Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1964 — Page 2

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Chore No Longer Bore

New Electric Ranges Dispel Tedium of Kitchen Clean-up

Cleaning the stove used to be I the kitchen job that demanded the most downright, discouraging drudgery. Today, however, t housewives who have new electric ranges are finding the Cleaning chore no longer an awful *' bore. Increased freedom from tedious work is due to the special easier-to-clean design features of the new electric ranges. These include improvements such as fewer cracks and crevices and raised rims around cook-tops to catch spillovers. Though the superior cleanability of all electric ranges makes for smoother going, there are, in addition, some excellent homeeconomist - recommended procedures. If food spills on the surface of the stove, for instance, simply wipe it off with a damp sponge, cloth or paper towel. All surface elements are self-cleaning. Also, thermostatically controlled surface units available in some models can be depended upon to keep range tops cleaner —because pot boilovers cannot occur. These control units are marked with heat settings from low to high. All the homemaker da wMtect her temperature, andthe' control unit will maintain it. Some meats-the fattier onessplatter more than others. Lamb and pork, for example, are the worst offenders, especially in an oven that’s too hot. Check the cooking instruction book. A common error among

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homemakers who have switched to modern electrib cooking is in setting the oven temperature higher than need be. New electric ranges have accurately controlled oven heat that needs no watching or juggling. Before starting to clean the range, always be sure that all controls are turned to “off” and oven and surface units are cool. Use a cloth or sponge wrung from warm, sudsy water for cleaning the exterior of the range. Most electric ranges are made of top-quality porcelain or metal and require only gentle ■ rubbing. Remember that steel wool leaves scratched swirl patterns on brushed chrome tops. Those handy removable surface units and removable broil and bake elements found on some ranges should receive the i wipe-with-damp-cloth treatment,

too-never immerse them in water. The oven cleaning job in many of the new models can be done without any stoop or strain, since the ovens are at eye level. Every electric oven today haa features that make it easier to clean. Some have liners that slide out; some have removable foil linings; a few are now completely self-cleaning, like surface elements and broil and bake units. If ovens are cleaned regularly, grease on the interiors can be removed with a soapy cloth or sponge. If needed, fine steel wool pads, but not gritty cleaners, may be used on oven interiors. For neglected ovens, make an ammo-nia-water solution (two parts of ammonia, one part water) in a handy jar, remove lid, leave in closed oven overnight. Wipe oven clean in the morning.

Outdoor Living Initiates Cult The move of the average American family to the outdoors during the spring, summer and early fall has created an entirely different demand on living accommodations and home design. Housewives who attended the recent Congress of Better Living in Washington, D C., said they thought the easiest way to increase the enjoyment of the home and also increase its resale was to install a patjo. Wood-decked patios have become the most wanted fixtures in new homes and tens of thousands of them are added every year. On a single residential street in Portland, Oregon, lined with lovely older homes, more than a score of wood decked patios were added to older homes in a general urge to move outdoors. These decks took all sorts of forms, from fancy ones with curved structural elements to simple, yet lovely decks set above ground and supported by strudy Douglas- fir • framework of 6x6 posts and 2x12 joists with 2x4s used for deck boards but spaced with only a metal washer distance between boards. “We’ve moved outdoors.” one housewife said, /‘and we’ll stay here until the fall rains drive us in. We can be much less formal, children have heartier appetites, and we all feel better living outdoors.” „ Some wood-decked patios have roofs, others are open to the skies. But all of them are comfortable for lazy living, with lounge benches built around the perimeters. The trick is to have plenty of Comfortable chairs and padded seats so the family just gravitates to the deck, one housewife pointed out.

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Skeleton of Man and Home Both Made to Stand Shock

Did yob ever see the skeleton of a man, and notice how different it looks from actual man with his flesh, hide, and hair? The skeleton of a house is just as different from the finished house. Just as thq bone structure of a man determines the strength, the resilience and the durability of the man wjio fills out the skeleton, so does the framework of a home forecast the studiness, the long life and the resistance to earthquake and shock of the home which it frames. Thd home owner who selects a home framed in good quality lumber from such time tried timber as Douglas fir has a lot going for him right from the start. First, he knows he has a home that will endure the wear and tear of decates and generations of family living. Wood gives under impact; it wears indefinitely when properly protected; it needs only ordinary care and maintenance and an occasional coat of paint to serve with distinction for the lives of several families. Second, wood framed homes can easily be remodeled or changed as family needs change. You can cut openings with ease in a stud wall and add doors, windows or additions. Third, wood homes which have good style when they are built will retain their good looks and their appeal through many years. Home styles seldom go out of vogue. However, homes that are poorly, maintained, and let go may look like they are out of style. But even these lend themselves to modernizing and the wood framed home is easily changed to meet changing needs. Along the East Coast, In New England and down in Virginia, are 250-year-old homes framed in durable wood which are still in use. On the West Coast are many homes in Oregon, Washington and California built of native Douglas fir which are over 100 years of age and still in use. Because much of the struct tural frame of a home is hidden, like the studs, plates and headers which make .up a wall, many people overlook the importance of a good wood frame. There are two areas in a home where you may inspect this frame, in the attic where you can check the rafters and ceiling joists, and fff* Turn High Ceiling Into Beauty Area Some otherwise charming rooms are spoiled by high ceilings which lack character. A good way to change this;without disrupting the entire room is to consider a plan for livening up the ceiling. This is easy to do. Merely install a wood ceiling. .... .You will be surprised how. many opportunities for originality such a plan offers. You can use beveled siding which will give a shadow pattern to the ceiling. Such woods as west coast hemlock or Douglas fir finish out to delightful champagne tones which blend off into reddish toned yellows and buttercup. . You can use false beams tp give further patterns and depth, and you need not change anything else in the room. Other possible patterns are smooth surfaced tongue-and-groove flooring used for the ceiling, or you might even want to use rough sawn wood to give texture. The point is that the high ceiling can become an asset instead of a liability.

the basement where the floor joists are visible. There you can see th£ intricate manner in which the wood members have been designed and put into place to insure the st rongest possible structure. You can see too hom nearly the frame of a house is like the frame or skeleton of a man, and how each is made to take up slack when subjected to shock or heavy blow. Always check the framework of your home before you buy and mike sure that it has been built of a£ade Stamped Douglas fir or other west coast lumber intended for house framing.

IP! AWARD-WINNING DECORATORS USE SIMPLE COLORS First you choose your wallpaint color. But, what then? Some pertinent ideas, utilizing varying tones of only two or three colors in a room rather than many different shades, were displayed by award winners in Celanese Fibers Co.’s recent national competition for young, professional interior designers. This tone technique is one way of simplifying the lives of amateur home decorators plagued by problems of which color goes where paint is used, the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association has long endorsed Using colors in the same family in place of trying to match paint precisely to fabric. Reason one: More interest created. Reason two: Less risk of disappointment due to varying light values and texture differences one hadn’t banked on. .The grand prize-winner, on view at New York’s National Design Center with six runners-up, was Westerner Marvin C. Sharpe. His walls are soft golden beige. Floor-to-ceiling curtains are natural, as is an area rug. though this, is tinged with gold. An armchair is a tone of. the ..walls. . The sole color-splash flames in one armchair covered with apricot, crimson and orange. Gil Velazques, Jr., of the Mid-' Atlantic States, features vividhues in his Japanese Sleeping Area. Although he places the mattress on a raised floor in true Japanese-tsyle, a modern bedroom could adapt his color-ideas excellently. Blending warmly with light walnut woods and a natural rug and shades are but-ter-yellow walls. A hot-orange, bedspread is reflected in the paler orange of the ceiling. Window treatment, radiator cover and bed-bqlstgr are a deeper burnt orange and the- floors and paint table are shining black. Gold shows its sunny face again in a Teenager’s Room by New England’s Joseph Almasian. Wall panels are a rich gold within a framework of walls painted champagne. The bedspread is goldentoned with a flame-colored headboard striking a gay note. Carpet and. window treatment are olive green. A bench is covered in turquoise. A deep-toned elegant look personifies Arto Szabo’s living room which claimed the prize for the North Atlantic area. Walls are painted an intense muted blue, the ceiling in soft oatmeal. Gold with a greenish cast is chosen for a chair and window treatment and a Turkish rug ties together all the colors. Robert Hogue, of the Southwest, won for his one-room all-purpose apartment. Tones of a soft pearl gray and French blue were his choice for walls and window treatment with many touches of white around the room., A couchbed is covered with a plaid of blue, olive green, turquoise and gray. Glowing red seats on white dining area chairs smartly contrast. Charles Cooper, of the Southwest, marches thick, black-en-amelled poles around the whitepainted walls in his refreshing den. He has a green and white design between the poles which could be simulated inexpensively ing planters. Black bamboo-type clairs around a white painted table have white seats and floors are white. TO THIN VARNISH Very often label Instructions recommend that the first coat of varnish over bare wooer should be thinned with mineral, spirits or turpentine. Here's the way to do it: slowly add the thinner and stir very gently in one direction only to prevent the formation of bubbles. applied aS a topcoat Should not be. stirred or shaken at all. warns the National Paoint, Varnish and Lacquer Association.

No Baking Back-Bends With Eye-Level Oven Wouldn’t you prefer to do your exercises in a gym class or out, in the park instead of in the' kitchen? Having to stoop, squat, or bend to get at the oven in the daily meal-getting routine can be backbreaking. But there are other, easier ways to bake or roast. Some of the new electric ranges have eye-level ovens, with window doors and lights for easy access and a good view of what’s cooking. Controls are at eye-level, tooout of reach of the small fry, but very convenient for Mother. Dual Weather

Play for Tots Do your children clamor to get outside in stormy weather? Here’s an idea for a combination indoor-outdoor family room which is a life saver for a family with small children. The family room is built adjacent w the kitchen in an open area plan, and here the children play in stormy and cold weahter. One wall of built-ins contains outdoor wraps, and other storsliding bins for toys, cabinets for age space , for games. The outer wall of the family room is all glass, with sliding glass doors opening onto a paved patio area. But. here is the weather conditioning fea t u re. The patio is covered for about twenty feet with a pitched roof and one wall of the house has been extended to provide a wind screen against the prevailing westerly winds. The result is a cozy red cheek playroom outdoors even in the wettest and coldest weather. The children are in plain sight, can run their trikes and bikes under roof, and can come in when they get too cold. To tie indoor and outdoors together, the designer used the same rough sawn western red cedar siding inside for the walls of the family room and extended outside to form the wall for the windbreak and the ceiling. Electric Dishwasher Makes Holiday Happy The old complaint about holiday meals—it takes half the day to prepare them, and the other half to wash the dishes-is never heaqj in a household that has an - automatic electric dishwasher. If the homemaker .plans well, prepares food iri> advance and stores it in a roomy electric re-frigerator-freezer, the holiday can be a day of more relaxing for everyone. Getting dinner on the table will be a matter of heat-and-serve, and dishwashing will be done automatically in the electric dishwasher. Store Frozen Food Above, Below, Beside Where do you like your freezer section—above, below or beside the ref rigerator sect ion? .... r ... when you buy a new electric refrigerator-freezer, you have a choice: some freezer sections are at the top, some at the bottom, and some of the new units have side-by-side refrigerator and freezer sections. IMPORTANT Two of the most important framing components in any home are the small timbers and limension lumber which support the roof, the actual frame of the home itself, and the 2x12 lumber which serves as the floor joists. : If these elements are made of selected Douglas fir or west coast hemlock the home is well framed and can last for a century or more.

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No Clashing Color With Neutral Wall Many a woman has said, as she viewed a wall of clashing colors, “I wish I had a neutral background so that I could use the colors of my choice.’ To such a woman, there is nothing as welcome as a neutral background of wood, a wall paneled in soft, yet rich colors of Douglas fir West Coast hemlock. J . x Finished in clear plastics to bring out the natural * colors of these two popular species, the woods will harmonize with any color scheme, and best of all, will not rob the color from a tapestry, picture, draperies or furniture. 4 A wood wall in neutral finish is the perfect foil for a room where the home decorator likes to try his hand with various color themes. Gallery Wall Painting Foil Do you have a number of important and valuable paintings which need display on a gallery wall in your home? Then,< here is an idea which, a western art fancier developed in his home. He decided his paintings needed a good, foil, a neutral background which would enhance their beauty and color and not rob them. So, in designing his home, he had his living room created in a two-story height with the entrance from the top level. One two-story tall wall has become his gallery, and is a constant source of pleasure to the owner and his guests. It flanks an open stair system which leads to the living floor level. The wall was built of fourinch wide west coast hemlock flooring, tongue-and-groove pattern, and it was finished in clear plastic which brings out the warm, soft champagne color of the wood. The effect is startling, a beautiful, warm wall and yet. one of such soft colors that it builds up the paintings. The wall has no pattern. It can be applied directly to a stud wall, if it is a new home under construction, or it J can be affixed to an old wall by merely leveling the wall with one by- two inch furring strips which also make a' good nailing surface.

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