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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, JANUARY 1. 1956 PAGE TWO Iron Used For Furniture Wrought Iron, so popular In fur niture, finds a new use In wall directions that can be made al home. Animal shapes to liven a drab wall or a child's room or three dimensional "sculptures" or lump banes can be made, using a home pjpane torcb. According to the Bernz-O-Mulic people, for a wall decoration you need: paper, pencil, board, nails, hammer, wrought iron wire, wire cutter, clamp, solder, paint and the torch. How to do it: 1. Draw outline of shape desired em paper and attach to board. Drive nails Into board at close Intervals around edite of design. 2. Bend wire around nails to ob-! tain shape, healing- wire with torch to make It easy to bend. Clip "wire where necessary. 3. Camp ends to be soldered Solder with torch. Also join any metal washers, etc., that may be tmrt of desicn. 4. Sand soldered joints and paint uith flat paint. For home repairmen who like to do it nil themselves, even on metal fixtures and wiring, there are two aiew appliances on the market. The new Weller soldering gun, just for the home repairman or hobbyist, can be used for repairing downspouts, working on hi-fi sets or putting in light switches. With it, two attachments can be obtained a cutting tip and a Finoothing one. The cutter will re move hardened putty, the smooth ing Up will seal home freezer bags. There is also a midget welding and cutting outfit made by Prest O Lite. It Is one-third the standard to the oxygen and acetelyne tanks and the regulator for the outfit ills in a box 3x4x4 inches. Kitchens of Pine Recapture Charm of "Good Old Days" fnmmmwmnmmmFmmmtBnnrm mm u i. np Ik 1 l 1 I r. mjLm Radiators Ugly? Hide Them With A Cover Of Pine f If you have unsightly radiators and many homes still do they are welcome in wintei for their warmth, but an eye-soje, all the same. Tney really don'; do much for the decorating scheme of the room, do they? A few pieces of western pine lumber, some Inexpensive grille work, anil n hammer and saw will transform that eye-sore into an attractive addition to any room. Choose one of the western pine woods in a ten-inch width. For a natural or stained finish, choose n knotty or rich-grained species. If you wish to paint your radiator cover to mutch the room, a clear or knotty grade can be used. Be fore painting knotty lumber apply a clear knot sealer. Use regular square-cut boards for the top and side pieces and tnngue-and-groove lumber for front panels. If you have the tools, mitre nil edges to conceal the joints. Otherwise place the front panels the full width, with the top and two end boards Inset. j tifltVlltl M Folding Doors Save Space Folding doors. Ideal space sav ers and room dividers, can be in stalled by a homeowner in a mat ter of minutes. A folding door can save up to eight square feet of space when it is used as an interior or closet door. It can save yards of "vis ual space" when It Is used as a temporary room divider. Accordofold, a door made by the American Bamboo Company, is available in a variety of colors and sizes. Made of vinyl plastic, it can be cleaned wiUi a damp cloth. Do-it-yourself installation consists of six basic steps, according to the manufacturers. 1. Center and fit metal track to the top of the opening. Mark off the screw holes, .and punch holes to start screws. 2. Place door on flat surface and slice nylon glides on door into track. Keep folds partially open until center of track is reached. 3. Hold door and track as unit, then attach track to the top of opening. Attach center screws lirst. Center the door on track. 4. To fasten door in place, drill four holes in the anchor flap and screw into wall. Use countersunk washer screws. 5. Close door, making sure that lead rail Is plumb, and mark off on wall the top and the bottom of nylon friction latch. Remove latch from door han dle and screw to the wall between markings. Total time: about the same it takes to read instructions, four to seven minutes. Tools required: a pencil, an awl or push drill, and a screw driver. Best results are assured when Ac cordofold wax is used on inides or the track as a lubricant for the nylon glider. Operating freely and silently, the Accordofold door folds to 16 per cent of its extended length. It is available in a lnrge variety of sizes and colors. It is priced as much as 60 per cent less than standard doors. To prevent mildew, don't bundle wet fabrics with dry ones in the laundry bag or hamper. DO YOU EVER DREAM of the coiiness of Grandmotn j, -kitchen? There's no need to dream about the past when warm, charming kitchens such as this are available. Modern work-saving appliances are combined here with practical western pine cabinets to spell gracious living. Just what do they mean bv "the ' In pantry, but we haven't given up good old days?" More and more , storage spuce. The In :i casing pop- we ve come to realize that the old days weren't so good after all. One feature worth recalling, how ever, was trie cozlness of Grand mother's kitchen. But with the modern emphasis toward efficien cy, that was the one quality we lost for a number of years. Our kitchens were efficient, but they were cold and white. Fortunately, through the Increas ing u.se of western pine paneling by itself, or teamed with old brick, stone, or provincial wallpaper, we've regained the rustic charm and warmth of Grandmother's kitchen. Today our pine paneling is just as beautiful as Grandmother's. But we have the advantage of so much more variety and patterns of pan cling due to modern ndvanccs in the lumber industry. The western pine woods, for example, are com prised of ten different species from light to dark. Ill knotty or clear grades, and in a variety of milled patterns. Added to that are the m-dern stnlns. paints, and other finishes which give us a choice of line and color that Grand mother never dreamed of. In kitchen convenience we are also way ahead. We've given up some of the -space of Grandmotn- I er's kitchen, but with it has gone much of the work. Our kitchens are compact. They are planned scientifically for step-saving con venience. We've largely given up the wolk- ularity of western pine paneling has ushered in a new concept of storage. It has made possible whole walls of decorative cabinets. It has also erased size limitations of cabinets. Pine cabinets can be built to fit any space fiom -a large double-door china cabinet to a tiny spice receptacle above a built-in oven. Today it's Grandmother who should be envious. For while cap turing the charm of past genera tions, our kitchens provide effi ciency and convenience which spell new-found freedom for the modern housewife. SCRAP RUSTV NAILS Never use rusty nails. For any outdoor woik, or where some mois ture will be encountered, use alum num nails. MAKE ROOM FOR A SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY! Klamath Fall, faces an urgent need far adequate housing for more than 400 serviceman's families which will arrive haro within the net few months. Now is the time to remodel and repair those housing units. Call us todoyl Planning Service & Estimates Gladly Given!. JOE A. JONES "Serving All The Klamoth Basin" Route 3, Box 100 Phone 7835 INVEST IN KLAMATH'S FUTURE The future of Klamath Falls never looked brighter. New in dustry and now payrolls are coming in every month. Within Iho next year wo mult preporo mora thon 450 housing units for the Air Force Bote alone. 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