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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-22, Page 301.01 • owls— eti. lero Il�apilIl 'our Car A•T `REPAIR I N G•" kfood CompMrts Collision +ERtatstiN Como Ip today and alk owr your ropale with . . YD Mot,AiJId HLIp BodyShoo Manoger "Ala Really Matter To Us" LIT.,W LHRYSLER 2914350 Mon. to Fri. OPEN 6 a.rn. to 5:30 p.m 4 84E4 4ERnCQ SAW AT CAH CITY CHRYSLER m Nissiehommmwormew YOUNG DRI'VER'S OF CANADA Canada's Most Comprehensive Driver Training Course_ Your course fee is income tax deductible and you may save up to 40% in insurance premiums by presenting our course certificate. TUESDAY FEBRUARY •28 Kitchener 7:00-10:00 p.m. Cambridge 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARCH BREAK COURSES Kitchener 9:00-12 noon & 12:30-3:30 p.m. Cambridge 8:30-11:30 a.m. & 12 p.m. -3 p.m. For Information on next course phone • Kitchener Centre 579-4800 • Cambridge Centre 623-6730 • Waterloo Centre 579-4800 MasterCard SPECIALS Clairol 600 mi. Condition Shampoo or Conditioner Clairol 225 ml. 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I believe I will get rid of my double bed and replace it with a sleep sofa. What other pieces would you add in the room which is moderate in size? One wall has closets, one is broken by a fair -size window and two walls are solid. — M.V. A. An extremely effective way to make a conversion, such as you describe, is to begin by converting the. closet into a wall of built-ins for storage, for displaying accessories and for housing. a television set and perhaps a stereo. In selecting wall units, ydu'" might choose one chest of drawers that could be kept for your visitors. Others could to cabinets, opened and closed types. You could leave the doors of your closet on and then conceal the interior if you wished. Or I have seen apartment dwellers move the doors and store them, replacing them when they sell or move. Either way you press into use valuable space in a room that must perform many functions. By all means select a sleeper sofa that will provide for sleeping as well as com- fortable seating. • A desk or a writing table also is a desirable piece of furniture for a den so you can pay bills, write letters and keep all your business tasks in one place. If you are a modern type, consider space for a home computer in this room be- cause you just might want one eventually. Perhaps an L-shaped work surface that would fit snugly into one corner would func-• tion for you. Provide some bookcases or.. bookshelves above and some lower stor- age for paper, disks and supplies. Q. We have converted our garage into a family room and have large expanses of wall space. The walls are not terribly well -finished but may be acceptable with a coat of fresh paint. We have our lounge furni- ture, a game table and four chairs and a desk in the room. I'm a bit troubled by the walls and wonder if I should do something beyond paint- ing 'to conceal their imper- fections.— R.R. A. If the walls are simply rough you could try sanding out the imperfections and then covering the walls with a covering that would be heavy, and textured — per- haps a grass cloth or a vinyl alni'ulated linen or grass cloth. These are nice wall coverings in a casual room because you can pound small nails•into the fabric and re- move them later without leaving unsightly marks. If the walls are too bumpy, you may have trouble apply- ing the wall covering and the imperfections might still be noticeable. If you need storage and want to go to the expense of having door frames made, you might consider lining the walls with built-in cabinets across two of your walls. Have the doors made with inexpensive frames and put wire grill -work into them rather than solid panels. To the back of the doors hang window -shade type fabric panels — perhaps a single bright color. The shades can be raised or lowered, depending on whe- ther you want to conceal what's inside. The doors could be built of -inch clear pine and 1 -inch square wire mesh,- mortised into the door. Changing the colors of the shade fabric would be easy as you change the color scheme of the room. This way your imperfect walls would be relatively unim- portant but they'd function Well by providing lots and lots of important storage. This not a Strad By James G. McCollam Member, Antique Appraisers Assoc. of America Q. My antique violin is labeled, "Antonio Strad- ivari, Cremona, Made in Czechoslovakia." Can you tell me its value and where I might sell it? A. Stradivari made violins in Cremona, Italy, over 200 years ago. They are the most valuable of all antique vio- lins. Yours is a copy or a fake made after 1918. czechoslo- vakia didn't exist until after World War I. Q. What can you tell me about my Hummel figurine Division of Ideal Supply Co. Limited We have a Targe selection of floor, table and swag lamps in brass and ceramic. 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