home has a room where built-ins will take up relatively little space while providing increased and more flexible storage facilities. When the location for creating new storage has been determined, how to do it is the next problem. A manufacturer of building materials offers some new answers. Designer Richard Himmel, A. I J}., was commissioned to design storage ideas, which could be easily constructed with materials available from local lumber dealers. A plan book for Mr. Himmel's storage designs is available for 50 cents from Weyerhaeuser Company, Box B 3321, Tacoma, Wash. 98401. Colorful Tile Now Has Many Decorating Uses Three or four decades ago, ceramic tile was limited to the bathroom. Not so today. Improvements in size, color, shape and quality have allowed ceramic tile to break the "bathroom barrier," for use in many areas of the home. Domestic tiles are now manufactured in the entire prismatic spectrum of colors, with more than a thousand shades to choose from, says the Tile Council of America. Sculptured tile, a comparatively new addition to the domestic tile scene, offers infinite decorating possibilities. The sculptured face of the tile adds the play of light and shadow to its beauty. Sculptured tile comes in conventional square sizes, with pleasing geometric patterns in bas-relief. These concave-convex tiles are ideal for decorative walls, planters, room dividers, fireplaces, garden walls and facades. They can be used to form an over-all pat-em, a single or repeated design, or as random inserts with smoothsurfaced tiles. Other choices include tiles with smooth, flat surfaces and tiles that are unglazed, brightglazed, matt-glazed and extraduty glazed, the latter for floors as well as walls. And there are tiles that are square, rectangular, hexagonal, octagonal, irregular and in special contour designs ranging in size from one-half inch to 12 inches square. Booklets which inform, advise and spark ideas in a variety of home improvement areas are available, either free or at little cost, from many sources. Listed here are some of the numerous booklets which can be obtained. MODERN DECORATIVE ACCENTS FOR INTERIORS are provided with new architectural plastic panels, used here for a room divider. Other uses include interior shutters, luminous ceilings, door facings and background shelving. "Decorene" panels by Celotex. Cooling Off Is A Good Investment! No longer a rich man's plaything, central air conditioning is becoming a necessity in the life of the middle income homeowner. Today more than three million American homes are centrally air conditioned, and their number is mushrooming at a rate of 500,000 annually. Cost May Be Under 91*000 One reason for this rapid growth is that whole house air conditioning is not nearly as expensive as many people think. It can be installed in many moderately-sized homes for substantially less than $1,000. Even larger homes -- such as an existing eight-room house with a hot-air furnace and adequate ductwork -- sometime^ can be completely air conditioned for as little as $1,000. This estimate is provided by the General Electric Company, one of the largest manufacturers of residential air conditioning systems. "COMFORT PLUS," 16-page illustrated booklet in non-technical terms, describes hydronics (modern hot water beating) and outlines components of all major beating systems. Send 15 cents to Better Heating-Cooling Council, 250 Park Avenue, New' York, N. ¥. 10017. "Total Home Comfort," fourbooklet series of news and advice concerning heating, air conditioning, humidity control and electronic air cleaning, is available free. Write Inquiry Supervisor (118), Honeywell Inc., 2701 Fourth Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55408. * * * "Facts About" booklets for homeowners are available free from the Copper Development Association, Inc., 405 Lexing" ton Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017. These include "Facts about Making the Home Weathertight," "Facts about Electric Wiring" and "Facts about Plumbing and Drainage." * • * * ' "Plumbing Care and Repair" has suggestions on what the "unhandy" homeowner can do to keep plumbing in order, to avoid unnecessary and expensive repairs. It's available for 25 cents from the Plumbing- Heating-Cooling Information Bureau, 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. 60601. * • * "Guide to Distinctive Plywood Sidings" and interior panels shows, in color, types of siding and paneling, with ideas for exterior and interior uses. The 24-page booklet is available for 25 cents by writing American Plywood Association, 1119 A Street, Tacoma, Wash. 98401. • * • "How Water Wells Can Help You Solve Your Water Problems Easily and Economically" is a free booklet available from Ground Water Resources Institute, 205 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. 60606. • • * "Installing Resilient Floor Tile" discusses installation techniques, starting with selection of the tile and following through to maintenance of the finished floor. Send 25 cents plus long, stamped, selfaddressed envelope to AVATI (Asphalt and Vinyl Asbestos Tile Institute), 101 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017. • • » "What You Should Know About Plumbing Fixtures For Your Home" gives information on style and quality of bathroom fixtures. For free flyer, write Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers Association, 1145 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20036. 'Pick Up the Paint Brush * Is Advice to Homeowners To protect the home exterior and improve Its appearance, pick up the paint brush and pitch in. This advice comes from the trade publication, Building Supply News, which points out that house painting isn't the difficult job many homeowners may think. Cleanliness Adds Life To Carpets The secret of long life and lasting beauty for rugs and carpets lies in cleanliness. Three simple rules are all that is necessary. 1. Daily cleaning with a carpet sweeper for light pickups and for fluffing of matted pile. 2. Careful vacuuming once or twice a week, depending on traffic and soiling conditions. 3. Thoro professional cleaning at least twice a year to remove deep soiling. 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