Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1964 — Page 2

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Only Rock - Bottom Budget Needed for Attic Bedroom

Making a bedroom in an aitic sounds like a big, expensive project, but it needn’t be. • Instead of a "has everything” room for a teen-age boy or girl, let this be .a minimum improvement, suggests the Masonite Home Service Bureau. The youngster will like it that way and ’ may he inspired, to continue the work as time and finances permit. # The best way to limit the fixap area is to select a portion of the attic and simply stop. This , . can be a room without a partition. or it can be enclosed, depending on and Work i involved, says the bureau. Throw-Rugs Will Do Here are the essentials for a minimum attic room: -Sub-flooring covered with Masonite Underlayment. Throw rugs will give the floor warmth. Carpeting or flexible floor severing can come later. —lnsulation. In most cases, this should include the entire attic, unless the improved space is to —r be walled in —Low cost but attractive wall

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panels. The bureau suggests using woodgrained Masonite hardboard, available at lumber yards in such attractive types as pecan, oak. elm, teark, cherry or walnut. Heating, Ughting. Sleeping -Heating This may mean an extension of existing pipes or installation of a space heater. -Lighting Plan carefully and have it installed professionally with a thought to future improvement of the attic. Re member electrical outlets as needed. -A single bed. Place it under the sloping ceiling and overhead build a hardboard canopy covered with scalloped curtain material. -Furniture. A refinished dresser, desk, chair and lounging chair will complete this minimum improvement, yet be a state toward eventual modernization of the entire attic.

UP! PIPING CODE If you have trouble remembering which pipes in your home cary what substance, why not paint them in the distinctive colors used by'industry for pipeline identification, suggests the National Paint. Varnish and Lacquer Association. Thus your water pipes could be painted white or black, your sprinkler system, if you have one in red, and your gas pipes in yellow or orange, select your own Color for the hot water pipes. NOT TOO MUCH Orange is one of the most popular colors being used by decorators and furniture manufacturers this year. But. because this color is very stimulating, it should not be used for walls or other large areas. the,'National Paint, Varnish and Lacq’uet'- warns. Too much orange can become irritating. It is best used as an accent color pr to draw attention to a particular piece of furniture or area Os the hoom. PAINTING PEGBOARD The natural brown color of perforated hardboard, the kind you can hang almost anything on. is not particularly attractive. This material is easy to paint in any color you select which goes well with the decor of the room in which the board is used. Firsti be sure to seal the hardboard with ..latex paint, enamel undercoater, a primer-sealer or shellac, according to the National Raint. Varnish arid Cacqiier Association. After this has dried, apply a top coat, of semi-gloss or gloss enamel with brush or roller. Still Older In Oslo, Norwav. a' celebration was recently hefd honoring a church built of wood 1300 years ago and it is even held together with stout wood pegs. Old Church A temple is still in active use in Japan wthich built of wood more than 1100 years ago. How long is permanent? Some say wood structures are temporary.

Well-Planned Kitchen Is Pride of Hostess ; c. fib Hl ft "dSah —|i Here’s the kind of kitchen that welcomes guests. New electric appliances look sleek and help the hostess make light work of entertaining. Refrigerator-freezer holds company meals prepared in advance as well as everyday family fare.

Today when good friends and relatives come visiting, they usually gather in the kitchen. Servantless, family-style entertaining has sparked the trend to today’s well planned kitchens, equipped with attractive time- and worksaving appliances. Open kitchen-family rooms and kitchen-living room areas form the nucleus of a very pleasant, informal way of life. As every homemaker knows, the food-stor-age area plays a vital role here, in both appearance and performance. A new electric refrigeratorfreezer, with its built-in look and designer finish, establishes an ideal focal point for any cooking-eating-entertaining center. Improved design of the new units permits flush-to-the-wall fit, either in a comer or snugly between cabinets, and a choice of exterior finishes means that at least one of the new models will blend with your kitchen decor.

Portable Dishwasher Fits Pee-Wee Kitchen

A small kitchen needn’t keep you from enjoying the freedom from tedious household chores that big, well equipped kitchens provide. If you’re a homemaker operating in a closet-like kitchen, for instance, you needn’t be deprived •of the joys of owning an eiectric dishwasher. Your solution may lie in the purchase of a portable automatic dishwasher. And your immediate benefit will be relief from the burden of hand washing some 46,000 dirty dishes and related items yearly. That impressive statistic, by the way, is the typical family average-recently disclosed by a dishwashing survey. You’ll also be pleased to see how quickly the investment in an electric dishwasher pays off in increased family harmony. No more sibling arguments about- - turn it is to do the dishes; Horitemakers with small kitchens find their. roll-in, roll-out portable dishwashers function as effectively as permanently installed units. The dishwashing capacity of many of the portable models is ample, too, making dishwashing a once-a-day operation for’the average family. Many portable models offer a choice of washing and rinsing cycles to suit different types of loads. With plug-in cords, built-in drain pumps and easy-to-snap-on faucet connections, they require no special wiring or plumbing. Today’s portable dishwashers come in plain, patterned or deeptoned decorative laminate, or wood-grained tops. They have guide handles and free rolling casters for easy movability. Some homemakers find it convenient

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The efficiency of the new units has been improved just as much as their appearance. They store more food, both fresh and frozen, and keep it at top quality longer. And it’s easier to put the food away and to get at it. Swing-out shelves in some models, for instance, virtually hand out the canapes, dips and relishes, or even full guest meals prepared in advance. The host preparing drinks will never be caught short of ice cubes. Some refrigerator-freezers have self-filling ice trays; others have convenient flip-over trays, that drop cubes into a generoussized storage bin. Some of these, too, can be refilled right in the freezer. Many of the new, .thinnerwalled units have almost twice the food storage capacity of previous models, yet they fit into the same kitchen floor space, giving the hostess ample room for food, without stealing kitchen work and play area.

New portable electric dishwasher does days’ worth of dishes all at once; can be foiled out of -way Tor rest of the-day. - to roll them right to the table to collect the soiled service, then back to the kitchen for the washing. As the need for putting things away is even more important in a small kitchen than a large one, your new portable dishwasher could be useful here, as well. Simply store scraped dishes in the unit during the day —wash and keep in the machine until tablesetting time. If you and your family should ever move, your portable dishwasher will go along. If you’re living in an apartment now but plan to move to your own home soon, you might consider a convertible model. These dishwashers can be used as portables, but i can be plumbed and wired in pert manently after you move.

Curved Bench Popular Item You can make an all-purpose, extra wide curved bench for poolside or for any handy spot in the,yard which will give the family-many hours of enjoyment, To give the bench extra texture, build the top with one-inch fir Lumber laid edgewise with one-- inch spacing. To get the curved effect, you build the bench frame ot Douglas fir 2x4s and 'then bend the. bench slats iftto place, row after row. ‘ •••-You can- also have inch- or • three - fourths inch lumber for the bench top, depending ’on what you can get from your retail lumber yard. The bengh boards need not be more than three inches wide. This curved bench will attact a lot of attraction in your yard. If it is built about three feet " wide, it becomes a bench for seating and wide enough for travs or glassy filled refreshments or food. / You can stain the bench, you can let it gray t and' weather to a ■ tpae<vSr.'-.-you.,.r.c-afi - give it a sparkling, coat of bright -“cplofed paint for accent in your yard.

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FARMHOUSE FOR THE FUTURE—A two-level fivebedroom farmhouse that provides for a basement fallout shelter has been developed by housing experts m 11 state universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sketches above show the front of the house, left, and rear, right. On the main level, there are three bedrooms, two baths, a workroom, a U-shaped 'kitchen,

Easy Care Adds to Charm Os New Grilled Windows

Want your windows to express « Colonial Williamsburg charm, yet | allow you carefree cleaning, too? 1 Whether you are building a new house or remodeling an old | one, your best solution is to use I new wood windows with remov- I able grilles in either diamond or I rectangular patterns. It’s a com- I bination offering two important benefits to practical homeowners: handsome appearance and easy maintenance. There are several styles of ponderosa pine windows available with removable grilles-double-hung, casement, and slid- . ing, for instance. The small pane effect in any ,; of these types of windows'will give your home a beguiling look , inside and will increase architec- , tural interest outside. I What’s more, despite their authentic multi-paned Colonial styling, these windows are easy to wash. You simply snap off the decorative grilles from within the house. No tools are needed, thanks to their spring-loaded side pins. Then follow the Cleanliness Bureau’s window-washing advice: “Wash with warm soap or detergent suds containing a few drops of kerosene and .a little, blueing for extra sparkle, Abottle You Don’t Need Guest Room! Here’s Solution You can be prepared for an unexpected guest even though your home has no spare bedroom. The guest will think nothing of it if you put him on a fold-away cot in the living room or porch, and provide privacy with a screen made in your workshop. You can buy a sofa bed or one built into a bookcase or wardrobe

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Um hKII Hi y|i|| If \ Removable grilles give rich Colonial air to modern wood windows. The grilles snap out for easy window washing. washing brush dipped in suds picks up dust from corners of window pane molding. Rinse with warm water and polish dry with clean, lintless cloth. “Use an up and down stroke on the outside of the pane, and a side to side stroke on the inside. If a mark is left, you can quickly •11 which side needs additional polishing.” Simply snap the grillesjtack on ... when the job is done..— to be pulled out when needed. These have inner spring mattresses and are quite comfortable. - • ■ Your folding screen can be attractive and functional. Cover the framework on one side with a Masonite woodbrained hardboard in an exotic pattern such as teak or pecan. On the other side, attach Peg-Board paneling, which the quests can use as a wardrobe by placing his clothes on hangers and suspending them on fixtures placed in the perforations. New Delrin fixtures and shelves of white plastic stay in place -without jiggling; they’re good looking,', too.

dining room and a living room. The basement level has two bedrooms, a bath, a TV room, a recreation room with its own outside entrance and a furnace-utility room. Space is provided in one corner for a fallout shelter. Working drawings of Plan No. 7153 can be °^ tained J r °? agricultural extension engineers at most state agncuitural colleges for a small charge.

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