M Tti Ntws-Reriow, Koseburg, Ore. Tues. May 20, 1958
Family Requirements Vital
In Landscaping Of House
Landscaping n a custom Job
which takes into consideration the
needs and pocketbooks of each
individual family.
Obviously a family with several
growing children will find it im
practical to specialize in a velvet-
smooth, weed-free lawn. A hill
side house will have problems
never encountered with a house
on level ground. This family of
adults will go in for flower gar
dening; that family of adults, to
whom grounds-keeping is a chore
and not a hobby, will want to keep
outside work to a minimum.
Start Modestly
Unfortunately, few men and
women buying their first house
really know just how much out
side work they want. Much better
to start modestly with a carefully
prepared lawn, basic tree and
shrub plantings and a minimum
of flower and vegetable gardens.
It is easy enough to add.
Ideally, a landscaping plan
should be developed an carefully
as house-building plans. More
often, alas, landscaping in the
broad sense turns out to be some
thing added after the house is
linished.
Make a Plan on Papor
The first move ot the home
owner is to make a plan on
paper. Every family will have
a different answer for each fam
ily has its own particular needs.
If there is need for privacy,
there should be a screen. 1'his
can be a closely-woven fence, a
hedge of evergreens or a long
planting of shrubs.
If the family enjoys outdoor
living in season, provisions should
be made for a sunny patio, a
shady spot out of summer heat,
and an outdoor grille for family
fun.
Cardenert will want to mark
out their future f lo w e r beds,
taking into consideration the
amount of sun which will reach
it in growing season.
Grass Noods Cars, Too
to consider grass. And, no mat
ter what you've been told, grass
is a plant which appreciates good
soil, adequate drainage and food
as much as a prize dahlia. A thin
covering of top soil over a heavy
clay soil, rocks and building de
bris will never support a healthy
lawn. It is real economy to spend
time and money in the first in
stance to provide a proper grow
ing medium.
If the job is too much for the
home handyman, get help. Also
read books on the subject. Have '
your soil tested. And make cer
tain that there is grading and
drainage.
After that, planting may come.'
The average family will find trees i
and shrubs costly. It is a better;
investment to spread Ojf the pur-
chases over a period of time than;
to try to do the whole job at
once. This is not only easier on
tha budKct, but ideas and tastes
change from year to year.
Two warnings:
Everybody knows that little
trees grow into big trees and
that little shrubs grow into big
shrubs. For some reason few
gardeners can't seem to realize
this when they are busily digging
holes. The result is that in a few
years the material becomes
crowded and tangled and the
gardener must start pulling out
what he put in at so much ex
pense. Trees, shrubs and flower beds
placed in the middle of grass
areas are areas which must be
moved around, and usually have
their edges trimmed. When
planting a yard, think of your
job as the man b eh i nd the
mower and make the grass areas
as clean and uncluttered as pos
sible. Besides, single specimen
plantings are currently unpopular.
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Readybuilt Home
Has Advantages
Most families, faced with the
decision to buy a new house or
build one, find the solution in their
own pocketbooks.
Here are some major advan
tages that may sometimes be
found in buying a new, ready
built home, as compared with
building a specially - designed
Dome.
1. Overall financial savings. De
velopment builders and small con
tractors buy materials in large
quantities at lower cost. They buy
land in large chunks. Their labor
costs often are lower.
2. Loss cash outlay and lower
Interest rates. Development buy
ers and some small contractors
have financing setups which can
result in lower down payments.
3. Land development and utili
ties. New homes built for sale al
most invariably are on developed
land with paved streets, side
walks, sewers, water lines and
utilities.
4. Landscaping. Most I a r ge
builders and some small ones in
clude grading, landscaping and
driveways in the house price.
5. Quality materials. Reputable
builders choose good materials
which are installed with less trou
ble. "Luxury bonuses." Builders
often add sales features such as
expensive wall paneling, basement
game rooms and even small
swimming pools.
Most building authorities agree,
however, that one of the biggest
mistakes home buyers can make
is to spend their housing dollars
for luxuries and fail to get good
basic design and construction.
How can you avoid this trap?
Here are some questions to ask
yourself and the builder, af nec
essary as you go through model
houses :
How many are in my family,
how much room do we need?
Will the house be comfortable
in hot and cold weather:
Are electrical outlets where you
need them? Is there enough cur
rent in the house?
Finally, do you know and ap
prove of the builder's reputation?
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ease of upkeep with convenience.
Your Lunch Hour May
Show Up In Paint Job
In painting a clapboard house,
it U best to paint in horizontal
strips about t hr ee feet wide.
Don't stop in the middle of a
strip for any sizable amount of
time. Your lunch hour may show
up in the finished job. The best
I place to stop is at the end of a
strip, or mi a winuow or aoor.
Handyman Keeps Pace With Builder
O Is more an Inexpensive
way to make a mortar box?
A You can make a practical
mortar box by cutting an ordinary
oil drum in two, as shown in the
sketch. The sloping sides make
mixing and cleaning easy and
the sides may be pounded safely
to break old mortar loose.
The do-it-yourself movement has
grown out of the craze category
and become an accepted aspect of
American life.
And that all-American, the han
dyman, spent an estimated 8 bil
lion dollars last year on do-it-yourself
projects. This figure includes
paint, lumber, other materials and
tools.
Making it even more impres
sive, the Do-It-Yourself Informa
tion Bureau of New York City, an
organization of the trade, esti
I mates that 14 million homes have
, power work shops, and that 75
per cent of all American horae
! owners do work themselves.
I Do - it - yourself is of course
just one part of the home im
provement picture.
I America built about a million
homes last year despite recession
and gloomy forebodings. The cost
of non-farm residential construc
tion was estimated at 17 billion
dollars. The median cost for a sin
gle family house was over $13,000.
At the same time, the Home Im
provement Council figured that
the nation's remodeling bill ran to
15 billion dollars.
The council is sure that there
will be still more remodeling this
year. For that matter, there have
been optimistic estimates on 1958
home construction. And the died
in the wool do-it-yourself fan al
ways is optimistic, with or with
out expert help. His chief danger,
in fact, is tackling jobs too big
for him and not calling on profes
sional help when it's needed.
DON'T PAINT
YOUR HOUSE
UNTIL YOU LEARN THESE IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT
FULLER'S SPECTACULAR NEW HOUSE PAINT FOR W000
1.
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