The Brussels Post, 1979-05-07, Page 7Clinton 482-3467 70 Ontario St.
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HOME
IMPROVEMENT
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if, •
...your're going to paint, paper,
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...you're going to add • room, a
patio, a garage, a fence...
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The rate Is low and there's no
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Leisure living
in the laundry
Why not be tuned-in to
leisure living in the laun-
dry? With appliances pro-
grammed to specific fabric
needs, for speed, washing
action and temperature —
all with the flick of one but-
ton — there's still time for
relaxation between and dur-
ing washing-drying cycles.
In keeping with this ban-
ishment of wash-day blues
— it's time to decorate the
lanndry room accordingly
—.with bright colors and ac-
cessories. Start with a tweed
carpet as attractive as it is
practical — carpeting muf-
fles the annoying sounds of
appliances in operation.
Now go on to select a
handsome rattan chaise —
for those precious minutes
to thumb through a maga-
zine, catch-up with long
overdue phone calls, or even
provide a place for forty
winks.
Bringing in a bit of art can
be fun too — as well as
bright throw-pillows, plants
and soft music. It all cre-
ates a Welcome respite
before •dashing off to the
next chore on a busy
'agenda.
He is happiest, be he
king or peasant, who finds')
peace in his home,
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HOME & GARDEN 1MPROVEMENTiWEEK OF MAY 7, 19791—
Make room for children
his or her own. According to
psychologists, it should be a
place that offers lots of
stimulation — colors, pat-
terns, textures, the play of
light and shadow. All of
which can make a room fun
to be in — and serve a seri-
ous purpose, too. Accord-
ing to the famous, child
development specialist Jean
Piaget, environments that
stimulate the senses also
stimulate the brain . . . so a
child's room really plays an
important part in his/her
growing up.
Making room — or"
rooms — for children' is
basically a matter of find-
ing room, It could be a case
of converting the attic or en-
closing a porch. But, space
is what you make it, and:
how you make it. You can
divide a large room into two
— perhaps with a sliding.
partition, maybe with a stor-
age wall. One handy' idea:
put a stack of cubes down
the middle of a large room,.
with some facing one side,
some the other. That way,
you gain two "rooms" —
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and lively storage for both.
Thrift hint: build your own
cubes out of chipboard, then
paint or cover them to make
the most of the decor, For
example, you could cover
the cubes in wallcoverings to
match the walls, and paint
their insides in a bright con-
trast.
Whether you're doing a
major remodeling job or just
redecorating for a Child, be
sure your plan includes wall-
coverings. There's no
quicker or surer way to turn
plain space into• a happy
world for a child than with
the lively patterns and colors
of a good wallcovering. De-
lightful animals or human
characters like the ones in
many of the Wall-Tex vinyl
wallcoverings are almost
play-mates for a young
child. You can choose from
a whole collection of wall-
coverings for children
called, "Growing Up with
Wall-Tex." It's designed so
that you can put different
`patterns together — an ideal
way to divide a room for two
youngsters, yet keep it look-
ing "together." And, it's
also designed to make it
easy to make changes as the
children grow older.
A final tip from the ex-
perts: when, you plan your
child's room, let the child
share in the planning. Re-
member: you're not just giv-
ing him a room; you're giv-
ing him room to grow in. 1'
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Years ago, there was a
loony comic strip about a
family of down-and-outers
who were so short on every-
thing that their little boy
slept in a bureau drawer.
Well, things may not be
quite as bad around your
house, but many growing
families do feel the pinch of
space . . . especially when
the time comes for young-
sters to have rooms of their
own.
Be it ever so small, a child
really does need a place of
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