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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1957)
nGHT MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, May 8, 1937 SOFTEN Llf.ES A wallpaper of rosy-hued garden florals wts selected to soften the severe lines of the furniture in this bedroom. Designs are widtiy spaced on a white background to rive an open-air 16 k. Cclors are rosy pinks to lilac hues with touches of soft citron yellow and green. By Eirge Wallpaper. New Wallpapers Give Freshness to Rooms Trick your aging rooms into young freshness by giving them a crisp new background. The new wallpapers have designing ways to deceive the eye and hide the correct age of old rooms. Also, when sloping walls, ugly beams or other non-beautiful jogs in wall construction lessen the background beauty of a room . . . the right wallpaper can fool the eye by making these defects seem to fade. Another vote for wall paper in this era of individuality is the fact that it is the easiest, simplest and least expensive way to make a home distinctive: Simple designs in wallpapers, with a trend toward light back grounds and a combination of two or three softly muted colors in the patterns plus one strong accent color are the reason to day's papers can go anywhere in the house. There are no long er typical bathroom, kitchen, living room or bedroom papers. Any pattern is appropriate as long as it harmonizes with the furnishings. Today's Home Small Many of today's homes are small. With this in mind, the artists have created many new mural-scenic wallpapers scaled to fit the smaller home in size as well as in price. In a small win dowless room it's an inexpensive way to create a feeling of an outdoor-indoor living effect. There's still another way that wallpapers can help in improv-. ing a home. It can create an ex tra room. Because wallpaper is a natural teammate for wall board, it is possible to partition off one of the larger rooms in a home in favor of the privacy of two smaller ones. With a whole new world of wallpapers that are designed to go anywhere in the home, all any homeowner has to do to im prove a room or to create pri vate areas in the home is decide on what pattern of paper to buy where to redecorate or remod el and wallpaper will help to grow a new room or area. Color Schemes Are Unlimited in Home Key the decorative color scheme to your home to the woods used for walls and ceil ings. Color schemes are unlimited since natural forest hues range from white, cream and yellow to green, red and brown. Soft woods in the light to medium colors include: ponder osa pine, Douglas fir, sugar pine and West Coast hemlock. Hardwoods in the same color range include: white ash, birch, hickory, magnolia, maple, ,red oak and yellow poplar. Medium to dark soft woods include: Western red cedar, Cal ifornia redwood, southern cyp ress and larch. SPECIAL PAINT BARGAINS! CHOOSE FROM 176 DRAMATONE COLORS J SPUED SQTII1 The 100 LATEX Wonder Won Point ( washable you won't have to paint again toil yea want to change colon! Goes on twice as fast as ordinary paint with brush or roller! Dries in 20 minutes; no brush or lap marks. Touch up any time it won't show! Brush or roller cleans in water. No painty odor. $005 $R29 at. 0 Ml. 123 Shingle., SM -J Reg. S-tl. Sale Oscar OHI says: Take advantage of Frake & Smith's GLIDDEN FESTIVAL HBHl washabfe semi-gloss enamel for woodwork, turmrure . -. . indoors or out 1 5PRED LUSTRE IN COLORS MATCHING SPUED SATIN So smooth and fail to apply with roller or brush, H's almost beyond belief! latest decorator-preferred, smooth, velvety sheen, e Meal for kitchens, bathrooms, porch $945 and lawn furniture. qt. SHOAL! only $3.98 a gallon IVERON i vWto houM paint I Hews en eatlly brushes smoothly " provides high hiding O glossy, non-chatkingsvrface that stays I white longer a o esceflenf for ah exterior weed or metal t I I I sal. I i J Reg. 5.95 wow... $3.98 gal. FREE! Ask For Your Free DRAMATONE ' Color Portfolio ' SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFIRI ENDURANCE TRIM AND SHUTTER WHITE i wuarr $z.ys 2nd Quart 10c , e Gives added sparkle to wood, brick, metal, concrete surfaces &- .-A Meal finish for exterior trim, trellises, porch and lawn furniture now... $3.05 for both Quarts We reserve the right to limit qvonririos on all home. FRAKE & SMITH Artist Supplies Custom Picture Framing . 315 EAST MAIN PHONE SP 2-4564 Remodeling Can Be Done By Changing Color of Paint It's paint-up time again, and if you're like eight out of ten home owners, you'll be thumb ing through paint swatches and wondering whether to "give it another coat'' or change the color scheme completely. Color fashions change from year to year, and, as your fam ily grows and develops, you may find your tastes in color have also changed. Why not go all out this year and redecorate your home from stem to stern, roof to rumpus room. "Remodel" With Color Don't be afraid to use color to "remodel" your rooms. With color you can make a large bare looking room appear intimate and homey; you can add space and dimension to a small room; you can brighten a room with few windows or soften the light in a room that "glares". Color can be your magic wand for hundreds of decorating tricks. The magic formula to 'remem ber is that strong, intense col ors make things appear closer to you, and that pale, muted colors make things appear to be fur ther away. Thus is you have a small room you can make it appear larger by painting it a light, soft color. Save your bright shades for large, well lighted rooms. Try a bold color to offset the height of a high ceiling. Choose a stronger hue for a room with many windows. But remember, color can trick you, too. Colors appear to be much more intense in large areas than on the little color swatches you get from your paint dealer. You'll we wise to select a muted version of the shade you like then the end result will be just what you wanted. Do you have a "cold" north room? You can "warm" it with color. "Warm" colors are those that deflect the colors of the sun yellows, oranges, pinks, reds, and the russet tones. "Cold" colors are those that remind you of night blues, greens and bluish purples. Use cool colors in rooms that catch a lot of sunlight, in sun porches, in southern rooms. Most rooms, appear more in teresting with a note of contrast light with dark, bright with subtle hues. But it is a wise dec orator who uses bold, brilliant colors sparingly, or the "accent" not may nominate the entire room. Unattractive architectural fea tures can be made unobtrusive by painting them the same shade as their background. On the other hand, you can call attenion to a pleasing fea ture of your home, by painting it with a color or contrast with those around it. Your choice of color combi nations is a matter of personal taste, and with the lavish range of hues available at your paint stores you can let yourself go. Color's Role in Home Affects Efficiency Color plays an important role in promoting eficiency and a feeling of well-being in the fam ily circle! Home owners can brighten the lives of their, families by following these four guides for interior color styling: 1. Two or three bright colors in one room can make it cheer ful and pleasant. But limit col ors to three. 2. Warmly painted windows and panel doors add appeal to walls of any room. Small rooms should have doors and windows painted to match the walls. 3. Dark cojors make a ceiling seem lower, while light colors give the room height. 4. Any room seems to shrink in size the moment dark colors are applied, but light colors make it appear to expand. Old Woodwork Needs Cleaning for Paint There are several things to be done before you paint old woodwork that has ben coated with one of the heavy varnish stains. First, the surface must be clean! Wash it down with- a cleaning powder solution. Second, fill in cracks, dents and holes with plastic wood. Sand it smooth when the plastic wood has hardened. Third, seal it in with a primer coat of aluminum paint, because varnish stain may bleed through otherwise. Now you are ready to go ahead with the part of the job that shows. One coat may be enough, but you'll get a more durable finish with two coats. Two thin coats are always better than-one thick one! Firestone Plans District Plant at Portland Portland (U.R) Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., of Calif ornia, has revealed plans to con struct a combined district sales headquarters, home and auto supply warehouse and tire re treading plant here. Cost of the project would be from $750,000 to $800,000. Leonard K. Firestone, presi dent of the Los Angeles firm, said the plant would rise on a 10-acre site in the new Rock wood industrial area in th north east district. GARDEN CHEMICALS Poisonous garden chemicals j and insect powders should be i kept out of the reach of young- j sters! You may avert tragedy if j you build a small, padlocked I cabinet to keep all such sub stances. I I hot I water I a-plenty 1 i WHEN YOU INSTALL AM EFFICIENT, NEW Vesting house WATER NEATER . e rO-ttA tWlACfSSEMI WCM X Only $ 10 00 $goo Down Per Month TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN ELECTRIC COMPANY 214 W. Main Ph. SP 3-6241 TWO SOURCES Controlled daylight illumination is provided for this kitchen by two sources: a prefabricated top-lighting panel set in the roof and a vertical wall of prismatic glass block. Brightness ratios on sunny days are nq "higher than they are on cloudy days; giving a daylight look always. "Toplite" Panels by Owens-Illinois. Prefabricated Skylights Used To Good Advantage Prefabricated skylights of hol low glass block, containing built-in prisms which admit day light while blocking off the sun's heat and glare, can be used to good advantage in solving some of the lighting problems of the home builder or remodeler. These attractive top lighting panels are ideal for illuminat ing kitchens, bathrooms, corri dors and other areas where win dows are lacking or undesirable. The glass block skylights con tribute a touch of beauty and elegance to the home and also provide roof strength, and insul ation. The glass blocks are sturdy and partially vacuumized, giving them' insulating qualities equiv alent to those of an eight-inch brick wall. Suitable for Rooms The panels are especially suit able for rooms or areas inside the home; such as hallways, bathrooms and closets, which cannot receive window light be cause of their location. They are also ideal for outside rooms like kitchens which do not receive sufficient window light. In rooms requiring maximum daylighting, such as kitchens, the top lighting panels can be supplemented by wall panels of glass block designed to control daylight on the . vertical level. The vertical glass blocks come in six, eight and twelve-inch sizes and are available in a variety of face patterns. They are sturdy, insulating and admit light with out loss of privacy. ( For a decorative "change of pace" which preserves unity of appearance, areas of block pan els can be combined with planks. The blocks, adaptable to many arrangements, can serve to em phasize a fireplace wall or an alcove, or to provide an end-wall variation. Blocks are also used for ceilings. Electrical Checks by Most Laymen Said Dangerous If yours is a typical American household, you've probably add ed several electrical appliances in the last ten years. But have you outgrown your present elec trical system? It is a good idea to know and check your electrical system now to be sure that you're get ting the most out of it. Service Entrance It is difficult and even dan gerous for a layman to accur ately check the size of the wires and capacity of the main service panels. It is best to have this done by your electrical con tractor. V The wirs which connect your house to the power com pany's line and the box con taining your main switch-and-fuse, or main circuit breaker comprise the main entrance for electricity into your home. The present and future use of elec tricity in your home. ,is limited by their capacity. From the electric service en trance, electricity is carried, as needed, by means of smaller wires called branch circuits. Branch Circuits If your house is less than twenty years old, you can usual ly find out how many general purpose and plug-in appliance branch circuits you have by counting the plug fuses, or the circuit breakers and noting their ampere ratings. If your house is over twenty years old, it may be difficult to find all the fuses or circuit breakers. It is best. to ask your electrical contractor to help you check. He will also explain the pur- post of your fuse box anJ circuit breaker box and -what to do ia esse a fuse shotfld Mow, or tt; circuit breaker trips open. H's less work and less costly if you make repairs at once! metal tube of one of the many all-purpose adhesives is handy for many quick repair jobs. mm to get top performance from your appliances V 1 Yes, it's true! Even houses built Just a few years ago are not equipped with the necessary wiring for today's overload of appliances, TV sets, and radios. You'll be amazed at the startling plus-performance you get from them all with the proper wiring we can install in your home. Complete Stock of HOME LIGHTING FIXTURES Electric Space Heaters Electronic Service Co. 18 North Grape . CalLSP 3-1971 TARE TIME MI . . From Your Own Home Improvement Plan Program for- 7? SMOOTH LUSCIOUS 9 Jillf -vCEEAAA " i , This Is the season when yeull want to get behind the Operation Home Improvement in your own home and yard. While you'r eleaning-up, fixing up and painting-up your place, you'll be adding to the value of YOUR home and the beauty of your city. You can make YOUR O.H.I, more FUN with FIESTA ... so take an ice cream break often and enjoy your favorite flavor in Jorgensen's rich, smooth, luscious FIESTA ICE CREAMI YOUR FAVORITE FOUNTAIN or GROCER has JORGENSEN'S FIESTA ICE CREAM
