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. '
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to give
Mother two
months of
leisure
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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
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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. '
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