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COMPACT STORAGE — This sliding door..
cupboard, 'built in beside the refrigerator, was
designed as a compact storage unit for canned .,
goods and baking supplies, and slides in and
out of the wall with easein the Agar's Kitchen.
Brussels
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
More and more people are
trying to improve on their
homes these days and
Maurice and Mary Douma of
R.R. .4,. Brussels are no
exception.
They've made a number of
renovations to their ,farm
house which they purchased
m April and, moved into in
July. The major improve-
ments they made were in the
kitchen and living room but
there were also improve-
ments made to the laundry
and bathroom. Working on.
all these" rooms included
taking all . the walls off,
insulating,' rewiring, dry
walling and repainting. The
Doumas only • needed to do
this to one "•wall in the
bathroom.
Other improvements in -
eluded <a .new wider kitchen
'' window and a new front
livingroom window. The
Doumasalso had tochange
where a register was located
in the kitchen so they could
put in all new cupboards.
When they went to put
iinsulation in their liviingroom
wall the Doumas had a
problem. ' The wall was
double bricked.; A represent-
ative of a building company
suggested putting 2x4's over
the existing vying and put=
ting insulaton betWeen.` This
gave her really wide window•;;.
sills, Mrs. Douma said..
New floor coverings were
put in the living roofn and
kitchen.,
When the Doumas moved
into the house it had been
empty for three . years so
required some updating and
HOME' IMPROVEMENT SECTION
• NEW KITCHEN: IN .PLO! HOME - Mary
Douma• shows the . new cupboards she and her
husband added :to, their R.R.4;" Brussels:.farm
house. The Doumas also, insulated. the house
the Doumas fixed,' some of
the roof because some
. shingles were missing and
also planted some new lawn,
outside the house.
Although they've made
many improvements to the
house; the Doumas: aren't..
finished yet. Theywan' to.
take the porch off and make a
sundeck and Mrs. Douma
said the whole upstairs needs
doing. They want to insulate,
rewire and re -drywall Most of
it as well as redecorate.
The Doumas had a .con
tractor put ,' in ' the . new
windows in their house. A
.friend did the wiring, Mrs.
Douma's, father did the '.
plumbing and the Doumas
did the painting and drywal-
ling themselves with some
.help.: once more from her
father. .
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