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'.
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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
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ING or SHEET METAL, call MODERN.
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a grand .total of 300 years of mechanical experience to serve you better.
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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
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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
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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.
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No other improvement can add so much to the
comfort, convenience and value of your home as
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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!
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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
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With Wonderful
ft Built-in Kitchen
Equipment
Ranges
ft Refrigerators
ft Dishwashers
ft Water Heaters
ft Air Conditioners
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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
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