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PAGE 14 -HOME & GARDEN GUIDE '94
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From Spanish Modern to Spanish Inquisition
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Admit it.
The cozy embrace of your
'70s sofa has gone from Spanish
Modern to Spanish Inquisition.
That '50s chrome dinette you
picked up somewhere has lost
the kitschy charm that tickled
your fancy.
But letting go isn't easy. How
can you be sure the romance has
faded with the upholstery?
Well, you may want to start
cruising furniture showrooms if:
• That chest of drawers that got
you though teething, puberty
and your first apartment now
can't even hold all your designer
boxer shorts.
• You'll only inherit Aunt
Agatha's china if you promise
not to display it in those wall -
mounted orange crates.
SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Come visit our greenhouse for the
Annuals, Perennials, Hanging Baskets, etc.
that have been grown with "TENDER
LOVING CARE" with "YOU" in mind.
Thousands of Geraniums,
Hanging Bags and more to
choose from. Nursery Stock
& Windbreak Trees Galore!
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• You'd like to schedule meetings
in your at-home office, but
clients have a hard time getting
out of the beanbag chairs.
• You're tired of telling visitors
that your door -on -two sawhorses
desk is a "design statement."
• The cinder blocks that held up
your loudspeakers since "Abbey
Road" came out crumbled when
you cranked up your new CD
system.
• You want to read yourself to
sleep, but The Firm became The
Soggy when your waterbed
sprang a leak.
• Your dining room chairs would
match perfectly if they were all
stamped with the name of the
same funeral parlour.
• That knockdown bookcase
knocked down two neighbours
and a tray of hors d'oeuvres at
your last party.
• Your kids just found out that
"end table" is not the standard
term for a telephone -cable spool
with a lava lamp on it.
• The guest of honour at your
formal dinner is easy to spot: the
one with the unrusted TV tray.
If three or more of the above
describe your relationship with
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(5.l9) 529-1125
Fax 529-3609
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West Wau'anosh
Cedar Lane
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your home environment, it's
time to rethink, sort out, and
update for style and quality.
Getting serious
Getting serious about furniture
means meeting solid hardwoods:
materials you can depend on,
such as oak, maple, alder, birch
or cherry.
In fact, a reliable test of
whether an old item is worth
saving — or if you'll still respect
a new one tomorrow — is
"What's it made of?"
Solid hardwood construction
generally means durability,
classic style, warm grain and
comfortable textures — qualities
that will hold their value and fit
your home for a lifetime.
And you can still play around a
little. Solid hardwoods adapt to
the most eclectic settings. With a
little thought, you can make that
*Acker porch rocker cuddle up to
a new oak table or a walnut
entertainment center.
Buying solid hardwood
furniture doesn't take a long
courtship. If you haven't had a
lot of experience, talk to
furniture retailers, contact a
trade association or consult an
interior design professional.
Furnishing without guilt
According to the Hardwood
Manufacturers Association,
hardwoods will be plentiful for
generations to come, thanks to
modern forestry. Many more
trees are growing than are
harvested every year.
And remember, some of those
former thrift shop finds can be
recycled back to the thrift shop.
That way, old but useable
pieces can lead extended lives
and stay out of the waste stream.
Goodwill Industries, the
Salvation Army and other
organizations in your area can
supply pick-up details. Just
check your local yellow pages
under "Used Fumiture" or
"Thrift Shops."
Is your home looking a Iiftie
rough around the edges?
If your home's exterior is
looking a little shabby around the
edges, maybe it's time for a trim
job.
A trim job involves installing
aluminum or vinyl soffit and
aluminum fascia (pronounced
fay -she -ah) panels over existing
wood ones, and replacing
weatherbeaten steel gutters and
downspouts with new aluminum
systems having durable color
finishes.
By installing durable, easy -care
trim in stylish colors, you can
spruce up the house and banish
the hassles of wood.
Brick, aluminum and vinyl- _
sided houses with wood trim
tend to be likely candidates for a
trim job.
Because owners don't have to
paint the exterior walls, they
tend to neglect aging, hard -to -
maintain wood soffit and fascia.
Soffit panels close off the
underside of roof overhangs,
porch ceilings and other raised
structures. However, it's
unpleasant and dangerous to
balance yourself on a ladder
while reaching overhead to
scrape and paint wood soffit,
especially on a two-story house.
Fascia boards, which run along
the ends of roof rafters and
extend below the gutters, also
are hard to maintain.
Houses that are sided with
wood clapboard can benefit from
an aluminum or vinyl trim job
too.
Wood trim tends to deteriorate
even more rapidly than wood
siding because it's typically made
of pine rather than cedar. It's
also susceptible to moisture
damage from trapped
condensation.
Today you can find aluminum
and vinyl trim products in
tasteful contemporary colors to
match your_ existing, siding -or ---
contrast
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contrast with it for striking visual
effects.
Unless you have construction
skills, a trim job is best left to
professionals. Many do-it-
yourselfers fail to replace
deteriorated wood trim before
affixing new soffit and fascia, say
experts. Improper nailing and
soffit venting are other amateur
mistakes.
With wood and professional
painting costs soaring to treetop
levels, trim that doesn't need
painting makes economic sense,,
say manufacturers.