The Huron Expositor, 1979-09-27, Page 27Planning
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tided whether to carpet them,
cc to stain the stairs and;;
railing to match.
Qnce the four upstairy
bedrooms were wallpapered,
the next step was to start
altering the downstairs of the
house.
The two rooms to the left
of the front entrance were a
large bedroom; and smaller,.
cramped bedroom behind it;.
The Agars tore out the wall
and converted, these rooms
into one large combination
living room -recreation room
whereboth adults and child-
-
ren can feel comfortable.
•
Mrs. Agar said every
woman who has lived in the
house has renovated- it. The
farm home started out as a
one storey Ontario cottage,
' and then the next occupant
hada second storey added,.
hi a' ,different color of brick.
from the first floor. •
Although the• Agars have
had aluminum siding put up
on the exterior of the farm
• house, someday they hope to
rebrick the bottom storey of
the house to give it • amore
authentic look.
Maureen Agar said the
main thing she wanted in the
living room was a pool table..
The table.sits at end of
the room, and a comfortable
grouping of chesterfield' and
Omits •sits at the other: She
said the carpeting' used in'.
• the room was 'inexpensive
since she knew their two
• small children would be
using the .room to play:
Mrs. Agar said when She
was •planning a •room she
would find something• she
liked, and work• from there.
The first thing she purchased
for the living room was the
brown -patterned carpet
which she felt wouldn't show
the dirt in a room that would
get lots of use by the family.
From there, she selected a
design for the ceiling, which
was lowered' slightly, and a
.wallpaper to blend with both
it and the carpet.
FIRST NEVI FURNITURE:
The new furniture in the.
livingroom was the first
'furniture the couple bought.
once their marriage; using
the older furniture that came
with the house up until then.
Once the livingroom. was
completed, Maureen Agar
faced the • real challenge -.
designing a kitchen which
would be a comfortable place
to, . entertain, and which`
would allow her to keep an,.
eye on her young family.
Mrs. Agar said, she's a city
girl and she discovered in the.
county, many people, prefer
to sit and visit in the kitchen
particularly when men have
just come in. from the barn.
Tostart with, the couple
took outthe old front 'door, ._
replacing it with sliding patio
doors which.. will someday
open out onto a sundeck.
Then they had liholeum.
laid in the part of the kitchen,
which gets• the most traffic,
"so men don't:. feel uncom-
fortable coming in with their
boots on," said Mrs. Agar.
But the two real . selling
points of the'kitchen are Mrs.
Agar's double sink set in an
alcove, which lets her look
right out on the children's
play area and the Maitland
River beyond; and her very,.
unique cupboards.
The cupboards, designed
by she and Mr. Ryanafter
studying. a number of 'de
signs and producing'a nutn-
ber of diagrams, are practical,'
compact and. unusual.
Mrs. Agar stores her pots:
and pans in two sliding,
drawers underneath a side
window inthe kitchen.
Her canned good and:
baking goods are all stored in. .
HOME IMPROVEMENT SECTION, _.,3A
THE LIVING AREA—Adam Agar leans on the round kitchen table where
''guests often sit and visit in the Agar kitchen. The -fireplace which can be
seen in the background is part of the 'denareawhich adjoins the kitchen
and provides a comfortable reading spot. (Expositor photo)
The roc
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fine sawdust.
And we did have trouble
hiding the nailholes when we
put the panelling on the wall.
I refrained from saying "I
told you so." I had a feeling. I.
would have the opportunity'
to use that phrase with more
devasting effect, later on.
I. will not, bore you with' the
troubles we had trying to.
match the holes we had cut in
the: panels with the wall
• plugs that were supposed to
fit those holes likea hand in a
glove. To paraphrase a
famous English statesman
."Some handl Some glove!"
1 was out the night -D. and
his friend strapped the
ceiling and began stapling on
the 12 square ceiling tiles.
They had the job one-third
completed by the end of the.
evening. .
"Dear,1 have badnews for . -
you',• ' D. said the next
morning before leaving for
work. "The walls in these old
houses are all out of plumb.
When l start the next row of
tiles. I'm not going to be able,
to line it up with the previous
row, and will have to shift
everything; over about four
• inches. Let's hope itwon't be
p, whichpby "bargain hunter.'-' when it too noticeable..
a narrow cupboard been copied friends.
also pulls out like a drawer The den, which also funs- comes to decorating,. and Out came, my trusty tape
beside the fridge. tions as a reading :oom and would rather look around in • measure, and down I went to
Then her final large cup- play area for the, children, is several stores and be sure , the rec room., 1 soon , dis
board unit is built around her right off the kitchen, with no what she wants before mak- - covered that while the tiles
stove, and is on wheels, so it dividing wall. Although the ing a purchase. • on the row nearest the west •
can be moved anywhere in fireplace _can't be used, the Future plans call for a car wall :were getting wider, the
the kitchen. There is tile on couple decided to •keep it as port at the • rear of the house ones on the row nearest' the
top of the cupboards and a an attractive centre of attent- and division of : the big, far wall had beencut nar-
built-in woodblock, both ion to the mom, and used old-fashioned' pantry into two rower and. narrower. When
entrances - on to be used by D. Came home' after; a. hard
touches which have made the .mirror tiles from the mantle
unit a very practical. working . to the ceiling. • men comingin from the day,1 did a very stupid thing.;
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space. Mrs. Agar said she's a
LIGHTS RARELY NEEDED
Since the alcove windows
let in so .much • light,: Mrs.
Agar said she rarely.' turns on
the lights in the kitchen.
The kitchen, . she readily
admits, "is the one room I'm
really proud of." Some of her
cupboard ideas have already
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