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DRAMATIC BACKDROP—Subtle shades of rust, gray
and white form a graphic design on the walls of this
living -dining room setting. Horizontal graphic on the
walls is repeated in the vertical treatment around the
door. Carpeting is a Tight beige of Anso nylon and the
walls are taupe.
Graphic solution to dull wall
By Barbara Hartung
Q. We will soon be moving
into a new condominium
which has an open plan in the
living room, dining room and
kitchen.
We like the colors and have
chosen a beige carpeting and
probably will have off-white
walls to start with. However,
I'd like to do something in-
teresting with the walls —
something that will provide
an interesting backdrop for
our natural -tone contempor-
ary furniture.
one
wallpaper and figured pat-
terns because we like a quiet
subdued feeling. But I don't
want a dull look, 'either. Any
ideas? W.V.
A. A graphic on your walls
would provide some drama
but still stay quietly in the
background.
For example, you might
paint your walls. a medium
taupe tone and then paint 6 -
inch horizontal bands of
white, gray and rust around
the walls. Repeat the bands
vertically around doors to
make the doors seem more
important. • •
Q. I have an oak kitchen
with cabinets in a light, al-
most whiteofinish. I want to
• -• accessorize the kitchen with
some color for walls, chairs
and light fiktures. I have
white cabinet tops and off -
'white vinyl floor.
I want a very contempor-
ary look. What would be good
to create this feeling? L.S.
A. Any clear rneduim color
. you like would be great for
the walls and for painted fur-
niture as well — a Wedgwood
blue or a soft olive green or
even a warmer color such as
mustard.
Accent with black — black
lighting fixtures, black hard-
ware on your kitchen cabin-
ets and even a black table
top or black leather seats on
chrome chairs.
Q. Some time ago I re-
member reading about what
interior planners figure is
the minimum amount of
space necessary between the
edge of a dining table and the
wall in a dining room. Do you
have those dimensions?
I want to be able to walk
around my diners to serve
but I don't have very much
room. What are considered
A. A rule of thumb used by
experts suggests that about
40 inches be allowed, 44 be-
ing better. A chair at the
table takes up at least 20
inches and you need to be'
able to pull it out comfort-
ably to sit down. And so 20
inches more isn't much when•
you are considering walking
behind a seated diner.
If you are very cramped
for space, have you'consid-
ered pushing one end of a
rectangular table up agains
the wall? This, of course,
cuts down on the seating but
can alliviate some space
problems.
Q. We are doing some re-
modeling of a very old house.
Our problem is our daugh-
ter's room
It is only 8 feet wide by 10
feet long. It has two doors
and two windows. There is
only one place for the twin
bed. Across from the bed is
one wall for a small chest.
But other than that, there is
no place for a desk and toy
box.
Please suggest some ways
to create more space in this
postagestamp room. R.B.P.
• A. I'deliminate the chest
idea. Instead build drawers
underneath the bed, and; in
fact, build the bed high
enough so that you will have
lots of storage for clothes,
toys and other treasures. Put
the drawers on rollers so
they are easy to manage.
Fit the child's closet care-
fully with shelves and double
bars for clothes so you get
the most out of the closet.
Along your one wall oppo-
site the bed, consider a built-
in shelf that can double as a
desk and work space attach-
ed on adjustable brackets.
Add narrower shelves above
that can be moved up and
down as your child grows.
Underneath the shelves you
can stash baskets for toys
and other treasures.
•
H. GORDON
GREEN
I can't help but wonder in
my more pagan moments,
what in the world the Good
Lord was thinking when he
designed the human nose. To
suggest that He might have
made a mistake would, of
course, be unthinkable. The
Good Lord doesn't make
mistakes, ever. Well then
was He just trying to have a
little fun? Like a kid pud-
dling with a lump of plasti-
cene maybe?
I mean, maybe He was
only fooling when he pinched
off a three -cornered hunk of
gristle and stuck it smack
dab in the middle of Adam's
face. The ridiculous flaps of
gristle we got for ears aren't
so wonderful either.
•
ti
But not all of the jokes that
the Almighty played with hu-
man anatomy are as visible
as ears and noses. According
to one of his biographers the
late James Thurber was con-
vinced that God was having
another little joke with man
when he connected his
plumbing with a bladder.
Thurber, who was one of the
great humorists of his day
and who is robably best re-
members for his "The Se-
cret Li of Walter Mitty"
didn't get the joke however
so far as his own bladder was
concerned.
"It's the curse of my life,"
he sometimes confessed to
his friends. It's made it al-
most impossible to enjoy
I'm afraid it's
miserable summer for a lot
of people. I'm not making a
long range weather forecast,
but a political one. I make it
because of two things chief-
ly: the date of the Liberal
leadership convention, June
19 to 17; and the date of the
Pope's visit, September 9 to
I think that the Pope's visit
. can safely be regarded as .a
• • , he C olitica! stream.
going
to
be
a
How
eral
leader.
That's
a Satur-
day. Give him a few days for
the transfer of power and
some desperate private poll-
ing to see how close the Lib-
eral leadership hoopla has
moved the Grits to the Tories
in the popular vote. Say he
waits until the following Fri-
day. That's June 22. That
means we could go to the
polls as early as Monday,
August 13. I suspect that the
actual timetable will be very
'h Whatever happens poht1`caa —clew -to -Haat tnmmue
dated to it. No: government holding elections in the sum -
would run -the risk of the kind mer and winter has been put
of backlash .digit/Might occur to rest. We have now had
something like a football
game. "Someone offers to
drive me out to New Haven
to see a game in the Yale
Bowl, for instance, and I
have to ask the driver to stop
at gasoline stations five or
six or seven times before we
ever reach the stadium. I try
to close my eyes and turn
away from these gasoline
stations. The word `filling' in
filling stations takes on a
contrary meaning for me.
Well we 'finally arrive and I
try to go to the john a couple
of times before the kickoff,
but all during the game I
have to go, and always my
trips coincide with the key
moments of the game. My
bladder misses every touch-
down as well as all the fist-
fights in the stands."
Thurber declared that his
bladder even had a mind of
its own. All he had to do he
said was just to think about it
and it would react immedi-
ately. And when his wife di-
vorced him in the early 30's,
it wasn't another woman
who came between them. It
was his bladder, She said she
just wasn't going to put up
with a man who had to ga
trotting off to the bathroom
all through the night. "It's
all in your mind," she told
him, "and you're going to
quit it Or we're through. Fin-
ished! All washed up! Do you
understand?"
Well Thurber did his best,
and when that didn't help
much he secretly rigged up a
device that led from his side
of the bed to a container hid-
den in a dresser drawer. She
found out of course first time
she had occasion b yank out
the drawer for some lingerie,
and the fact that a treasured
vase of hers was incorpor-
ated into the system was just
Backs
'Fig/iter
Easter
Seals
By Gene Gary
Q. How can I remove green
mold from steps and certain
areas of the patio where the
sun does not shine? Also,
how can I combat this pro-
blem after getting rid of the
mold? — Anonymous.
A. ,. To remove the mold
caused by mildew, scrub
with a solution of 23 cup tri -
sodium phosphate and 13 cup
detergent mixed with l'quart
household bleach in 3 quarts
warm water, Rinse
thoroughly and let dry. Then
apply a good masonry seal-
er.
However, as the area is
shaded and damp, the. pro-
blem may recur.
One prevention Is to elim-
inate moisture, if possible.
Do not let water get on. the
patio when irrigating grass
or plants j earby.
Q. I hope you will be able to
help me. My grandson
Becky. Christie and Lisa. children of Larry and Diann(' llorshnrgh. Palmerston. oni.
bought a table for me and it
was not laminated.
1 would like to know what
to buy so I can do it. Please
give me some instructions.
— W. C., Minneapolis.
A. Installing a laminated
counter or tabletop is a diffi-
cult project for a do-it-your-
selfer, but it can be done.
Cut Formica to the exact
dimensions required using a
fine-toothed saw and work at
a low angle to; avoid chip-
ping. Make a paper pattern
to'follow if the required piece
isan irregular shape.
Care is required in install-
ing the laminated plastic
tops 'and only the contact
cement recommended by the
manufacturer should be
used. •
Once the material is down,
it cannot be moved. To be
sure the .plastic is in the
proper position, use the
following method:
Cut brown wrapping paper
to the exact size and shape of
the plastic top, dividing it
ly will have to be accommo- The old shibboleth agains Well in defence of the Good
Lord, it might be remember-
ed :that the bladder's capa-.
ci y was- determined some •
-
if the visit were postponed or general elections in every , what before men began to
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cancelled, for 'anything as month of . the year. Prime.
temporal as a general elec- Minister Trudeau was
tion. And the Vatican has al-' chosen party leader in April
ready made it quietly clear of 1968. Mike Pearson was
that the Pope will not come put to pasture with what
to Canada in September if an some felt was indecent
election campaign is already haste, and the new leader led
under way. What that means his party to the polls on June,
to me is that a general elec- 25.
tion will either be held in Au- Mr. Turner will have to get
gust, before the Pope's visit, a seat, of course. It seems
or not before Monday, Nov- hardly likely that he, would
ember 12, which is about undergo the rigors of a by-,
fifty days after the visit • election to remedy that defi-
ends .• ciency,.knowing that he will
The magic number in . have to fight a general elec-
these equations is, of course, tion anyway, in a matter of
fifty days. Under the •most months,
recent changes to the Elec-' I'm • goingout on a limb
tions Act, an election is held with Mr: Turner, of course.
a minimum of fifty days af- But I have felt, since before
ter the writ is issued. The old the P.C. convention last
practice was sixty days, but year, that the Tories, if they
Parliament threw out the chose Brian Mulroney for
practice and enshrined fifty themselves, would be effec-
days in law in May of 1982, on tively choosing Mr. Turner
the theory that two solid for the Liberals as well.
months of election campaign Against Brian Mulroney,
is more than anyone would who else?
be expected to take, and that As long as I'm out on a
seven weeks is • plenty. limb anyway, let me edge
Amen. out a little bit further. What
So, to me, the scenario be- do you bet that by the end of
tato two epi List pieces- length: -gins s shape-up:..this.way Qn._...the_, summer we, won't find
wise. Apply contact cement June 16 in Ottawa, John Tur- ourselves with minority gov-
to the counter or tabletop ner is chosen as the new Lib- ernment again?
and to the underside of the
plastic sheet.
Test tackiness with a small
piece of 'paper, until the
papeg will not stick to the
cement. Then lay the two
halves of wrapping paper on
the top, lining it up -exactly
with the edges. Place the
plastic over the wrapping
paper,
Have a helper press dawn
firmly on one side of the
counter to hold the plastic
sheet securely in place. Lift
up on the opposite edge of the
plastic, withdrawinne cut
section of the witaliping
paper, then press down on
the plastic thus bringing the
cemented surfaces together.
Then pull out the other
'section of wrapping paper
and press down on the plastic
sheet., This will fasten the
plastic in the exact position
wanted.
If you decide on covering
the edges of the table top,
remember to, take them into
account when measuring
and cutting the top. Since
you will want the top to rest
over the newly applied
edges, it will have to be
larger than if you were not
using any new edging.
Good luck with' this
project, which, as you may
surmise, is difficult.
enjoy such things as beer,
coffee and watermelons. On
the other hand, a man's sto-
mach has had no trouble ad-
justing its size to the de-
mands mae upon it. Why
then has the bladder been so
stubborn?
One last thought. You may
look at your own old man and
conclude that the curse has
missed him entirely. But
don't be too sure. Maybe he
doesn't have tribulations
such as Thurber suffered,
but don't think that his get-
ting up before sunrise every
morning is merely proof of
his tireless energy and ambi-
tion!
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