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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE NINE DO-IT-YOURSELF Perforated Board Can Expand Cabinet Space In Your Home By J. RALPH DALZEI.L Contusion and clutter in kitch ens, launanes, umiiy rooms ana recreation areas can be avoided by using the inside surfaces of floor cabinets as storage spaces. Picture A shows how perforat ed board can be applied to the interior surface of a typical floor cabinet door. The perforated board is available at lumber yards along with a great variety of hooks, small shelves and other devices CABINET DOOR which fit into the perforations in the board and can be used for hanging and storing all sorts of items. When applying, leave a three eighth inch space back of the perforated board so the hooks can be inserted into the perforations. To provide the space, construct a three-eighth by three-quarter or one-half by one inch frame as shown. Screw the frame to the inside surface of the cabinet door. TREAO S'S'STM H XOOO WITH W M cr-nro. ...... V , TPERFORATFD V. U BOARD C v. v fc SIDING -VS. HINGE ?V:f'-ASH,M M Leave space at 2 and 3 so the door can be closed. Then use three quarter inch brads to fasten the perforated board to the frame. The board can be painted to match the color of the cabinet. Dress up roughly built or worn stairs using inexpensive materials as shown in Picture B. Little work is required and the materials are inexpensive. Where spaces between treads (where you walk) are open, they can be improved by adding risers (see picture B) made of quarter-inch plywood nailed to the stringers. If the treads are badly worn they can be reversed and the smooth side placed on top. Or. is shown in picture B, nail thin pieces of tempered pressed wood to the treads. If the screened side of the pressed wood is placed up the treads will not be slick and will be more safe. Bevel the edges of the board, and use one- inch brads to fasten to the old treads. Asphalt treads make a better appearance. Cut the tile to fit and then cement it to the treads A more expensive improvement is to add the plywood risers, revers ing the treads and then laying carpeting. For maximum safety aui a nana rail. Door hinges are easy to install if the hints are followed as pic- lurea at Measure seven inch es from the top and eleven inch es from the bottom of the door to locate hinge positions. Place a hinge leaf below the top mark and use a sharp pencil to make lines as shown at 4. The depth of cut, 5, should be equal to the thickness of the leaf. Use a sharp knife to deeply score the marks Ideas For Room Decorations By KAY SHERWOOD Between the busy, social autumn and 11m flnwprintf snrinp tips a Inno stretch of quiet midwinter, a good time for the housebound homemak er to clean, up the little jobs she has been postponing for months. My list includes: Bringing order to the catch-all drawers, sifting through pictures and snapshots to glean the best, tidying the family living room to the point where I I can sit down calmly without not ing a dozen little chores to be done. One major collection I find fill ing up drawers is the pile of papers and pictures the children bring home from school. School reports of progress are filed for each child. For their own future amusment I like to file some of their work papers. Some homemakers keep scrap books; so far, I've kept ours in standard file folders until 1 figure out a better storing system. Ai t work seems to deserve more public attention. It's satisfying to little egos to have a corkboard or similar panel where the latest crayoned landscape can be d i s played. As youngsters grow older, tro phies and ribbons are added to the accumulation. With so many acti vities for youngsters and so many competitions, growing families can compile a fistful of various hon ors, all of which deserve display. After discussing the matter with friends, I find that some of their suggestions give possjble solutions to display such items. Making a trophy corner in a at 4, and then a chisel to remove the necessary amount of wood. Cut about a sixteenth inch inside the scored lines. Then hold the chisel at an angle and make sev eral cuts. Finally, keeping the back of the chisel flat, remove the wood with paring cuts. Picture D shows how metal flash ing can be effectively used to wa terproof the exteriors of frame walls at points where the siding meets trim above doors, windows or foundations. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q. Is it necessary to oil hinges? A. American Standards Testing Bureau recommends that hinges be oiled every three months. Out side hinges should be oiled once a month. Q. Is winter ventilation really important? A. Yes. Excessive vapor causes dry rot, mold and warping, and may cause paint to peel on the exterior of the house. Ventilate twice a day. Exhaust fans in the kitchen, bathroom and attic aid materially. If the stock of snapshots does not yield a good one, it may be worthwhile to have a portrait pho tograph made. Some portrait pho tographers arc very skillful in com bining an outdoor setting with por trait quality. Pull ribbons and trophies, the special citations or autographed baseballs out of the drawers and arrange them on a table, first. Simple displays can be made with a plywood panel covered with a colored felt and mounted over a fireplace or couch. Pictures and ribbons can be placed against this background and BOOK ANALYZES THEATERS NEW YORK un The special problems of proscenium theaters,! from acoustics to walls, are ana-J lyzed in a how-to-do-it booklet just prepared by the Greater New York ; Chapter of the American National Theater and Academy. The group's I board of standards expects to is sue a series of books with the aim of encouraging "the better plannine of new professional theaters." i Docketed on the agenda are vol umes concerned with theater-in-the-round and the growing open stage movement which is modeled on the showmanship format of Shakespeare's day. Trash Hazards Pose Problems Basements and attics in many homes are veritable fire traps be cause they are collection points for rubbish and trash. Fire safety officials urge that all such ma terials be removed from homes at regular intervals. This recommendation also ap plies to such things as old furni ture, magazines, newspapers, emp ty paint cans and many other items which accumulate in utility and storage rooms. One of the few safe ways to store flammable materials is to keep them safely confined in covered steel containers. Safety officials suggest the use of galvanized steel garbage cans. These are equipped with snug-fitting covers. In disposing of trash, the house holder is warned against using open bonfires. Many destructive fires are caused by gusts of wind spreading the contents of trash fires to nearby roof tops and oth er flammable places. A safe procedure is to use a steel rubbish burner. These con tainers permit rubbish to burn safe ly within the safe confines of a covered galvanized steel can. YOUR NIW Wtttingheuf DaoUr Bob TV Ross 210 N.. 11th Ph. TU 2-3479 Fiberglass Boat Building Materials The Gun Store 714 Main Ph. TU 4-381 playroom or family room permits small brackets added for cups you to gather the proud display in Pcgboard, spray-painted in color Call TU 4-4286 SPtanl jftj 7?mfa Lakeshore Gardens Nursery for TRIMMING and SPRAYING! FRUIT AND SHADE TREES EVERGREENS AND SHRUBS Spray now with dormont clean-up to hove healthy, vigorous trees & shrubs nest summer. : LAWNS and LANDSCAPING Lakeshore Gardens Nursery 879 Lakeshore Drive Ph. TU 4-4286 neat array. 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