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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-11-28, Page 24Page 8—Crossroads—Nov. 28., 1984 A GREAT LOOK—Interesting contrasts of pattern lend an updated look to this room with its round core natural rattan seating around the tile -decorated fire- place. Furniture is by Barcalounger. Decor Score By Barbara Hartung Q. We have a dark and dingy little house that we want to fix up. Although it is very small, it has charm except that it has been neglected for years. The first thing I want to do is lighten, everything — walls, windows, floors, etc. But beyond that I am really at a loss about how to intro- duce color and make it seem like a 1980s home.-T.P. • A. If you begin with fresh wall paint and a fresh floor (either sand and refinish if you' have wood or cover with vinyl, carpeting or even tile), you will have gone a long way to a great look. From there carefully add upholstered pieces, a rug if you select a hard floor cover- ing and something for your windows. Allof these larger elements allow you to add softness and color. The style and feeling of the fabrics go a long way in establishing the personality of your room. You can select traditional designs — flowers, paisleys• and ribbons and bows to establish a' romantic, country European look. Or you can choose free- form or stylistic designs, geometries •and plaids for a more contemporary look. Soft pastels will give you a delicate look where primary shades played against white, spell out boldness. In planning how much design you want in a room, selcet one fabric that, is bolder than the rest. For your secondary design' ele- ments, be sure they are more subdued but in similar shades of color or design heritage. Q. In planning the fur- niture, arrangement of a small room, is it better to have the furniture against the walls? I have moved into a new apartment and the fireplace on one wall seems to demand that -the furniture all be placed ound it.—R.B. A. Fireplaces are perhaps one of the strongest focal points in rooms. It is very difficult to ignore a fireplace and rearrange furniture with another focal. point, particu- larly in a small room. You probably had best allow the fireplace to dominate your room and arrange the furniture at- tractively around it. If your fireplace is un- attractive, consider up- dating it with a new facing of tile, wood, paint or what- ever. Even a new mantle might establish more per- sonality. In a small room, it is often difficult to arrange furniture out from walls, although by experimenting you might find face-to-face small sofas in •front of the fireplace a possibility, providing a traffic pattern nearer a wall, rather than through the centre of the room: As long as ,you can provide for con- venient traffic flow, you can arrange furniture wherever it seems to be most comfort- able. There aren't any rules. It's simply what works best for you. Here's Flow 's= IWP11 By Gene Gary Q. Recently we set a plant for several days on a maple coffee table in the living room. When we moved it, we found that moisture had leaked out of the container onto the table, leaving a Targe white spot and lifting some of the varnish finish. Please advise the best way to restore the table surface. —W.E.M. A. Rub the spot with camphorated oil 'or tur- ft.7.11ti w i'i�l�l CAR CITY CHRYSLER SELLS FOR LESS Get Ready for Winter!! Up to 5 I. 10W 30 Oil & Filter e e FALL TUNE-UP SPECIAL 1 495 Includes new spark plugs • Check wires • Check cap, rotor, coil & compression • Set timing and carburetor • Check air filter 4 CYL. 6 CYL. 8 CYL. 4995 5595 5995 Up to 8 I. Glycol Flush Rad & Refill. Electronic ... 32ss 495 Wheel Balance Ip1Road dy ® Service per wheel Drive with confidence this winter! LISTOWEL CHRYSLER 754 Main St. E. Listowel 291=4350 "INHERE SERVICE :I EANs SAVING" pentine, following the grain of the wood. The rubbing can be done with a piece of felt or the ball of the thumb. If the spot is stubborn, add a little finely powdered rottenstone, or cigar ash. Patience is required, rather than "elbow grease". If the varnish is badly damaged this method will not completely restore the finish and you may have to refinish the table top. Q. Please send me in- formation on how to put an inch of concrete over a pitted walk that also has some cracks. I want to hide these defects and restore the sur- face. — R.M.A. A. •First repair the con- crete in any major cracked areas. The cracks should be cleaned of all loose chips or, debris and soaked with water before applying a patching material. Use concrete patching materials and concrete glue. (Red -E -Crete topping material and Red -E -Crete concrete glue are some brand names.) Use this same type of material to apply a thin surface of new concrete over the old, after the major cracks have been cleaned and filled. Be sure to follow manu- facturer instructions care- fully. At wit's end J by Erma Bombeck up, wrtghI I.7.. Yield Enirrprue. I... This week is National Adoption Week and I can. think of no better way to ' celebrate it than with the McGee family of Clinton, Iowa. There are 14 of them. They don't match. Some are tall and blonde. Some are short and black. Three are natural children of the McGees. Nine followed a path of love and found their way there. Adoption is uncomfortable only to the people who haven't done it. They don't know what adoptive parents want to hear, so they say dumb things. The McGees have heard it all. "What beautiful children. Who do they belong to?" "Does the government subsidize. you?" Do they know . they're adopted?" "Where did you find all these kids?" There's always some well- , meaning disciple who has a message from the Lord who assures the McGees they will be crowned in heaven for being so saintly as to take on the "burden" of another woman's child. `And the "goodie" I've al- ways loved comes after you've been up with a child a million times, toilet -trained them, run with them on their first bicycle, dried their tears, calmed their fears, sat white -knuckled in the car while they learned how to drive, dressed them for their first prom, mortgaged the house for their education only to have someone ask, "Do you think they'll ever want to ' find their 'real' mother?" The biggest difference between adopting a child and having one naturally is with adoption the labor is longer and more painful. I had a child adopt me when I was 26.. Although she didn't know a lot about my background, she accepted me, flaws and all. It wasn't important to her that I wasn't in at the beginning of her life. It was only im- portant that we had found one another. We top battled prejudice and ignorance. "Your mother doesn't look like you. She's short." "Do yousuppose your mother • will ever want children of her own?" "I'll bet she wouldn't be so strict if she were your 'real' mother." And one space cadet even said, "What are you going to do if your mother has a child of her own?" Come to think of it, that was the same woman who saw me when I was eight months pregnant and asked, "What happened?" Include us in your plans If you're planning a wedding, plan to visit us first for wedding stationery and accessories. Listowel Mount Forest Milverton Winghern 291-1660 323-1550 595-8921 30-2320 ANO:FLORIMULN FOB GLOBAL N del 1 was interested to read in the paper that Eddie Good- man, the Toronto lawyer and Tory, did some preaching to the Empire Club recently. "Giving a sermon is a new experience for me," Mr. Goodman concluded, "but I am glad I have done it." And so, I suspect, are a lot of other people. Mr. Goodman pointed out that hard-pressed pensioners are twice as generous to charities as affluent business and professional people. He revealed that corporate and personal giving are down to about half of one per cent of pre-tax profits and income — about half of what Americans give, for example, and about a quarter of what we used to give 25 years ago. Mr. Goodman suggested that this is because we now look to governments to do everything, and that the age of personal responsibility has passed. I understand Mr. Good - man's frustration, but I'm not sure that that is the whole reason- that we now appear to be mean and selfish. Part of the problem, surely, is that by and large we have become so comfort- able that we can't imagine real poverty. Surely, there is evidence of that in the fact that old age pensioners, who as a group are badly off, contribute generously. I have heard it said that during the Depression, it was from the poorer households that a hungry man was most likely to get a bowl of soup and a sandwich. People who can't imagine what it is to be hungry need more than 'words to move them. For them, words like famine and starvation have little meaning. Show them 0.,x0:4; Here's How By Gene Gary Q. We have glassesand crystal which have been washed quite often in our dishwasher, using hard water. They are scummy. Nothing seems to re- move this discoloration and scale, even when we wash the crystal by hand. Any suggestions? Mike S. A. First try soaking the glasses and crystal in warm white vinegar. Then wash in detergent, rinse and dry. Fine crystal should not be washed in an automatic dishwasher because the water dries on the glass. It is preferable to wash by hand, then dry immediate- ly with a soft towel. You could also try using Lime -Away, a commercial product recommended es- pecially for removal of scale caused by hard water. That's a back-up so- lution in case the vinegar doesn't do the job. Q. I live in a one -level townhouse by the water. The flooring is a con- crete slab covered with carpeting throughout. Al- though the house is well in- sulated, cold seems to penetrate in the winter. I wish to replace kitchen wall-to-wall carpeting with ceramic tile. Will I find this colder than carpeting? Any other suggestions? I enjoy your column very much. — Arline I.M. A. I am sure you will find the tile colder than the carpeting, but I can under- stand why you may not want carpeting in the kitchen. If you decide to replace the carpeting, be sure to use a foam rubber padding, suitable for on -grade floors. It would also be a good idea to check around win- dows and doors for any places that need caulking to prevent cold air from entering the house. Heavy drapes would also help keep the interior warm. the problem, however, and they can't do enough for you. We've found that at Global News. If we picture the plight of a homeless, un- employed single mother for example, the phone rings off the hook with offers of money and assistance. The soul-destroying pictures from Ethiopia have the same effect. So the problem, in my view, is not so much that we have become a nation of me- firsters, but that we have become desensitized. Before yoji senditseal it. THE LUNG ASSOCIATION The first professional training in forestry in Cana- da was given at the Univer- sity of Toronto when Canada's first Faculty of Forestry was started in 1907. 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