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Unpainied Hems Usually Cost Less If you have more time than money with which to modernize your home, give a thought to unpainted furniture. Usually priced within the range of "inexpensive" furniture, unpainted pieces enable you to select matched groups in hard woods that would cost much more if completely finished. By careful selection you can choose individual pieces that fit the decor and dimensions of your home, adding to them as your time and budget permits. In this way your furnishings ac quire a "custom built"' look that expresses your own taste. Be careful to select well con structed pieces. Look underneath tables, chairs and chests to see that the joints are well glued and securely bolted. Pieces that are held together only with nails, will fall apart with a little use. In rcfinishing unpainted furn iture, sand the piece carefully before staining and finishing. The type of finish you select will depend upon the type of hard- : wood in the unpainted piece. The dealer from whom you j buy your unfinished furniture, j or your paint dealer, will be able i to help you choose the correct finishing agents and will instruct ! you in their use. ' -a mm w OSCAR OH! MgL 0 is the time to ICS Free Estimates Complete Plans and Suggestions tell 8th & Fir 01 NE PHO I - j1" - lfJm WOVEN FENCE A woven fence is attractive, gives privacy to the home and can be built by the do-it-yourselfer. It can be con structed of pressed wood which comes in strips 12, 16 or 24 inches wide, and in lengths to 12 feet. Easily bent to fit the round posts, the strips can be nailed securely with five-penny galvanized siding or galvanized box nails, spaced at 4-inch in tervals. With a good paint covering, the fence will last indefi nitely in all kinds of weather. ''Tempered Presdwood" by Ma sonite Corp. Activity Center Has Moved to Garden The center of family activities has moved from the house to the yard and garden. Enthusiastic suburbanites are spending more summer hours working and en tertaining in their yards. Light MODEL! Enjoy that new Attic Room or Garage You've been waiting for . . . and all the other home improvement work that needs to be done . . . lathing Down 38 Ho. to Pay Materials and Supplies Skilled Carpenters and Other Craftsmen Smith-Bynge Lumber Streets Phone NOTICES WE HAVE STARTED OUR IPMrM.TT SEASON . SAWMILL YARDS ROADS and PARKING AREAS Locally Owned and Operated Permanently Located Here to Stand Behind Our Guarantees and Maintenance SP 2-6687 ing up the yard now enables them to continue working and playing after dark. They have found many advan tages to lighting their gardens. Small "spots" carefully conceal- Pin Co. 1 . SP 2-7166 and IFILtfDIMElY MEDFORD, I Edging Line May. Require Attention The edging line where lawn and flower borders come to gether frequently requires as much attention as the flower beds. You can save yourself count less hours of work by trimming the space between grass and flowers with an edging mater ial. Such material could be coarse gravel, "brick, cement blocks, concrete, planks or logs or whatever natural material is ap propriate to your locality. The more simple the edging you use, the more beautiful will be the overall effect. Inset your edging to lawn lev el for the greatest convenience. In this way it serves as a wheel base for your lawn mower. Make your edge path wide enough to be used as a walkway on rainy days, and deep enough to hold water and mulches in flower beds, and act as a barrier for grass roots. 1,322 Hues Available For Painting Rooms Many new paint developments make it easy to choose your new decorator colors and to paint. A simplified paint - coloring system makes available as many as 1,322 hues. One merely se lects the precise color desired by use of color chip charts and adds the specified amount of colorants, squeezed from metal tubes, into a white or neutral base paint. New paint mixtures have been devised that eliminate the old nuisances of application, drip ping, drying and odor. Since they are water-thinned and need no special solvent, cleaning up can be done with plain water. They also dry quickly and can be washed or scrubbed. ed and directed, highlight trees and flower beds and give them a new look at night. Dimly lit lamp posts lend an air of ro mance ... as do lanterns placed near benches arid along garden paths. And for parties on summer evenings, those directed lights : create a gay atmosphere for i dances, games and garden sup ! pers. ! Small floodlights offer safety i advantages, too. Arranged for i control from within the houses ! they provide insurange against I nocturnal prowlers, j Electric equipment manufac j turers now make all kinds of j outdoor lighting fixtures, which I can be easily installed. OREGON n EXTRA BEAUTY The rich color of roses, the deep greens of climbers, shrubs and evergreens give extra beauty and more value to this home. Even the oldest home can gain a new look of luxury with distinctive, properly-canned landscaping. Photo by American Association of Nurserymen. Planting Should Be Planned Now to Be Useful Later in Year If you expect to keep your property beautiful and useful for outdoor living, plan your spring planting now. Make a thorough inspection of your lawn. Early in the spring when the soil is fairly wet and the nights are still cool, scatter a good grade of grass seed on the bare spots and rake the seed in and. water thoroughly. Fill in depressions with top soil and seed. Rake up all leaves and winter debris to give that smart clean appearance. Make notes of places on your property where a new shrub or tree may be planted. A hedge or row of trees planted along the street can reduce traffic noises up to 60 per cent. Note the Views If you find an unpleasant Right Tools for Garden Jobs Will Save Many Hours The trees are budding and the wind smells like Spring! It's time to take a look in the garage and see what garden i ioois you u neea to gei ine yara in shape before summer. The right tools for each gar den job will save you countless ! hours, blisters and backache in i a season. Probably the first task to con front you will be that of clean ing up the winter's accumula tion of dead leaves and debris. For this you'll need a good lawn rake. Choose one with springy teeth that will not dig up tender blades of grass. Leaf Burner If you do not have a leaf burner, now's the time to get one. You'l! need it for disposing of garden waste all summer and for burning leaves in the fall. Your lawn will probably need attention next. If you've planted a new lawn you'll want to keep it wet until the new grass is well rooted. Start with a garden hose long enough to reach every corner of your yard. With this you should have a fog nozzle or mist spray to keep your lawn moist without washing the new seeds away. If your lawn is well estab lished, you may prefer a rotary sprinkler that makes a pretty pattern of water as it. whirls. Fertilizer, Plant Food Your lawns, shrubs and flower beds will need fertilizer or plant food to get off to a good growing start but not too much! To assure even distribution of fer tilizers, provide yourself with a sturdy, adjustable spreader. Your lawn mower will likely get more use than' any other piece of garden equipment. For this reason alone it should be your most careful investment. If you dread mowing the lawn, you may be wise to invest in a power mower. This makes the job not only easy, but actually fun! Whichever you prefer reel-tvpe or rotary mower you'll find one to suit your needs and your budget. Check Inventory Check your inventory of the following tools for use on your vegetable plot and flower beds: a sharp spade and fork for deep digging and edging: a garden rake for mixing mulch and fer tilizer into the topsoil; a hoe to keep the weeds down, and a good assortment of hand tools. You might add spray equip ment for the control of pests and fungus. Relatively inexpensive, there's sure to be one to fit your pocketbook. This year start the job right with the tools that will make light work of garden chores. Wtdnesday, May 8. 1957 view of a neighbor's backyard, garbage, or alley, you can screen it out by planting hedges and trees. A living fence of roses can do much to define properly lines and be pleasing to both. If you do not have a good shade tree on the property, this spring is a good time to plant it. Buy the largest size you can afford in order to get the most shade as soon as possible. A sizeable shade tree doesn't cost any more than an outdoor um brella and it's permanent. Plant it, if possible, on the west side of the house to block the hot summer sun. Outdoor Living Room Enjoy life during the summer in an outdoor living room. Your shade tree will come in handy here. High growing shrubs around the outdoor living area will give privacy and you can relax and serve meals in com fort. Make the property express your personality by planting the things you like most. A trip to a nursery will give you many ideas. Do not try to plan to keep open plots of lawn, planting around its borders so you will have both beauty and the privacy that is conducive to pleasanter family living. When considering hedges In your planting plan, try to al low for flowering types. Honeysuckle, forsythia ' and flowering almond are but a few of the favorites. Fruit-bearing types such as currants and gooseberries, give both beauty of color plus a toothsome crop. A hedge of floribunda roses bears an abundance of blooms and provides lavish notes of color to your landscaping. Attic May Be Made Into Living Space Here's a Home Improvement idea for the home owner! The age of a house is.no barrier to converting its attic into living space. Insulation is always the es sential first step in attic expan sion. Ways have been developed to fit batt or blanket insulation between sluds and rafters re gardless of the house's age or the method of framing that was used to build it. Mineral wool batts and blan kets manufactured for sixteen or twenty-four inch stud spac ing fit most construction, but batts and blankets are also available for houses with non conventional framing. Insulation is easily cut to in between sizes is the only tool necessary. An ordinary kitchen knife works well. The batt or blanket should be cut an inch, or a little less, wid er than the space to be filled. This assures a snug fit. When insulations is cut, the vapor barrier should be allow ed to project out far enough to serve as a fiange for fastening. Cut from the non-vapor side of the blanket to the vapor barrier. For Action Use M-T Classified Ads Easy-Just Dial SP 2-6141 Buy At Builders Supply fid QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 I 9 How to give Mother two months of leisure every year.., u Wouldn't you spend 25c a day to eliminate dishwashing for Mom? It's easy . . . and it isn't expensive. She now spends an hour a day wash ing dishes, and that's unpleasant work. It adds up to over two months of 40-hour weeks every year. hat can you do about it? The answer i3 simple. GIVE HER A GENERAL ELECTRIC MOBILE MAID AU TOMATIC DISHWASHER FOR MOTHER'S DAY, May 12. rVceds no plumbing or wiring installation. Washes everything, even pots and pans, with no pre-rinsing. Give Mom this gift she'll treasure for the rout of her life. ' 0 0 D IJBERALCREDIT TERMS . I I Phone SP 3-5395 SAME VALUE AT OUR ASHLAND STORE AND BARGAIN STORE IN MEDFORD MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
