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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1958 PAGE SIX HI 11 M u U " " " Experis Advise Simplicity In Modern Home Decorating TWO KLAMATH COUNTY potato growers, Elmer C. Lemler of Merrill (left) end Ed'Stestny , of Malin (next to Lemler,) look over lome of the teed potatoes planted for testing for disease in the potato greenhouses at the Oregon State College. Certification officials George Clark (pointing) and H. E. Firmed point out some of the disease symptoms on this test planting. Lem ler and Stastny are Klamath County representatives on the Oregon Potato Commission. The test planting service for uncertified seed potatoes will not be available after February I. Today's most important trend In making a home attractive and com fortable is to eliminate clutter, keening furnishings and color schemes simple. This doesn't mean that we must discard favorite kniclc knacks and hide the family photo graphs In a trunk Just to keep up with decorating trenas. inaeea, no. Family treasures have a place in every home, but they should be out of harm's way and where a daily dusting isn't required. When hung on a wall, our treasures are safe and a decorative asset as well, So often we put a great deal of thought in planning a color scheme, in selecting rugs, fabrics for drap eries and slipcovers, in choosing lamps that are the proper height and style and in placement of furni ture. Then, exhausted by our ef forts in plotting, planning and stitching, we leave the walls bare and uninteresting or hang one lone ly picture on a large expanse. Walls can be made to integrate a decor ative scheme, to point up conver sational groups of furniture, to give balance and proportion between various elements in a room. Shelves for keepsakes may be al ternated with plants set in brack ets. Pictures may be hung in a grouping that has real importance. Family photographs may be groups around a clock or a mirror. An arrangement of photographs in frames that are different in size and shape can be arranged so that the effect is one of pleasing unity. It is quite easy to experi ment with a wall display by cut ting pieces of paper that correspond to the size and shape of the pic ture frames and sticking them to the wall with masking tape. Thus, they may be rearranged untill the right balance is found before a single picture hook is hung. Per haps the arrangement is needed to unify the wall space over a sofa that is separated by tall .lamps on end tables; framed pic tures can do this most successfully. Space over a desk or chest can be made more appealing to the eye with a family gallery of keep sakes and portrait photographs. In many contemporary homes with an open floor plan, the wall space is limited, particularly where there are large expanses of win dows. Here a room divider or . a portable screen can perform the dual funciios of separating room areas and as a place on which te put knick-knack and picture. The effect will be most decorative and arrangement can be changed very easily. Type Of Finishing Is Key To Beautiful Wood Walls The real secret In getting Uie most in beauty and attractiveness out of your wood paneled walls is in tnc finish, ndvises H. O. Stro tiei'Ker. wood finishing expert. Attention to detail at time of fin ishing coupled with proper mater ials. Stroberger says, can muke Fix The Home This Year Home improvement woik in Ore gon is expected to increase sharp ly in the coming year, according to J. Cluy Arrlngton. director of j can be finished to retain their nal "'- ruiuiinn uuice. r-euerui nous- tural main, texture and colorinirs even a dub look like a master craftsman. The trouble is. he said, too many people don't like to put in the extra elbow grease to get a really first class job and some times settle for a cheap Job that will always look cheap. The softwoods available today at most retail lumber yards In the country, Stroberger says, take ev ery conceivable kind of finish. The final appearance of walls, buillins and other installations of Douglas fir, west coast hemlock or western red cedar are limited only by the tastes and desires of the home maker, he said. These popular softwoods, he said, liur Administration, Tlie increase should have a fav orulile effect on the industries in volved In this work and on the labor market. Although complete figures for 19S5 are not yet available, the loan insurance handled by FHA in tills slate in 1950-54 reached 52.- SiM.OOO according to Arlington The number of loans was 92.300. On the basis of data released by PHA Commissioner Norman P. alason. the volume of FHA in aured home Improvement loans na tionally, over a 20-year period. Li nearly $9 billion. The number is 19 million loans. Thp operation is entirely selt atippnrtir.g since FHA charges a small sum for its insuring service. The charge also provides insuranc? reserves which now approximate $n million for home improve ment operations. Reason for the anticipated In- oiei.se is the fact that the buildin by varnish, rez, lacquer or wax fin ishes. They can be stained, painted, enameled, or antiqued. There are dozens 'of variations to each one of these individual finishes. For in stance, where it is desired to re- I turn urc icaiuic luiu Kltllll Ul me wooa out 10 cnange uie tone in some manner to fit with color or other decor, an almost endless variety of stain, paint and rez may be painted on and then wiped off immediately, leaving tints or color shadings. Here are Just a few of the many ways fir, cedar and hemlock walls may be finished by the above meth od: walnut stain, lead blue paint with chrome green pigments, wal nut with chrome yellow in oil add ed, driftwood rez, oil stain, mahog any stain with chrome yellow, sage rez, chrome green with burnt um ber. The combinations, inflections, shadings are endless. Stroberger lays down certain dog- atid home construction industries malic rules when finishing fir. hem- are undertaking a nation-wide ! lck or cedar or any of the other homo improvement campaign on 'softwoods. All wood surfaces must an unprecedented scale. In turn 'be sanded with 4-0 sandpaper or Uiis will be tied in with local com- buffed smooth as a starting point, munity and civic programs to Proper sanding is important in ob furtit blight and encourage neigh- tainlng the most perfect possible borliood rehabilitation. finish. Next step is to stain, rez The campaign received its offl- or paint on color if this is de- oial send-off on January IS when sired then wife off. A coat of by the direction of President Ei senhower, Administrator Albeit M. Oole. of the Housing and Home Fi nance Agency proclaimed n5 as Home Improvement Year. Designated name for the cam paign Is Operation Home Improve ment. The official sloornn U "51 lit Year to Fix." ' lacquer sealer is next suggested and when thoroughly dry it should be sanded with No. 300 sandpaper. Subsequent coats of shellac, var nish, re or lacquer may be ap plied depending on how much depth and patina fa desired, and each must be allowed to dry thoroughly and each coat must be sanded smooth before another is added. u .rj -T-,-.-,r,,., Sl 'te Profits? wiHv. 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