Yon Can Have Charm Pins Convenience
In Yoiir Kitchen With These Ideas .
By Lonore Kent
Do you think wishfully of a
trim, compact new model kitchen?
Do you reflect, unhappily, on your
own spacious, but definitely pre
war ' workshop? You needn't.
There are all sorts of possibilities
for convenient arrangement in
your larger kitchen. There are
also more ways it can be endowed
with charm and livability than
the small, business-like affairs in
many brand-new houses.
One large, awkwardly arranged
kitchen has, for example^ been
rearranged into a room that has
production-line efficiency plus in
viting charm and comfort.
First of all—as the construction
of the chimney permitted it—a
unique and delightful miniature
fireplace was constructed at table
top height in the corner devoted
to mealtime. A generous ledge in.
front of the fireplace created a
small hearth. |
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At right angles to the chimney
a oench • was built—with shelves
■T" above Tt in the popular new egg
crate pattern. These gave attrac
tive setting to a treasured col
lection of copper objects. The
bench itself had a box seat which
held logs and kindling. A Hitch
- cock bench and a table with.
wheels > completed the furnishing
of the fireside group. The wheels
on the tabfe, incidentally made it
possible to turndie the table di
rectly to (the sink after a meal,
eliminating the need for many
steps in clearing the table.
Because of the joy they took in
their coopperware, the family
planned a color scheme to com
plcment it. Walls and woodwork
were c.)at«T with a lovely shade of
^chartreuse green semi-gloss enam
el that was as easy to wash as
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it was to view.t The Hitchcock
bench was done in a cooper tone.
The movable table and built-in
bench were enameled a warm
brown to match the linoleum,
while the eggcrate shelves were
finished in a chartreuse yellow
that blended with the cushions on
the bench. The brick of the chim
ney, in white, repeated the gleam
ing, durable finish of the kitchen
equipment, while the fabric at the
curtains at the windows combined
all the lovely colors in the room.
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Check Farm
Homes Now
For Repairs
Thousands of farm homes in
Worth Carolina are in urgent- need
or repairs, says it. M. Ritchie, Jr.,
•agricultural engineering.. specalist
for th’e State College Extension
Service." .
Porches, and steps of some are
so weakened as to be dangerous,
the specialist declares. He points
out that winter and early spring
is the best time to mdke needed
repairs to these farm homes. Now
Is the time, 'he reminds home
owners, for that an annula check
to find what repairs have to be
made.
Concrete is in ideal material,
says Ritchie, foe outside steps and
porches. If wood is used, it should
be of a kind that resists decay,
or else it should be treated with
i wood prcservatice. It is possible
o buy wood preservatives suitable
for home use which will make
sap wood as durable as heart
wood. .“ " 7.—
Every year 3,500 farm people in
the United States die in farm fires.
Tit? largest single cause of these
tragic farm heme fires is defective
lues and heating equipment. If
chimneys are cracked, or if mortar
s leached out of the'joints, these
nlaces should be repaired.
Ritchie asserts that any build
ing will deteriorate rapidly if the
rbcf is not kept repaired. For a
now roof, there are several good
materials from which to choose.
Metal roofing is becoming scarce,
out composition and asbestos ce
ment shingles probably will re^
main available."
Composition shingles make a
roof covering that is inexpensive,
usually has a life of from 15 to
20 years, and is so easy to apply
that the average., farmer can put
it on himself. Quite often these
-hingles may be put on right over
the old roof.
Planned for Corner Lot
Containing six rooms with ah
attached garage, this house Is
well-adapted to a corner lot site.
The plan features evcellent circu
lation with all rooms accessible
from the front entrance hall. It
has been selected as Plan No. 205
by American Builder magazine, 30
church St., New York. '
Service rooms, such as the kit
chen and garage, face the street
front with the living room and
dining room toward the rear.
Storage area is provided in the
attic, and a full basement con
tains apace for all utilities and
recreation.
Separating the living rgam and
dining space is a free-standing
bookcase and china cabinet four
feet high. If desired, this unit can
be placed against the wall, making
one large “JL” shaped area of the
two rooms.
Overall dimensions of the house
are-56 feet six inches by 40 fedt
six inches, including the garage.
The roof of fire-resistant asphalt
shingles is the key to a pleasing
color scheme, in a" blend harmon
izing witt) the white clapboard
siding and with fixed blinds on
each s'de of the windows in a
suitable accent color.
(Detailed building plans for this
houje are available from Ameri
can Builder, 30 Church St., New
York 7, N. Y. Refer to Plan No.
205.)
Walking On Roof Can Cause Leaks
The act of (patching a roaf often
results in more leaks than existed
before repair work was started.
This is one of the little under
stood reasons for completely re- j
covering . a" weatherbeaten roof
with asphalt shingles instead of i
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patching it.
Accidental splitting or punctur
ing of old, worn rdofing is diffi
cult to avoid when the - roof is
used as a work platform. The
possibility of damange is great be
cause the roof has been weakened
by years of service. Patching a |
leak is recommended only when I
the roof is relatively new and
the damage is localized—a leak ,
caused by a falling tree branch;-!
for example. Otherwise, patch- ^
roofing wears evenly and th,e first j
leak indicates that others will de- ,
veiop soon.
The Toof of a house -should be !
inspected in the fall. This insipec- !
tion should be made early enough
to leave time 'for reroof tag, if it
is neoessery, before cold weather
arrives.
Now Is Tine To Modernize, Say Builders
With credit restrictions slowihg
down residential construction and
the construction ban severely cur
tailing other building, now is the
time to rehabilitate those strpct
ures built when good materials
were scarce, say spokesmen for
the building industry.
Reasons behind this thought are
that the restrictions of, National
Production Authority Order M-4,
commonly referred to as the ban
on com mercial construction, do
not apply to ... alterations, addi
tions, improvements and moder
nization where the ^construction
cost of all such Work . shall not
ovceed the sum of $5,000 for any
cn.-eci iye twelve months’ .per
' ,d.” Thu i< urterpreted to. mean-;
hat ahy busint ss fi.m can reno- j
.ate its present building u>p to
$5 000 worth without violating the |
NPA order. “ _
Regulation X which j
Is Tcu. .ailing home-btiilcHng-i
[.through restrictions on residential'
-cal estate credit does not apply
I “. . . to any extension of credit
if the total amount thereof, in
cluding "all outstanding credit
which was granted after the ef
fective date of this regulation
Design Gives
Mood Desired 1
£&*£&£ planning cun make the
mood of a house suit the per
sonalities of its owners. For this
dwelling, design and materials
servatiye effect Sidewalls, steps
and chimney are of white-painted
brick, in simple contrast to the
blue-black roof of fire-resistant
asphalt shingles. The door and
the. iron railing add a graceful
touch. Design of the hornt is
»dap ted from Cape ~Cod arehi"
ecture.--- - — -
• Become a home owner — start on the
— rioad to secure living as have so many with our
plan. Small monthly payments suited to your
income steadily reduce principal and interest
. . making debt-free ownership easier. Come
in and investigate today.
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tntereo—Principal — Taxes — Insurance
Hillsboro Buildmg & jLodtt
Hon
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(October 12. 1950) with rested
to the same property, is not in
access of $2,500." This is said to
mean that while a home owner
might fiflnd it difficult to finance
a now house new, the emergency
credit restrictions Will not ham
ne- him in obtaining loans up to
52500 to modernize4!His old home
Therefore,— according to the
building industry, in non-defense
area s, where good noncritical
building materials and good labor
are likely to beccm^ rirore plenti
ful than at any time in
years, the business man orw
owner can bet real value for v
modernization dollar this year
An interesting booklet on iv
subject has just been
entitled “New Buildings for Old”
Free copies are available to re*
ers of this newspaper from Bri<+
and Tile Service, Inc., 217 WatiJ
Building, Greensboro, -
Starch compounds can 'now bi
used to make highly durable fin.
ishes for household furniture
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