The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-04-27, Page 30,Although it's found
4 wig
most every, room of the home
'#'�iE dtUit lding and the decorative po
tential it possesses are'
xtt ently overlooked r
t�]hom'molding olding is;a i
•.. F e builder to cover tke
yrhere the walls meet",
and the ceiling. It is also used
• +' to cover cracks around doors'
• and windows . _'. L
in addition to rts ,functional
• ,applications, molding makes
an attractive decoration on
doors, kitchen cabinets,,, book
cases, and walls i.in th°e mora
,pictured, the ceiling molding. -
is painted with a stmflle;pat-
•"tern which, adds decorative
;Interest and color to :the Loom.;
Molding ;can tie purchased
from hardiwa rc ;tied. paint
stores in a variety of widths
and patterns, ranging from the
plain to the -in**.
a -'Make: the most of the
molding you: already have, by
painting it with high gloss or
enamel paint in a shade or two
darker than the wall color. This
will give your walls the dra-
matic effect of being encircled
with color!
• For a room decorated in .
the country 'Motif, achieve a
sophisticated yet rustic ap-
pearance by either leaving -the
molding unfinished and apply-
ing only a protective coat of
st
Iyprethane or staining it -
;tly.
Another possibility is to
Iect a small, simple de ign
pdatencil Mt pneq, t ►e tnplding •
atregularintervals UsecoIori
found in your go holstery or
add new colors for a brigh•
t
cent. '
• Apply •moldii to a tilaitt
door and create the look
paneled wood` Try painting
your
mottling a /rich gold for alt
elegant look or stain tt
darker shade tq contrast warm
ly with the color of the door,
/mem r, designing and.
decorat• trg tl e,.rnolding is
ea
.sier`done`be, Pre tt is at-
tached ti .he i 11 .. :•
� y
aggraf ,:
Is it real wood molding, or Is it painted on? Actually, is
both! The • decorative molding arount the ceiling is a
design.pahtted to look like. moulding..Thecurved'bookease
molding is real wood, painted to match the color .of the
walls.
Easy, painless cost, cutters
For most of us, the best
home improvement we can
make is to find additional ways
to economize. Here are some
cost-cutting measures that are
both painless and productive:
• Take steps now to control
air conditioning bills this
summer. If possible, place
window air conditioners on
the north or shady side. 11 you
have no choice, plant some
bushes so direct sunlight
won't- fall on the air con-
ditioner.
•1f you've already cut down
. on beef mea sand added more
chicken; try planning meals .
without either for one or'two
nights a ;week: A •dinner of
spaghetti and salad or stir -
fried vegetables over rice is
tasty, nourishing and filling. .
• •One-stop shopping saves
gas, but you' might save even
more by phoning in advance to
he sure the store has the item
you want. .
• Resist all those different
products promoted tier
-spring
cleaning. Read 'contents. and
you'll probably find that one
or two are all, you need for
walls, floors, cabinets and •
windows, too.
(RAKING SPACE IN THE KITCHEN for today's "shared,cooking" means selecting appliances
with an eye towards efficiently utilizing every available inch. The Maytag Company's eye -.level
range provides'a complete cooking center, with a microwave oven and a. full-sized conventional
range, all in one 30 -inch space.
Making space in the kitchen
for today's cooking couples
Today, with both husband
and wife working, cooking
and kitchen cleanup often in-
volves two people working in
the kitchen at the same time.
Preparing a meal under these
circumstances, while main-
taining a spirit of friendly
cooperation, requires.akitch-
en and appliances designed to
help rather than hinder the
process:
Kitchen design in flux
Kitchen Designer E,l,ien
Cheever, a consultant to May-
tag, which recently entered the
cooking appliance field with
gas and electric ranges and
microwave ovens, notes that
kitchens are changing.
"In the past, design has
been based on a family with,
two to five children, a full-
time, stay-at-home housewife,
and working husband," she
points out. "Now, the arrival
of shared cooking in the kitch-
en is causing a revolution in
the way these areas are being
designed."
For persons planning to re-
model their kitchens to adapt
them to today's lifestyles,
Cheever suggests one way to
make room for two cooks in a
small kitchen is to consider an
eye -level range that has• a full-
size microwaveoven mounted
over a full-sized conventional
range, all fitting nearly into'a
30 -inch space.
Dual preparation areas
The eye -level range should
have 15-18 inches of counter
space on each side so that two.
cooks can have their own food
preparation area to use as they
work with both the conven-
tional range and microwave
oven at the same time.
Cheever suggests that the
appliances be arranged so that
the cooks work from refrigera-
tor to mix counter to sink to
cooking appliance to table
area.
The kitchen triangle
An imaginary line should
be drawn from the center of the
range, refrigerator and sink to
form 'a triangle. If possible,
the triangle should be between
12 to 21 feet, with no leg less
than four feet.
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