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This Spring Homes Vie With Fashions Iq Modern Styles spring homes will vie Wtfc fashions for the spotlight Xt Modern styles. Many home , Mwcrs are expected to give Vstvir homes modern smartness wather protection through 3k re-siding of exterior walls acv roofing. ' . Asbestos shingles have been j(ive a new luxury appearance b mw styling and decorator approved color treatments. At the, same time, the shingles re tain the qualities of fire-safety, permanence and low up-keep which has made them so popular because they last for the life of the house. They are money saving investment in the long run. Jf Asbestos Siding The new texture treatments and colors of asbestos siding shingles are completely pleasing to modern taste. Pastel shades are very popular. Color is often applied to give a two-tone ef fect. Asbestos . siding can be ap plied directly over old wood walls. It can be applied over stucco walls, if the stucco is in reasonably good condition. - ' Accentuated shadow lines be tween horizontal shingle cour es will help to bring out the full beauty of asbestos siding, can be obtained1 several ways. One is to use - wood nailing strips. Another is to employ fi ' ber board shingle backers made "- for that purpose. Roof CoTering Now's the time to do some thing about a shabby, leaky, old roof! No other part, of a house is more likely to cause serious trouble if it is left unattended. If a roof is in really bad con dition, the only safe remedy is a new roof covering. Asbestos- cement shingles have proved es pecially durable. They cannot burn, w;ll not rot and stay on, even in high winds. Hoofing shingles are made in a variety of styles, including the trip -type which gives the coyer age of several individual shing le. Among the old standbys are hexagonal and . Dutch lap pat terns. - A new addition to this popular shingle family is a . large size, self-aligning unit known as the ranch design. It is sold under various brand names, but can be identified by its size, which is 24 inches wide by 12 inches deep. They are easy to apply. Electric Appliances Make Large Increases Look what's happened elec trically in the past ten years! In 1948 there were virtually no tel evision sets, electric shavers, mixers, sandwich-waffle combin ation grills, steam irons, food freezers, electric , blankets or broilers in existence. Today 33,200,000 homes have television sets, over 17,000,000 have shavers, 15,100,000 have mixers, nearly 15,000,000 have sandwich - waffle combinations, ver ' 13,000,000 have steam irons.- and over 7,000,000 have fraagers, around ,5,000,000 have eiactrie bed coverings, and over V.Mt.000 have electric broilers'. Operation elm ftfSHEE "You never miss the water 'til the well Whan that happens, call MODERN maybe the rutd out, just call MODERN AND FORGET IT. IF the sink or lavatory stops up, call MODERN If ti fcid drop a fire truck down the toilet coll MODERN. If you cant' stand the "drip-dr'ip-drp" mt leaky faucet, call MODERN. If the furnace talks back to you and blows cold air at-yb, aall MODERN. If you forgot to drain your cooler and when the first hot day arrives, it yai't week call MODERN. If you need a ventilating fan installed in the kitchen or bath, Cflll MODflN. If your gutter needs repairing, call MODERN. If your wife needs a new planter mmf ' (all MODERN. : . I yawr refrigerator or freexer goes "fluey" coll MODERN. If you are tired of firing that eld woe" stove and need o complete new furnace and air conditioner, for year around com fortcall MODERN. If you are building a new home and want a bid ort PLUMBING, HEAT ING or SHEET METAL, call MODERN. " MODERN PLUMBING & SHEET METAL CO. has 17 trucks and 30 friendly employees with a grand .total of 300 years of mechanical experience to serve you better. aim n --t j . : KITCHEN CREATED This kitchen was created to show homemakers what can be accom plishFd in modernization, using material and equipment currently available. Dining area" at left features planning desk and fold-away sewing center. Electric range in foreground is a 30-inch model with French doors and automatic iu!i-out shelf. Mixing center, dishwasher, sink, built-in refrigerator and air conditioner are shewn along rear - wall. Built-in clothes hamper, automatic washer and dryer at right. Material, Equipment Available May Be Used in Fixing Kitchen It's easier than you think to have a real dream kitchen using materials and equipment currently available. Research indicates that about 25 million American homemak ers are wasting time, energy and a lot of good humor working in outdated, inadequate kitchens, most of them more than 30 years old. If you're planning to remodel your kitchen this year, you'll want your new kitchen to in clude these general working areas: a food preparation and storage center, cooking center, clean-up center, laundry, sewing center, family dining area, and homemaker's planning center. And each will have its own storage. Overall Appearance The overall appearance of your kitchen should be warm and WOOD GRAIN WALL The fireplace in this remodeled living room is accented with a wood grain wall treatment which matches, yet varies from the paneling elsewhere in the room. The tongue-and-groove paneling is a predecorated hardboard that can be applied over old walls. The marble-pattern facing is also hardboard. "Marlite" Panels and Blocks by Marsh Wall Products, Inc. 1 Home Improvement at PLUHBNG T. METAL S 613 E. JACKSON Dial SP 3-5368 It's surprising how im portant the functions of an organization such as ours is, to the comfort of your family. inviting. New colored appliances can set the keynote for your fav orite type of decor, either so phisticated modern or quaint Early American. New pastel colored appliances can be used with a variety of color schemes. However, if you still prefer white, appliances, you can add color to your kitchen in other ways. The heart of your cooking cen ter is your range. Choose the finest you can afford, and it will repay you with time saving and efficiency. A modern exhaust hood above the range plays a functional role, helping to kep the rest of your kitchen clean. Wall Behind Range The wall behind your range should be of some wall material that is easy to wipe clean. Small utensils and condiments runs dry" pipes are frozen or V "k I! 4 can be stored beside the range in handy shallow cabinets. Base : cabinets in the cooking center should be planned for con venient storage a drawer file for saucepan lids; a heavy wood en pull-out shelf that doubles as a chopping block; a place to set hot casseroles and roasts; a knife drawer, and pull-out racks for trays; cookie sheets, broiler pans and other utensils. ; Mixer and blender should be in the center for food prepar ation and storage. Roll -out shelves could store toaster and coffee maker, and other special roll-out drawers, bins and racks can hold dry foods, canned goods and bottles. Sink Cabinet The sink cabinet' is the place for a convenient waste-basket and pull-out rack for drying towels. Your automatic dishwasher can be built-in under the coun ter, and your sink should be equipped with a food waste dis poser. ' There should be ample food capacity for even a large family in your freezer and refriger ater. Automatic washer, dryer, a built-in clothes hamper and iron ing board make a compact cen ter of your home laundry area. Roll-out shelves in a base cab inet provide handy storage for the iron and laundry supplies. Dining Area . . The dining area could double I as a planning and sewing center. Your planning desk could con tain a. radio, telephone, address file, . stationery drawer and a shelf for cook books. , ,,". A special file drawer could keep sewing patterns, and "a swing-out lamp can be used with both the desk and sewing ma chine. A window-type room air condi tioner will keep the entire area in climate-controlled comfort! Hardwood Floors Preferred by Some Many home ' owners prefer hardwood flooring to cement "or tile, because of its richness and beauty. When adding another room, or re-doing existing floors, it is wise to consider the type of flooring and estimate' the cost. ' '. ' To figure the number of feet of hardwood flooring needed lor a room: find the number of square feet of floor space to be I covered and add the following I percentages depending on the face width of the flooring. For the popular standard -face i width of 2V inches, add 33 13 j per cent; for 1 Vi-inch widths, : add 50 per cent; for a 2-inch width, add 37Vi per cent. An additional 3 to 5 per cent shold be taked on to the total to allow for customary waste in cutting and fitting. Hardwood flooring should nev er be laid until all plaster and cement work are thoroughly dry and all woodwork and trim in stalled. The last step in building is ttje laying and finishing of hard wood floors. MUSICAL WALLPAPER To make this room as gay and col orful as the family get-togethers, the wallpaper is musical too! De signs picture every type of mu sical instrument in flame red, green-yellow, emerald green and pale gold on a white back ground. By Imperial Wallpaper Co. Stone Gaining New Favor As Veneer For Remodeling Stone, the most ancient of materials for home building, is gaining new favor with decora tors as a veneer in home remod eling. Both, interiors and exteriors acquire new beauty through the effective use of the colors, tex tures and varied shapes of stone wall facing and blocks. Resembling natural flagstone, this moulded building material lends itself to either formal or informal treatment, depending upon the way it is set and the room in which it. is used. Thorughout your home you'll find innumerable places where this attractive material can add beauty and character to color less rooms. If you have an outmoded, un attractive fireplace, try facing it, floor to ceiling, with stone. For striking beauty extend the fireplace facing to cover the en tire wall, with, perhaps, a built in niche for your television set, for books, or for shelves on which to display family treas ures. To add distinction to an other wise drab living room, try a stone facing planter-wall to de fine the entry or to give semi privacy to the dining area. The rough natural texture of stone is ideally suited to the more informal rooms of your home the rumpus room, play room, or family room. Give your family room a cas ual air with a counter-bar of stone. Veneer one wall adjacent to a picture window. As practical outdoors as in doors, you may wish to extend your "stone wall" across the end of a porch or patio to achieve the airy "open" look. Weather resistant and fire safe, this material requires no painting nor upkeep and can be applied over walls of any type The insulative value of stone facing will reward you " with more even indoor temperatures in hot or cold weather, and its beauty will increase the value of your home. for No other improvement can add so much to the comfort, convenience and value of your home as Westinghouse electrical equipment1. . . you choose the finest when you choose Westinghouse!" 1RI6HTEN your nomc Is Your Home Adequately Wired? You get the best results from your Appliances with adequate wiring- check with our wiring de partment now! you 214 West Main Wednesday. May 8, 1957 Built-in Accessories i Make Break Decorating The towel bars, soap dish and other built-in accessories in your bathroom take up little space, but they can make or break the decorating of the room. Decorators warn that black ones usually, "stick out like sore thumbs." The best plan is to choose these items in exactly the color of the material used for the wainscots. They blend into the background and the room does not seem cut up. It's a fact! CARPET r Will Improve Your Home More Than Any Single Investment! Nothing Dow mi ! 3 years to pay on our Home Improvement Loan! DYKjF'S FLOORCOUERItlG "Everything in Fine Floor Covering" 227 East 6th Phone SP 2-5168 finger-tip BETTER LIVING WesDmilhyse can eg suRE iFtTsVstinjliouse MEDFORD tOREOON) MAIL TaiBOTfE tHt' Mirrors Used as Decorator's Tool Give a look of airiness, per spective and sparkle to problem rooms by using mirrors as a decorator's "tool." If a room is too long and narrow-, it can be made to look wider by' placing a rectangular mirror on a long side wall. Small, box-like rooms may appear wider with a mirrored end wall. Tip: if a mirror is placed so that it reflects a blank wall, it is missing its potential! In selecting a decorative mir ror, be sure its frame blends 000 With Wonderful ft Built-in Kitchen Equipment Ranges ft Refrigerators ft Dishwashers ft Water Heaters ft Air Conditioners (UI ITLlflillil with the rest of the decor. never choose a mirror that i larger than the furniture pie it has ben chosen to complement Wherever possible, place your mirror to catch the moat deatl able reflection. ' ' i Opposite a picture, window; the mirror will pick up the euV door scene . . . placed in 'a dark hallway opposite an open doe, it can help bring a note of light and color. In most instances,' minora hung at eye level, offer the fcaat perspective. - i ELECTRIC COMPANY Pit) Phone SP 3-6241
