Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1964 — Page 2

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Bedroom Suite of Five Spaces Gives Parents Useful Haven

Are you planning a home with a master bedroom separated from ,the children’s bedroom wing?

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Why not expand it into a versatile suite to which you can retreat in daytime or evening hours? One home designed recently by a Pacific Coast architect has as its most unusual and luxurious feature a cluster of five useful

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spaces, centered around the master bedroom. The homeowners wanted such an arrangement, so they could retire in comfort from the scene when their teen-agers and friends held a social conclave in the main living area. The master bedroom, bath and dressing rooms from the nucleus of the parents' wing, as is common in well-planned homes now being built. But the further addition of a den for reading or television turned out to be a brilliant stroke by this architect. The adult's studio can be shut off from the bedroom with sliding doors. It also has direct entry from the hall. And finally, a Douglas fir deck built flush with the bedroom floor, reached by one of the now popular sliding glass doors, completed the versatile bedroom suite. The deck Is spacious enough for a couple of chaise lounges and a coffee table, all ready without fuss to serve up an hour or two of sun-basking. A solid wall of the same roughcut vertical siding as that on the house extends along one side of the deck at eaves height, assuring privacy from the front of the lot. Wooden box planters mark the outer corners of the deck, adding to the feeling that here Is yet another room, the fifth, in this imaginative bedroom suite. Within the house, the sense of unity is enhanced through the use of clear finished lumber paneling on most of the walls, west coast hemlock in this instance. Other western species such as Idaho white pine would serve equally well. The tall sliding doors between bedroom and study bear the same natural finish, and the use of warm wood wallls and builtins within the suite works as a design element connecting Indoors to the fifth, roofless room. Here is an answer to a frequent family need. Teen-agers can entertain at home, out from under the constant scrutiny of parents who have no other area to retire to. Here mother and father leave the scene, but remain close at hand, comfortable in their private suite ..that was designed for living as well as slumber. Fir Masts bom Or ‘Old Ironsides’ That famous fighting frigate, U. S. S. Constitution, unfurls her' sails from tall masts of Douglas fir. A Pacific Coast firm re- , ecfitly supplied four timbers 110 feet long and 20 inches square for the vessel, now enshrined at Boston Navy Yard. Attesting to the strength, unifority and great height of the Douglas fir, the Navy has ordered no other wood for use. in masts aboard “Old Ironsides" for many decades. This species is by far the most widely used in American home construction. Vegetable Island Remodeling a big, old-fash-ioned kitchen? Consider putting a new vegetable sink in an island tailored of long-lasting western woods. On one side of the sink, build in a chop block which doubles ns giant-sited breadboard for baking operations, with counter on opposite side of the sink in tile or plastic laminate. Build drawers an cupboards into island for special implements needed here.

REFRESHING CABINET i [ffliuTi H A * i 1 ! kzw ? ■ iw' Here's n slick way to make the job of hostess easier. This clever cabinet built Into living room hearth wall hides a small sink and glassware. Other supplies can be kept in lower cabinet, along with the bridge decks and ash trays. When closed, cabinet doors blend perfectly into wall paneled in ponderosa pine.

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Fire Wall One good way to set off a wood paneled fireplace wall is to accent the fireplace with a decorative copper or iron hood. The wood panbling can be any of several western species and should be tongue-and-groove. Boice Up If you want to spice up your fence, try using bright colored plastic panels in a well defined pattern along the fence. You can set them in a fence frame of western wood, which is easily cut and shaped. AVOID SAGS When paints a dresser or chest, remove the drawers and set them with drawer-frants facing up, advi he Nation ?( *! (*! ; up, advises the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association. This will prevent the occurrence of enamel runs of sags. KEEP A RECORD The next time you paint a room, write down the kind of paint used, the amount needed, the color, and the store where it was purchased, suggests the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association. Keep this little record and, should you need to retouch a marred surface, you will have all the information you need right at your fingertips. DON’T FORGET . Always remember to replace the lid on a can of paint after you have finished working with it, says the National Paint, Varnfsh and Lacquer Association. If the can should be accidentally tipped over, the paint will not be spillled. And the remainder of the paint will be fresh the next time it is used. DON’T OVERLOAD THE BRUSH Never overload a brush when you dip it into a paint can, cautions the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association. This will prevent unnecessary splatters on you and on the object you are painting.

Louver Screen Creates Entry It is always nice to have a de fin e d entrance area for a home, and where a small hall is not practical, other solutions are possible, A divider screen, to define the entrance area where the front door opens directly into the living room, can be built of wood louvers which need take only four to six inches of floor space. The louvers can be set in a top and bottom base and the screen can be framed or supported by a simple 2x4 column. You can use clear finished west coast hemlock in this screen which will give fl good accent to your room. In the event you already have wood paneling in the living area, you can create a striking contrast with rough sawn cedar lurhber for the screen. In this type of installation you can intro du c e some rather strong colors if you wish, for the rough wood can be stained or painted. Some designers have suggested the use of vivid shades for emphasis Keep Colonial Want to remodel your living room without harming its Colonial character? Try solid lumber paneling cut with a joint pattern and installed horizontally. Top with a cornice molding and paint the paneled walls a saft pastel or cream shade. West coast hemlock and ponderosa pine are recommended panel woods. Cedar for Bath Wood paneling in the bathroom? Certainly. Ideal is autumntoned western red cedar. This western species has high stability when exposed to the alternating dampening and drying, which prevails in the typical family bathroom.

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Wood Gutters M Attention The fall of the year Is the time to check out your house. Look at the downspouts and gutters and clean them out. Check your windows and doors, because you can lose a lot of heat in the winter if they are not tight and Snug. You should plan to paint your window sills every year for best wear and performance. It wouldn’t hurt to give your windows a good coat of paint every year; ft would help seair up any cracks or leaks. If your gutters are in bad • shape, and you’ve been battling fast wearing metal gutters for years, it might be a good idea to take a look at wood gutters. They require very little attention each year, aside from an oc- ’ casional dose of red lead inside and maybe a painting on the outside to match the home. Wood gutters have long been the favorite of people who like good detailing around their home. Also, wood gutters have a very long like when properly maintained. You can match Colonial styling with wood gutters or they will match as easily with contemparory home designs.

Deck Screens Easy To Erect Cooler breezes of autumn bring more clearly to mind the value of screens around the deck or lounging area of the back yard. There’s time still this year to erect a wood screen, and it will be ready next spring to help you enjoy the sun without the discouragement of the last bity winds of late winter. One popular style of screen may be built of posts approximately eight feet apart, with top and bottom rails between, and the screen filleld in with narrow boards nailed in horizontally with a half-inch spacing.At your lumber dealer’s, specify western species in such sizes as these: For posts, 4x4 inch; top and bottom rails, 2x4s; and panel pieces, lx2-inch. He’ll be willing to help you figure quantities, if you can tell him the total length and height of the screening you wish to build. When deciding distance between posts, divide the full runinto reasonable but equal portions. And when you determine the height, consider these three points. What will be high enough to break the view and reduce the wind? What height will look right in proportion to the height and nearness of the house and to the length of the screening? And, what does your local building code permit? Builders’Dozen A dozen species make up the family of western trees, from which is produced nearly twothirds of the nation’s softwood lumber production. These spe. cies are: Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, western hemlock, Idaho white pine, sugar pine, larch, white fir, Engelmann spruce, western red cedar, Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and incense cedar.

Swing-Down Table I B 1

No space in the laundry for a work Counter? Try this—a swingdown table which is actually the door of an upper cabinet. It’s hinged at the bottom, with legs forming the easily grasped "handle.” DBeglas fir is an excellent lumber to use for such custom building.

Lumber Leads Wood’s Uses Man’s most versatile raw material, wood, is the source of an amazing array of useful products, some 5,000 in number. But its most important use, as it has been since the day of the country’s founders, is in home building. This is why the most emphasis is placed on the widening range of building materials during National Forest Products Week, booked this year for October 1824. Lumber continues to be the major wood product, and the base material for four-fifths or more of the homes Americans build. The tree harvest also provides plywood, softboards and hardboards, shakes and shingles, wallpaper and certain plastics Homes have advanced remarkably since the day of the frontier cabin and even from'that of the severe Victorian era. Today, skilled architects and builders are creating the finest homes of any era, and doing so with lumber as the chief material. Informality and luxury, efficiency and beauty are fully compatible in today’s home. Taken for granted nowj the average new home would have dumbfounded people of just a few generations ago. But its basic functions are the same as those of the 19th ceatury house, and its structure has the same strength, emanating from ages-tested wood. Two- thirds of the softwood lumber American forests produce for homes comes from 12 western stated. Among their dozen commercial lumber species the most noted are Douglas fir and ponderosa pine. Western lumber serves practically every use in home construction, and is available in the vast majority of communities through the country’s 30,000 building material dealers. Ceiling Magic Want to put warmth in a highceiling room? Add deep, false beams and ceiling panel boards in clear finished Douglas fir or west coast hemlock.

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Lumber Walls Cnt Heat Bills Solid lumber paneling helps reduce heating and cooling bills in homes that contain no walls and ceiling insulation. In fact, solid wood leads competitive wal| coverings in resistance to heat transmission, labo ra- - fests have shown. One-inch nominal thickness of lumber paneling resists the transfer of heat 1% times aS well as four Inches of brick, and times as well as %-inch gypsum board, tests have proven.

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