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Experts point out that the
kitchen is 'now no tomer .
simply a work area, but a
• social centre as Well. Here
are suggestions for bringing
that presently drab kitchen
into the Seventiesi.
A storage island with
,. butcher -block top can pro-
vide needed shelves for pots
and pans, a handy work area
for the cook...or an island
with a range can liberate the
.cook froma darkeorner.
Is there a porch adjacent
to your kitchen? Why not
enclose it for additional
eating space. Or,, you may
want to eliminate a wall
between your kitchen and
breakfast nook to create one
large family room.
New appliances such as
ranges with separate wall
ovens, hi -lo double ovens,
dishwashers, waste
disposers, and trash com-
pactors can be built into new
counter units for great time-
saving convenience.
A dark kitchen can
become bright and sunny
with new windows or even a
skylight or greenhouse win-
dow.
Extending a wall of the kit-
chen 'c,an, give your family
the breakfast nook it needs,
,. or provide space for a laun-
dry area.
Outmoded bathrooms are
not only unstylish, they're in -
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To.00. provide needed
• *rage space, With* affec-
ting the bedroom space to
any great degree.
• Extending a bathroom
wall by cantilevering the ad-
ded ,lispace (thus
avoiding having to add a
foundation). can give you
more mom, as well.
New fixtures as
whirlpool tubs, saunas or
cabinet lavatories can make
any bathroom more lux-
urious.
You can give a bathroom
the semblance of
spaciousness..and. vastly in,
crease its eye -appeal by
replacing wall with glass
and • fencing off the tarea
around it, for a charming,
private, little garden.
An over-worked bathroom
calls for added bathroom
facilities! Scrutinize your
home for areas that can be
converted into an extra
powder room or shower
stall. A hallway, a closet, or
even the space under a stair-
way offer possibilities.
You may be able to make
better use of existing
bathroom space by compart-
mentalizing: partitioning off
areas can allow more than
one person to use the
facilities and still have
privacy, for instance:
If space allows,. a double -
vanity will speed up that
morning bottleneck Theo, -
bathroom;
Adding a small powder
room off the basement
recreation room can help
Ontario Hydro
has dual energy
program
Homeowners with oil
forced -air furnaces can con-
vert to a combination
electric -oil heating system
for less than $500 under a
nevrprogram developed by
Ontario Hydro and
municipal utility groups.
The program announced
today by the presidents of
Ontario Hydro, Ontario
Municipal Electric Associa-
tion (OMEA) and Associa-
tion of Municipal Electrical
Utilities (AMEU) is one of a
number of programs being
introduced to assist
” customers to -save money on
their fuel bills.
In the electric -oil system
offered, an electric heater
installed in the main air duct
(plenum), heats the house in
all but the coldest weather,
when the oil burner cuts in.
Based on January, 1983
figures and an oil furnace
that has a seasonal efficien-
cy of 65 per cent, Hydro
estimates that heating 'elec-
trically with a dual system is
cheaper than heating with
oil. Customers purchasing a
plenum heater under this
program could expect to
recover their investment in
about three years.
The dual heating system,
using a nine -kilowatt electric
plenum heater is worth ap-
proximately $1,040.
Oil customers who reduce
oil consumption by at least
50 per cent will be eligible for
a $520 taxable benefit under
the Canada Oil Substitution
Program (COSP). Add to
this customer assistance
totalling $200 from Ontario
Hydro and participating
municipal utilities, which in -
chides a preservice check,
administration and elec-
trical inspection, and the
customer's cost is approx-
imately $320 plus the income
tax on the COSP benefit.
Ontario Hydro started the
program on March 28. Par-
ticipating municipal utilities
will introduce the program
as soon as possible.
For further information,
call the Marketing Depart-
ment in London (681-1390).
Get a head start
Try starting melon,
squash and cucumber seeds
indoors, in 10 centimetre
(four inch) flower pots with
a well -drained house plant
soil. Three or four seeds per
pot, later thinned down to
one or two of the strongest
seedlings will produce stalky
young- plants to set outside
early in June. By starting
them indoors now, these ear-
ly plants will soon produce a
bumper crop in the
vegetable garden.
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If the den has . closet
that's just used for collecting
ed* and ,,erids, consider .trir
St4Og, A-1411*017 10' that
space; doivilktalmpreasUre
:,aft S.'00,liat*O01118, during
the. .moraitiO, rash; :will be
handy for guests.
Nothing is so inconvenient
as lack of storage, space, and
Providing new room for' stor-
ing out -of -season equipment
or seldom -used items can be
a real bonus.
Here are some ways you
can. add storage space to
your home.
Install wall -storage
systems where you now have
pictures hanging; art ob.
pets Ran add the decorative
touches, while the shelves
perform useful storage duty.
Turn that utilitarian
basement -laundry into a
thing of beauty, as well as
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handy storage area,
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to a: floor -t� -ceiling storage.
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