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Now, "Modern" means It's Air Conditioned Planning to modernize a home without including central air conditioning? It's almost a contradiction in terms: We've reached a point where a truly modern home will nearly always be centrally air conditioned, according to the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute. Consider these facts: A Federal Housing Administrator pointed out that it will not be long before homes without air conditioning will be considered obsolete; a survey made for a national magazine showed that two out of three Americans now consider air conditioning a "necessity" in the home; one out of every three new homes built is centrally cooled; and two out of three of the savings and loan institutions surveyed by the U.S. Savings and Loan League said that air-conditioned homes are better mortgage risks. Put all these things together, and there's one answer. Home air conditioning is an essential ingredient in a real home modernization program. It will make the home more comfortable, and it's an investment, not an expenditure, because a home owner usually recovers the initial cost, if and when he sells the home. Many owners of older homes feel that a central air conditioning system will cost too much. Until firm bids have been obtained, there's really no way of accurately estimating what the cost will be. For homeowners interested in air conditioning, ARI recommends asking two or three reputable contractors to visit the home, study the problem, and then submit written bids. Compare proposals to determine a definite price. It is possible to centrally air condition almost any home effectively, no matter its age, size, or design. The cost of adding a central cooling system will depend on where you start out from. For example, if the home already has a warm air heating system, a contractor probably will recommend that heating ducts be used to cool the house in the summer. This means the only cost vill be the cooling equipment and its installation. If there are no ducts, however, getting them installed will add to the costs. If the home has hydronic or "wet" heat, cooling equipment with its own means of air distribution will have to be installed. Frequently, in hydro nicallyheated homes the contractor will recommend locating the air-conditioning equipment and ducts in the attic. Modern air-conditioning equipment is compact, and there's usually no difficulty in finding a spot for it--in a basement, crawl spdce, attic, or even a closet. A "split" cooling system reduces the ampunt of interior space needed. Evaporator coils are placed inside the home and the conctensor-compressor located outside. About 80 per cent of all residential central cooling systems are of the "split" variety. Proposals from contractors should be checked carefully to make certain they have recommended the same size of equipment. Note, too, whether the recommended equipment bears the ARI Seal of Certification. This Seal shows that the equipment has been manufactured and capacity-rated in accordance with industry-wide standards, and that it has been subject to rigid inspection and testing procedures. If any home improvement or modernization program is planned, it's logical and easy to have the home centrally air conditioned at the same time. The Influences of Queen Anne The time of Queen Anne in England was from 1702 to 1714. Although this was a short reign and the Queen herself had little interest in the design of furniture, the design of this period is exceptionally beautiful. The influence of the increased trade with the Far East was expressed in the use of the Oriental forms in the designs. , r The cabriole leg. introduced just before this time, became very popular and was widely used. Beautifully curved lines dominated the design. The scale of the furniture was smaller, but the chair and sofa backs were higher. Small, upholstered sofas, or love seats, appeared. Chair backs were formed to fit the human figure, with a center splat that often resembled a violin and that was called a fiddleback. A high-backed chair was made with small wings to protect against drafts in the castle. The Windsor chairs of an earlier period were refined and made more comfortable A greater variety of small tables was used, and secretaries replaced the huge, heavy chests. Lacquer was used extensively as a finish, particularly on chests and cabinets. China cabinets were very popular Walnut was the most common wood in the first part of the period, but toward the latter part of the period, more mahogany was used. Colors were influenced by Chinese rugs and porcelains. The influence of the period went far beyond 1714, and it was a transition into the period known as the Georgian period. Attics Can Give You Decorative Touches Need to add warmth and color to your home, but you haven't a budget for redecorating? What about taking some of those pieces of ceramics, small statuary, decorative glassware or sculpture that you have stored in the attic or basement and put them in a new setting. Sidings Offer Color, Ease Modern, low maintenance sidings make it more of a pleasure to be a homeowner. Among the easy-care siding materials are steel, mineral fiber, aluminum, asbestos cement, vinyl. Advantages include cuiui variety, weather and fire resistance, installation convenience, with concealed nailing or other methods to assure attractive appearance. Pre-finished hardboard sidings, with their plastic-coated surfaces, offer washability, long paint life and high resistance to denting, fading, cfbrasion, weather. Plywood sidings take a new approach to a traditional material, wood, with a choice of patterns ranging from richlytextured to smooth surfaces. 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