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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE NINE DO-IT-YOURSELF ?oom Divider With Built-lns SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1958 t a- groovi for' i '" ptYwoooy'" w XS. BOTTOM SEE PICTURES . NN. D AMD F -J " i . f PROMT H 'IV . BOTTOM- Km "T -BEVEL Creates Good Working Wall Storage Drawers Can Help Keep Your Household Neat By J. RALPH DALZEI.L Rough drawers are convenient in work benches to store nails, screws and small tools, and are very handy in attic storage areas to keep items clean and orderly. Inexpensive materials are used and only hand tools are required. Picture A shows a typical rough drawer and its two sides, front, back and bottom. The sides, front and back can be made of one-inch pine, Douglas fir, redwood or hem lock. The bottom is quarter-inch plywood. The length, width and depth of the drawer can be planned to suit space limitations for a specific purpose. Wooden or metal drawer pulls can be screwed to the front. Pictures A, D, E and F show the two sides and the front of the drawers which have grooves into which the bottom piece can be fit ted. Many lumber yards have draw er stock with the grooves already cut, or they can cut the grooves to order. Home owners with power circular saws can cut grooves easi ly themselves. As indicated at 2 and 3 in pic ture A, the sides can be pulled all the way out without the risk of its tumbling out. The joints between the front and two side pieces, as shown at 4 m pictures A and B are rabbeted. To make these joints, make the saw cut shown at 6 in picture B, then make the cut as indicated at point 7. The two cuts make the rabbet. The joints between the back and the side pieces can be made by making saw cuts at 8 and 9 in picture C, and then removing the wood with a chisel. The back should rest on and be nailed to the bottom, as shown in pictures A and F. Hence the back is not as deep as the sides or the front. This important part of drawer eon struction should not be changed. Assemble the sides, front and back with nails or screws. The dash lines in the picture indicate nails or screw locations. Use a carpenter's square to make sure that all cornel's are exactly square. Be sure to drill pilot holes for any screws used, and flat head, countersunk screws are bet ter. Then slide the bottom into place and, as shown hi picture F, nail it to the bottom edge of the back. Slightly bevel the bottom edge of the front so the drawer can slide in and out easily. Sand paper the bottom edges of t he drawer sides, and rub paraffin on the bottom edges for easy opera tion. Drawer slides, as in picture G. can be made of inch lumber, at tached to the front and rear of the workbench or other inclosure. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q. Shall I use regular paint or metallic paint on radiators? A. A regular flat wall paint is better. The lormer practice oi us ing metallic paint is seldom fol lowed these days because it has been established that it retards the radiation of heat. 0. Some of the putty hi our windows is cracked. Is it neces sary to replace it immediately? A. Yes. inspect puny on win dows at regular intervals. Replac ing portions that are cracked and show signs of separating is good economy. Not only does it fore stall complete replacement, but it is good insurance against rot in wood sash or rusi on meiai sasn Be sure to use a priming coat on all areas to be reputtied, and wait several days before painting. The trouble with many of the interior walls in a home is thai they are pretty useless. There are too many walls whose only function is to separate two rooms or areas that would be bet ter off not separated. Another im portant objection to most divid ing walls is that they take up a lot of cubic footage. The Western Pine Association suggests that a rewarding project might be a study of the walls of the house, giving some thought about putting them to work to serve the needs of its occupants. It may be found that a much more attractive and livable arrange ment can be made by knocking down a -wall and substituting a room divider or a storage wall. However, a word of caution is necessary here. Bearing walls those that have an essential support function should not be tampered with except under the supervision of a qualified expert. In fact, it is wise to call in an expert first to determine whether or not the wall in question is a bearing wall and whether the work complies with local building codes. DIVIDER CAN SUPPORT When made of adaptable and easily worked materials such as woods of the western pine region, a room divider can be designed to serve many important functions, including support. An efficient di vider will contain built-ins tailor made for the special needs of the areas it divides, and the dead space formerly occupied by the wall is put to work. At the same time, a room di vider can be built to separate 'two areas and yet give a desirable feeling of open space that cannot be achieved with a solid wall. For instance, between a kitchen and dining room or family room a unit may have a waist-high base consisting of one or more floor cabinets opening on either or both sides. DECORATIVE NOTE ADDED Above there could be a counter with a pass-through for serving and then shelves open on both sides running to the ceiling. The open shelves would display bric- a-brac or plants and generally add a decorative note while at the same time they provide the desired feel ing of spaciousness and allow for easy communication between the two rooms. If cupboard space is badly needed, it may be provided at the top. For a nice decorative touch, a planter may be built into the room divider. Since inland red cedar or incense cedar is particularly resis tant to decay, it would be a good choice for the planter. But actually any of the woods of the western pine region will stand up well as a container for soil if treated with one of the widely available pentachlorophenol preservatives. A divider may be designed to serve the needs of one or both of Contrast . Panels its adjacent areas. The side facing the kitchen may have built-ins for utensils and dishes. The dining room side could contain storage space for linens and silverware. A unit serving a family room may contain a built-in television set, hi-fi, and bookcases. . ENTRANCE FOYER CREATED Where the street entrance opens directly into the living room, a divider can create an entrance foyer. The unit could contain a built-in guest closet on the en trance side. A divider can be simple or elaborate, depending upon the needs and the budget. A ready made knotty western pine cabinet or chest of drawers with open bookcases on top makes one type of room divider. The back could be covered with matching knotty pine paneling. Built as a free-standing unit, a divider that does not serve as a load-bearing structure can be moved easily at a later date if the needs of the home should cnange. A unit can be constructed where nothing existed before as well as to convert an existing solid wall into a working wall. Fiberglass Boat Building Materials The Gun Store 714 M.ln Ph. TO 4-Hl A ROOM DIVIDER can serve many purposes and useful functions as well at provide decorative touches. This unit contains a useful storage area, open shelves and a planter. It separates two areas, yet harmoniies with both and gives a feel ing of spaciousness. TREE SERVICE Call Baker's Nursery TU 2-3167 "Lit him go-let him go -he looks kind. t terowny to. mat Lend Wall Color For an interesting touch in decorating walls, use of contrast paneling is something to consider. Use of alternate panels of spe cies with different tones is a way of satisfying the desire to see the natural beauty of pine paneling and still achieve a striking new eifecl. The woods of the western pine region include 10 species, each with its characteristic tone, grain, and knot pattern. A contrasting effect may be provided by alter nating panels of one of the lighter woods such as nonderosa or lodge- pole pine with darker inland red cedar. If three different species are de sired, an intermediate shade larch or Douglas fir may be used. Other characteristics besides col or can be contrasted. An exam ple is the almost invisible grain and neat, small knots of Engel- nrLnnn cnriirA iicmI with the larger, dark knots and flourishes of grain Even in a Modern Setting Radiant heat the principle of the old pot-bellied stove is still radiant heat and a simple physical law holds true: AIR WHEN HEATED RISES. This is the rea son why any non-circulating heating system must ex cessively overheat the ceiling to provide the desired temperature in the "living zone." It's easy to see why the silent, turbo-circulated heat of THERMADOR has proven to be the most efficient method of producing comfortable, economical elec tric heat. THERMADOR gently moves the heated air across the room at floor level prevents heat from piling up on the ceiling where it's wasted. THERMADOR ..in. manic nw maa M m mcRmmK thin ALL-NEW model Is the result of research geared to producing an electric heater that will operate Indefinitely, with n maintenance prob lems. 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