Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1964 — Page 2

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- Seating When building a settee around patio, be sure your seat is made of 2x4s of Douglas fir or other western woods for best if results. Covered Fire Pit You can make your barbecue pit safe by providing a w<x>dcn cover which will fit snugly over it when not in use. The fire pit ca nbe flush with the wood deck when not in use.

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Cabin Fever Can Be Fun

There's a new kind of cabin fever in America — the kind that a lot of people look forward to catching. Building publications say that Americans are building more

01 OUe thing ths wood, arc full of— besides trees —to beer cans. As a goMlhle solution, one enterprising engineer cane up with the idea of using old beer cans as spacer Nocks on plywood pallets. American Plywood Association fethnologtote scoffed at the Idea at first — then tried it. It works just line for a low-cost expendable pallet. What's more, the supply of spare parte to etas set Unsttliss

PRACTICAL LAYOUT Divider Can Be Useful I pi * 1 la J BBSI Jkj A divider in a family room can do much more than merely screen a portion of the room. In this versatile family room, for instance, the divider is used to store dishes, snacks, games and other often-used items. This area of the family room has a relaxes! atmosphere, which is created by the handsome Marlite woodgrain paneling on the main walls. This same plastic-fin-ished hardboard, but in contrasting colors, is used for the sliding doors in the divider. The bold colors provide a neat decorative accent In this section. Plastic-finished Marlite paneling is practical for a family room because it is washable; never needs painting or refinishing.

than 100,000 second homes, or cabins, a year and they predict that the figure will grow as incomes and leisure time grow. The second home summer hideaway used to be something only

KNOW WHAT TO DO IN PLI’MBING EMERGENCY Suddenly there's n leak in your home plumbing. You don’t know the cause or how to fix it. What do you dou Before you do anything else, says the Plumbing-Heating-Cooiing Information Bureau, turn off the water supply. Every member of the family should know where and how to shut off supply line valves — both the main ones for the entire house and those located beneath or near fixtures. In the case of a leak, this always is the first step in plumbing first-aid. When a faucet leaks, look under the fixture and see if there is a valve on the pipe leading tip to it. If there is. shut it off. If there isn’t, go to the main valve where lhe supply line enters the house (usually located in the basement and turn off that one. Because valves play such an important role in preventing water damage and in repairing plumbing, it is always a good idea to label them, such as with baggage tags. This way. anyone can act quickly and correctly in an emergency. You can mark them As soon as the water is turned off. call a reputable plumbing contractor and explain your trouble. And here's an important point the Bureau emphasizes-: be sure to give a correct and complete desicription of both the leak and its location. This will allow’ your plumbing contractor to send a man fully equipped with the necessary materials, saving you any inconvenience or delays. A booklet. "Plumbing Care and Repair;’* gives the homeowner valuable tips on what should be done to keep plumbing in prltrte condition for years of enjoyment add service It is available for fifteen cents from Ihe Plumbing-Healing-Cooling Information Bureau. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

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for the very rich. Today thousands of not-so-rich families are Enjoying the peasure and the investment of recreation property. In fact, there are resort communities springing up in many parts of the nation — entire towns of second homes that have swimming, skiing, hunting, golf and other sports facilities within a big recreation oriented complex. One, in Ohio, has about 5000 acres with just about every kind of leisure activity from polo to horseshoe available. One of the big reasons for the boom in vacation property, according to American Plywood Association. is that second homes don’t cost as much as they once did The Association has a brochure showing 18 low-cost cabin designs. To get a copy send a dime to American Plywood Association. 1119 A Street, Tacoma, Washington 98401 and ask for the second home brochure. Gotham’s Sights Extra Attraction - For Fair Visitors Out-of-town visitors to the Fair also enjoy the never-ending panorama of New York City’s still-champion skyscrapers, the Times Square and Wall Street districts, Radio City, the residen* - tial outskirts, beaches, rivers, piers, airports, heliports, subways, commercial and industrial centers. The city has attractions for everyone): museums, theaters, (on and,off beat) opera house, concert halls, scientific laboratories, universities, foreign missions, and restaurants presenting the culinary grts of every country in the world.

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Weather Won’t Worry Family Living In Unique Home Built Underground

Any unsuspecting card-carry-ing mole is in for a shock if he bumps into one of the most uhusual exhibits at the World’s Fair. It’s an entire 10-room house —with terrace, living flowers and shrubs, and wood-burning fire-place-all entirely underground. Chances are, most humans who visit this exhibit are in for a shock, too, albeit a pleasant one. The idea of living in A house that’s 15 feet below the ground takes a bit of getting used to. But the designer-builder has gone to considerable trouble to help you get used to it and even enjoy life in it. No Living Problems And this house is designed to be lived in. Texas builder Jay Swayze has lived in’one like it for 2 years and so have other families who commissioned him to build similar homes. The house he now has up (or is it down?) incorporates many features designed to overcome the possible psychological problems of living in this strange atmosphere. Wood windows, for example, arc used generously throughout the house. The owners can sit inside and look out through their windows at the patio and foun-tain-just as they would if they had a conventional house. In the bedrooms, illuminated murals of outdoor scenes are placed outside the windows to give a feeling of space and to add Interest. The windows, used are double-hung units of ponderosa pine equipped with removable grilles. The grilles snap out to make washing easy, but

Free Pamphlets Plywood is a favorite material of do-it-yourselfers because it is easy to use and pre-sanded at the factory. And, it comes in a large panel size that can enclose space quickly and cover a lot of amateur framing work. The American Plywood Association, a research. quality control and promotional agency for the plywood industry, has published three easy-to-use books that have become standard reference pieces for the home craftsman. These pamphlets called "How to Work," "How to Buy" and "How to Finish" fir plywood are available free from the Association. Write to them at 1119 A St., Tacoma. Washington 98401. and ask for forms’ 57-40. 57-50 and 57-60. 0 Industrial firms use about two and a. half billion feet of plywood a year.

HOMES AT FAIR SHOW FLAIR

Windows Are Chosen For Beauty At the N. Y. World’s Fair, where the best of today is on display, many top-flight designers have made generous use of one of bur traditional home-building products-wood windows. They are even found underground in a house that never feels a drop of rain or a breeze. This is the revolutionary Underground Home which is the brainchild of Texas builder Jay Swayze. In this case, wood windows weren’t chosen for their proven ability to block air infiltration or heat loss, but because of their , beauty and the designer’s desire ’ to surround the owners with warm, familiar materials. In the traditional House of Good Taste, designed by Merton S. Barrows AIA, of Royal Barry Wills Associates, Inc., wood windows again were used extensively. Double-hung ponderosa pine units with multiple panes of glass are flanked by louver shutters and are authentically styled elements that are essential ingredients in Barrows' traditional design. Another model home that is attracting many visitors at the Fair is the Formica World’s Fair House. Among the highlights of this exhibit are the “talking rooms’* in which an “invisible family” describes the home’s various features. Windows in this house are all attractive stock casement units of ponderosa pine. Versatility is one of the prized advantages of wood windows as shown by their various uses in these houses at the World’s Fair.

mhmbmmbbbbbbbbbrßßß m r" W - I Ugg GRILLED WOOD WINDOWS and live plants welcome visitors entering Underground Home. in a house that is virtually dirtfree this doesn’t have to be done very often/ The Underground Home is equipped with an array of modern appliances. The kitchen includes a high-oven electric range, built-in dishwasher and an electric refrigerator-freezer. Natural Lighting Effects One of the most interesting features of this house is its lighting system-a combination of blue Mnd gold fluorescent lights with dimmer controls. Used together, daytime light is produced. When the gold is dimmed, a night effect is achieved. With only the gold lights used, bright, morning sunlight is simulated. Amber floodlights create a sunset

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OLD NEW ENGLAND CHARM is combined with contemporary indoor-outdoor living in this traditional House of Good Taste on exhibit at the World’s Fair. White siding, blended blue-gray asphalt shingles, and colonial entryway add to traditional appear* ance (above); pool and patio at rear (below) lend modern touch.

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They are available in a variety of styles that makes it easy to use them with virtually any type of architectural design. This is illustrated by the use of the wood casement windows in the contemporary Formica house and

The fluorescent lights provide ample energy for growing plants. Why live underground, anyway? Proponents of underground living list a number of reasons, including low humidity, a dustand pollen-free atmosphere, maximum. security and pleasant Weather every day of the year. It costs less since heating and cooling are negligible, and with no harsh weather, maintenance and major replacement costs are virtually non-existant. On top of this, they point out that an underground-home owner gets double use of his land. The ground above can be used for recreation such as tennis courts or swimming pool, or for a wooded area to be enjoyed when the weather is pleasant ;\/ V y I - A A/? gp ® •in S PRETTY GUIDE demonstrates ease with which grilles are removed from ponderosa I pine windows.

the choice of double-hung units in the traditionally styled House of Good Taste. The wood windows in the Underground Home are given a totally different look by the use of removable diamond* shaped grilles.

New York World’s Fair Homemakers’ Treat

Like to look at modem welldesigned and well-equipped kitchens? If you do and you plan to visit the World’s Fair, you won’t want to miss a number of stimulating exhibits that feature the best in today’s kitchens —and some of tomorrow’s. The House of Good Taste, for example, has three complete homes on display, each designed in a different style by internationally famous architects. Each kitchen is equipped with a multitude of work-saving appliances, including an electric range, re-frigerator-freezer and automatic dishwasher. Formica’s World’s Fair House features the use of exciting modern building materials, and treats visitors to special lighting and sound effects, doors thjjt open and close mysteriously, and a dress that waltzes around the room-minus the usual body. The kitchen in the Formica House is designed for convenience and is highlighted by an electric high-oven range with side-by-side ovens, a refrigeratorfreezer and built-in electric dishwasher. Another attractive kitehen is found in the Underground Home, located in the Transportation section. This unique house Is literally built under the ground, and has full-size, tastefully furnished rooms, including a modem allelectric kitchen. The Dorothy Draper Dream

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Roof Color , Complements Model House Probably not one out of to visitors to the traditional House of Good Taste at the N. T. World’s Fair could tell you what color the roof is. For the record, it’s gray-blue-but the important thing is not the specific color, but the fact that it does its part in creating a harmonious whole. The late architect, Royal Barry Wills, was a master at building warmth and homespun living into a house. The traditionally styled house, designed by Merton -S. Barrows AIA, of Royal Barry.] Wills Associates, Inc., is in the best Wills tradition. Yet, like the fine homes Wills designed, it also provides the convenience of. excellent layout and the durability of modem building materials* The facade could be that of a charming old New England home. It’s at the rear, where a big bow window and sliding glass doom open onto a patio and swimming pool, that visitors realize the; house is as up-to-date as it ia' charming. Blending with both the modem and the Early American aspects of the long, one-story house* the gray-blue roof subtly adds the warmth of color and texture without being dominant or distracting. The heavyweight asphalt shingles bear the Underwriters’ Laboratories label for both fire and wind resistance. The traditional house is one of three models in a group that also includes contemporary and modem styling, each designed by a leading architect

ELECTRIC SURFACE cooking unit sets In slab in the eenter of this Oriental kitchen, one of five World Kitchens in the Futurama Building at the New York World’s Fair. House is located on the second floor of the Better Living Center. This unusual house features an all-electric kitchen, controlled lighting and the lavish use of vivid colors in materials. Also found in the Better Living Center is a Gallery of Kitchens done in a variety of styles from Colonial to ultra-modern. One ofthe best received of these is the French Regency Kitehen which combines a decided air of elegance with down-to-earth worksaving features. Its major appliances are electric.