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Redecorating? Remodeling? Check These Ideas:
You've looked around
and come to the conclusion
that you're better off stay-
• ing in your old, but afford-
able home. How can you br-
ing it up to date and make it
more comfortable?
Research indicates that
the greatest need for re-
modeling older homes is in
the kitchen and the bath-
room and in providing stor-
age space.
Experts point out that the
kitchen is now no longer
simply a work area, but a
social center as well. Here
are suggestions for bringing
that presently drab kitchen
into the Seventies:
• 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 from a dark corner.
• Is there a porch adja-
cent to your, kitchen? Why
not enclose it for additional
eating space. Or, you may
want to eliminate a wall be-
tween 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 dis-
posers, and trash compac-
tors can be built into new
counter units forgreat time-
saving convenience.
• A dark kitchen can be-
come bright and sunny with
new windows or even a sky-
light or greenhouse window.
• Extending a wall of the
kitchen can give your family
the breakfast nook it needs,
Here are Ways of Updating the Older Home:
or provide space for a laun-
dry area.
Outmoded bathrooms are
not only unstylish, they're
inefficient. Here are some
ways to bring that bath-
room up to date:
• A tiny bathroom can
gain added space from an
adjoining, spacious bed-
room. Just a few feet can
give a bathroom more
breathing rdom and pro-
vide needed storage space,
without affecting the bed-
room space to any great de-
gree.
• Extending a bathroom
wall by cantilevering the
added floor space (thus
avoiding having , to add a
foundation) can give you
more room, as well.
• New fixtures such as
whirlpool tubs, saunas or
cabinet lavatories can make
any bathroom more luxuri-
ous.
• You can ,give a bath-
room the semblance of spa-
. ciousness and vastly in-
crease its eye -appeal by re-
placing one wall with glass
and • fencing off the area
around it, for a charming,
private, little garden.
• An over-worked bath-
room calls for added bath
room facilities! Scrutinize
your home for areas that
can be converted into an ex-
tra 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 com-
partmentalizing; partition-
ing 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 in
the bathroom.
• Adding a small powder
room off the basement rec-
reation room can help keep
other bathrooms neat, par-
ticularly if there are young-
sters in the family.
• Many older bathrooms
have only one small window.
A .skylight can create the
sunny, open effect you want,
is ideal for decorating with
plan`tS "' ,
• If the den has a closet
that's just used for collect-
ing odds and ends, consider
installing a lavatory in that
space; it will take pressure
off your bathrooms during
`the morning rush,, will be
handy for guests.
Nothing is so inconveni..
ent as lack of storage space,
and providing new room for
storing out -of -season equip-
ment or seldom -used items
can be a real bonus.
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Here are some ways you
can add storage space to
your, home:
• Install wall/storage sys-
tems where you now have
pictures hanging; art ob-
jects can add the decorative
Touches, while the shelves
perform useful storage duty.
• Turn that utilitarian
basement -laundry. into a
thing of beauty, as well as
function, with handy floor -
to -ceiling shelving, en -
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• Install cabinets in the
"dead" space over your
shower or tub for storing ex-
tra linens, little -used items.
• If there's wasted space
under that stairway, now's
the time to convert it into a
handy storage area.
• Turn one wall of the den
into a floor -to -ceiling stor-
age unit to house the TV,
stereo, books, what -have -
you.
• Often, space is wasted in
the area above kitchen win-
dows — install shallow cabi-
nets for 'storing little -used
housewares.
° If you occasionally have
need for guest facilities, yet
don't want to give up your
den or sewing room, con-
sider installing a pull-down
bed that goes into the wall
when not needed,
•That old-fashioned
wash -basin is sitting on
wasted space! Now's Elie •
time, to remodel with a new
vanity that can house many
bath supplies, give your
bathroom a more modern
look.
Remodeling projects can
be as ambitious as com-
pletely renovating a room or
as simple as installing a few
• shelves ... the dividends are
well worth the effort in any
case.
For Teen Scene:
Here's a great decorating
idea for that teenager's
room: cover one wall with
denim for a handy place to
post school pennants, post-
ers, funny sayings.
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