The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-03-20, Page 31•
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But when vou look in home it».- the tub t'eee8tle8 found to con- .
irovenlent • xnagaxtnes, fin you ventional bathrooms.
see are large, luxurious bath- Lavatories today do more than
COMM, bigger than the living just hold water. They're sham -
rooms in most homes. poo-grooming•centerswith plenty
Where do you get ideas for re- of room and convenience features
modeling the small bathroom? like swing -away spout, shampoo
Make use of the design con. hose and spray, soap -lotion dis-
Copts in those showcase bath- penser, And they're self -rimming
rooms. Select the ideas, color for neater, qt#aker installations.
schemes and products you like Color coordination is the third
and incorporate them into your basic element. Abid it's even
plan. mdre important for the smaller
There are seven bouic elements bathroom,.
that go into a practical, func-
tional and beautiful bathroom, no
matter what size it is.
The first is a good plan. Getting
the most 'bathroom for your
money is simply a matter of
making the best use of available
- space.
Begin with questions only you
can answer. Who will use the
room — the entire family, adults
only, children only, guests?
How many persons must it
serve at peak periods such as get-
ting the family off to work or
school?
What extras should the room
provide — whirlpool bath, hair
washing center, off-the-wall hand
held shower, compartmented
toilet and bidet, bathrub with
built-in safety features?
Once you've determined whom
and how the new room will serve,
it's important to know what's
available in plumbing products
and accessories. That's step two.
Toilets are available with a
variety of features. Some will not
overflow. Some are wall hung for
off -the -floor convenience.
Someare less than 19 inches
high; counter tops can extend
over the back of the toilet for
additional storage space.
And some use 30 per cent less
water than conventional toilets.
Ideal for cottages, farms and
other homes dependent on wells
and septic tank systems, as well
as for use in areas of expensive
water and sewerage rates.
Bathrubs for the smaller bath -
Plumbing products are avail-
able in such attractive colors
they almost beg to be the starting
point of your color scheme.
Choose from bold accents like
Tiger Lily, Blueberry, Antique
Red or Sunflower. Use bright
colors like Pink Champagne,
New Orleans Blue, Fresh Green
or Harvest Gold. Mix or match.
Open up a small room with light,
bright colors.
Easy maintenance, the fourth
basic element, is as important in
the bathroom as it is in any other
room.
Begin with quality fixtures,
those with finishes of glass -hard
vitreous china or durable
enameled east iron. Complement
them with qtaility single control
or ,twin band* fittings,, fans
with ohrorne or gold' electroplate
finishes and handles without dirt
catching corners.
Consider vinyl.wall coverings
for both decorative effect and
easy maintenance. Use non-abra-
sive cleansers to keep the whole
room clean and bright.
The fifth element is adequate
ventilation. It's an item coolly
overlooked in bathroom re-
modeling.
Depending on the extent of
renovation, ventilation can be
added under the floor -- a recent
development — or through the
wall or ceiling.
Ample cabinet space and
adequate lighting are the final
elements in proper bathroom
planning. Counter top lavatories
and low silhouette toilets help
gain storage space.
A multitude of cabinet styles
and colors are available to
complement your decor.
As for lighting, put it where you
need it most — make-up light's
around the mirrow, decorative
lighting under wall -hung cabinets
or in the ceiling.
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New wing?
Install
the right
windows
BATHROOM REBORN. A home of the 1870s — bathroom for
the 1970s. Remodeling an out-of-date bathroom provided
maximum counter space and storage areas in a minimum of
space. Only the toilet was relocated, saving on remodeling
costs.
Space may be "the fina. l fron-
tier" for the astronauts. To
homeowners, it's often a down*o-
earth problem --finding enough of
it to meet the needs of comfort-
able existence.
Homeowners often solve their
dilemma by moving to larger
quarters. There is, however, an
alternative—an expansion pro-.
ject to add an extra room or two.
Suppose you own a basic Cape
Cod home with enough land to
expand in both directions. You
could add a wing to each side —
an extra bedroom or a guest
room, for example, on one side
and, on the other side, a family
room, which is in demand these
days among people shopping for
• a home.
The additions will need win-
dows to provide light, ventilation
and views: A pair of double -hung
windows in the new bedroom or
guest room and an angle bay
window in the family room would
be ideal. Both styles serve to
complement the traditional
architecture of a Cape Cod home.
A weatherproof sheath of tough
rigid vinyl covers the preser-
vative -treated wood core sills and
frames of double -hung and angle
bay windows. The sash is protect-
ed by a special four -step factory
finish. •
When glazed with double -pane
insulating glass, factory-weath-
erstripped windows help reduce
heat loss and conserve fuel with
out the bother of storm sash.
Time spent on washing Windows
is also reduced because there are
only two surfaces of .glass to
clean instead of four with storm
sash. Removable vinyl grilles
create a divided light appearance
while simplifying maintenance.
orner your imagination with these
• Once you've placed your major
pieces of furniture, what do you
do with the left -over spaces to
make them work for you? Most of
us find it almost impossible to
visualize how to make effective
use of the odd spaces such as cor-
ners, a technique that pro-
fessional interior designers seem
so adept at handling.
One of the devices for making
.these blank spots more functional
is turning them into areas for
specific activities. For example,
designer Peggy Walker took an
unused, and seemingly unusable,
corner in a family room and
turned it into an area for quiet
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reading or listening to music.
It was done with several simple
and inexpensive tricks: some
minimal carpentry and a rug to
define the area and establish a
dramatic color scheme. An un-
complicated plywood construc-
tion that could easily be a do-it-
yourself project frames the win-
dow to form a window seat and a
storage area. Dimensions were
adjusted to fit perfectly around
an inexpensive chest of drawers,
eliminating fancy and difficult
cabinetry but providing the ne-
cessary stowaway space for
records and other miscellany.
A vividly colored Danish rya
rug instantly established the
perimeters of a special area. Its
flowing abstract design in .golds
and reds formed the basis for the
rest of the color scheme. The
walls, seat cushion and the extra
cube for seating or eating were
painted in the -same warm gold
hue. A clear tomato red tone,
picked up from the design, runs
in a `stripe up the wall to create a
sharp and- exciting contrast.: The
same red was echoed in other ac-
cessories as well, to tie the
scheme together.
The Iong shaggy pile creates a
' warm and comfortable environ-
ment for the corner whether it is
used for quiet reading or a teen-
' aged rock and rap session: •
Although this area rug was laid
directly on the floor, the same
decorating approach can be used
even in a room with broadloom
simply by putting a rug over it,
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Antiques mix
with many sets
You've just inherited
Geat Aunt Hattie's Vic-
torian love seat, but your
home is completely inod-
ern.
Don't panic. Antiques
have a knack for comple-
menting other periods of
decor.
A little shuffling of the
furniture, -a bit of new
upholstery or a slip cover,
and an antique looks right
at home in the starkest
modern house.
•
CORNERS NEEDN'T GO TO WASTE. This one Was turned
into an eye-catcher with minimal carpentry and -dramatic
•
color. Plywood boards turned space around the window into a
storage area and window seat. Bold colors picked up from the
Egetaepper all -wood rya rug, "Ofoten", set the scheme for
• walls, seat cushion and cube in gold, contrasted with the
tomato red that runs in a stripe up the wall and is picked up
in accessories.
where desired, to create a visual
focal point.
The. term "rya", by the way,
comes from the ancient Norse
word for "rough" and its origin is
the Viking tradition of weaving
long yarns into blankets and wall
TIN CAN STORAGE
Food may be left in tin cans
after opening, by covering the
can and refrigerating. Acid food,
however, such, as fruit and vege-
table juices, \ may acquire a
"tinny" taste and should be
stored in another type of contain-
er.
hangings, as well as rugs.
Today's sophisticated and re-
fined versions of the rya are a
natural, whether used on the floor
or wall, to set the foundation of
today's more personal decorating
themes.
SMALL CAPE COD home (top) presents a remodeler's
dream. Bottom: The home can be expanded in two direc-
tions..Artist suggests double -hung windows in new bedroom
wing at left, and angle bay window units in the new family
room added at right..
Presto, change -o: from
garage to playroom!
if you are looking for ways to
expand your present living
quarters, it's a safe bet that you
have up to 20 per cent or more of
your home devoted to storing
•garden tools, bi ' ycles and the
like.
Most people use their garages
for storage and park their cars in
the driveway. If you do, don't you
think it will be better to use the
space as • a playroom, den or
bedroom, and build a small shed
to house the garden tools, etc?
Converting' an attached garage
to living space is probably the
simplest and least expensive way
to add room to your house. Since
the foundation, footings and
exterior framing are already in
place, all that needsto be done is ;
to replace the garage door with a •
window, add lighting, interior
walls, floor tile and heat, -
If the house is equipped with
hydronics (modern hot water
heating), connecting it to an
attached garage is a cinch. •
Because hydronic systems use
finger -size tubing, the' installer
only has to drill a small. hole in
the wall next to the garage to
make the connection. •
No walls to tear down or floors
to break open. The mess is kept
under control.
Best of all you can use hydronic
baseboard which assures op-
timum comfort, and at the same
time blends in with your room's
decor.
Put on a happy space . . . kitchen
cabinets and a walk-in pantry
What's the kitchen feature
most, requested by homemakers?
Surprisingly it's .nota new rabge
or refrigerator, but' more cabi-
nets.
"That's the word that we get
loud and clear from women all
over the country," says Bill
Ketcham, who has been involved
in the planning and design of
some 10,000 kitchens.
Ketcham is manger of kitchen
and laundry design for General
Electric Company in Louisville,
Ky.
As a furthe' modification to
"more cabinets" the requests are
Reach new plateaus with
your dining `room' decor
Short of a dining room? Many
of the new 'homes or condomin-
iums being built today lack the
luxury of a separate dining area.
Don't despair, says the interior
decorating consultant at Stanley,
one of the well-known dining
room furniture mandacturers.
You can create your own by
building a simple platform in one
corner of the living room.
There is special furniture de-
signed to fit into such small
areas, the consultant also points
out. Wis smaller in scale than
regular -sized dining room suites.
The chairs are narrower and
china cahinets have been slim-
med down to a 'mere 44" in width,
as opposed to the regUlar 54"
size!
What's more, these small -
scaled dining room sets come in
all styles to fit any taste —
Mediterranean, Oriental, French
Provincial, Italian Traditional,
you name it. You can still have
the dining room you've always
dreamed about.
As for the platform, a good size
is a 10 -foot square, with one or
twO steps six inches high. For an
attractive effect, these steps
for .wall cabinets at a usable
height, and with adjusta.ple
shelves, sayi Ketcham.
"Too many six-foot kitchen
planners make the mistake of de --
signing a kitchen that is function-
al for them, not for the five -foot -
two -inch homemaker who is
going to work in it," he says.
Their list also includes:
1. The right kind of base cabinets,
planned to be located near the
refrigerator, sink, dishwasher
and range.
2. Well -lit work areas.
3. More electric oUtlets over
counter areas.
'4. Adequate working counter
between appliances.
5. Breakfast area in or near the
kitchen.
In remodeling the kitchen,
most homemakers seem to be as
interested in convenience
features that save time and labor
as they are in appearance.."Self-
cfeaning-ovens and the new Ttaih
Compactor are high on their list
of most wanted appliances,"
Ketcham reports. '
1. Maintenance -free material.
2. licorated to create eye ap-
Considering the relative
ranking of decor, it would appear
that for most homemakers the
need for fancy wallpaper and
colorful countertops c.an't hold a
candle to a walk-in pantry, says
Ketcham.
The pantry, indeed, is staging a
continuing revival. General
Electric kitchen planners have
been including one, • wherever
adequate room is available, in
the plans they have been
developing for builders during
the past. year.
could be cut diagonally across the
corner of the* platform. Inex-
pensively constructed with a
frathework of 2 x 6's placed 16"
apart. and covered with 3/4" ply-
wood, the platform can be car-
peted wall-to-wall with the same
c.arpet as the rest of the living
The season of continual day-
light north of the Arctic Circle is
known as the period of the
"midnight sun".
THE "PERFECT" KITCHEN, according to General Elec-
tric kitchen planners, includes more usable cabinet space,
walk-in pantry, time and labor-saving convenience features
such as self-cleaning ovens, and the new trash compactor.
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