The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 May 1970 — Page 22

Lighting Has Bright Ideas To Better Living for All

“Home improvement” means to most people new appliances for the kitchen, new wall-to-wall carpeting , for the living room, a second bathroom, or a family room added to the house. More homeowners might keep in mind the one way in which they can improve every room in the house by adding a single ingredient — improved lighting. When parents realize that in their child’s schoolroom or a modern business office, there is probably 15-30 times as much light as in the home living room, for instance, and that outdoors on a sunny day the light level may be 500 times that in the home, homeowners can see why it’s a safe guess that more light is needed — in every room of the house. How about a really good study lamp for the teen-age C? student's room? How about fastening some simple fluorescent fixtures to

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LIGHTED SHELVES dramatise collections of books, art objects. Here, 13-watt fluorescent bulbs are tucked away at the back of every other shelf, and recessed so that lamps are completely out of view. the underside of the kitchen wall cabinets to give better light on countertops? Why not make TV viewing more comfortable by fastening a tubular or regular light bulb, about 25-60 watts, to the back of the TV set to provide necessary “surround” lighting? Wouldn’t it be easier to put on make-up in the bathroom (or for the man of the house to shave) if there were lights on each side of the mirror and a ceiling fixture directly over the front edge of the sink? And in the living room there are lots of little lighting “tricks” that can make a great big difference in the over-all attractiveness of the room, say General Electric lighting specialists. Lighted valances over windows will “wash” draperies with light, accenting material pattern and color and texture. A chain-hung decorative lighting fixture will create an unusual point of interest in a comer area. Art objects and paintings can be highlighted with ceil-ing-mounted fixtures or portable high intensity lamps. A fluorescent tube fastened to the back of a wide piece

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of furniture will "up-light” the wall behind it. And lighted cabinets will make collections of books and special “knick-knacks” dramatic conversation pieces. Storage Is Must For Improvers Storage space is a must for the remodeled basement, be it workshop or family room. One handy answer could be brightly-painted pegboards, which hold tools, hobby equipment or whatever. Shelf systems fit a wide variety of needs, and some of the new ones use tension poles to avoid the need of any wall, ceiling or floor installation. For still more storage space, a walk-in cedar closet might be built into the walls or under the stairs of the newly-remodeled basement. SHELF SYSTEMS New shelf system eliminates need for attachments to walls, floors or ceilings. Stanley “Flaire’" shelving systems use tension poles and bookcase frames as basis for creating shelf arrangements and room dividers.

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