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Tuee. Moy 20, 1958 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. S YTZA . ra pt Tl - Thit young mits has tor own furniture, doiigntK. and bwilt just Sfurdy4 Custom-Sized Furnishings For Children Can Be Made Easily HIGH COST OF BATHS ' It takes more labor to put to- dustrjr. Tbe average bathroom gether the walls and plumbing of costs at least five times as much one small bathroom than it takes per square foot as any other room to frame a three - bedroom house, I except the kitchen, which builders says House & Home, professional 1 list as No. 2 in cost per square magazine of the home building in- foot. Sturdy, custom-sized tables and chairs for small children can be built by even a novice - do-it-yourselfer. Best of all, the furni ture costs little and takes rough handling. The first thing to determine is how high the chairs should be. About eight inches is the best for four-year-olds, for example. Using the eight-inch figure, you ask the lumber yard for a 2 by 8 inch fir board 12 feet long. Most yards will accommodate you by sawing it up into eight equal lengths of 18 inches. Or vou can do it yourself with a hand saw or power equipment, if your work shop is that well equipped. (Use 2x6s, 2x10s or 2x1 2s for larger or smauer cmiaren.) Stand these eight pieces of two oy eignis on tne ld-inch-iong edge and they become the sides of the chairs. Then you need four pieces of one by 12-inch pine shelving eacn or tnem m inches long I to place on top of the two by eights. Nail the pieces together 1 with eight penny finishing nails ,ad you already have sturdy and two pieces which are almost stools. as long as the plywood you will Build a Simple Back s . ,h ,OD (in ,h' cse "bout From here, your own tastes die- ,nches- tate. One by two-inch furring Nail at Each End strips can be used to build a sim- st,nd tw0 o( lne ,0.inch tris P' back. Most children, of course, lnd ,psced (ar enough apart seldom sit back in a chair, any- JO you can , one of the longer way, and the stools work fine. ,,.,,, , ,he ,op , ,nem lt eicn If used, the 1 t 2s are cut this end. A couple of eight or ID-penny way two pieces 18 inches long common nails will do the trick. luhiok ra nailwl at elioht hni-lf. ward sloping angle to the 2x8 sides. Then you nail a 1x2 (it'll be about 14 inches long) across the top of these, and another one between the 18-inch pieces and about five inches from the top. A child's table is equally sim ple. Most lumber yards have what they call plywood remnants. The fe-inch thick plywood is best for .kis v,... ,, -.11.. t i small piece - say around 24 lumber Is called It costs extra to inches by 24 inches quite rea- et exactly a 2 X S board. Isonable. This makes an excellent You also can save money in top. most cases u you can figure ways For legs, use two by four-inch to use boards less than 8 feet long, fir. If the chairs were made with 'House builders need them at least the seat about eight inches from I that long, and lumber yard men the floor, the 2x4s should be cut j frequently offer bargains in the into four pieces of 10-inch length ' shorter lengths. - Do the same for the others. Then space the twin leg as semblies about an inch from the edge of the plywood top and nail with finishing nails again. The whole project can be sanded and painted, if you desire. A small point: the lumber we're talking about actually doesn't measure 2 by 8 inches, lt will be slightly smaller. But it's what the ADEQUATE mmm MEANS , oo U - qo - v.. ... - -re- i00 1 to I With more and mora electrical appliances coming into use, your home may be behind the timet. If you lack "Housepower" you simply can't take advantage of these hundreds of electrical conveniences now avail able . . . convenience! that lighten your work-load ... give you more leisure time . . . and add yean of pleasure to modern living! 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