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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1961
Page
13
Practical guide to budgeting for a home mortgage. Explains how to estimate affordable price, monthly payments, and taxes. Compares conventional FHA and VA loans, plus the role of a banker and real estate agent in confirming current rates and costs.
Homemakers can find wide color and style choices at affordable prices for carpets and rugs in 1961. Prices match 1953 levels for the same per square yard cost, with enhanced production yielding better value. Technologies introduce color blends and textures, including multi level and looped piles, while fibers shift toward nylon, acrylics, and rayons alongside wool.
The average handyman can enclose a wall length room closet in about an hour using a factory made door. A ceiling track is installed with a screwdriver drill and hammer. No framework plastering or close fitting is needed and various sliding or folding fronts such as composition doors woven wood splints and bamboo curtains can ride the ceiling track.
A 1961 trend highlights surge in home improvement spanning from paint and weather stripping to additions and full remodels. Experts urge a roof to basement survey, family input, and a written plan to maximize resale value and future economies. Seek professional advice for plumbing, wiring, and heating, and obtain multiple cost estimates from suppliers and contractors.
The federal government and housing industry have pursued strategies to boost new home sales. Builders employ ideas from babysitting during model viewings to decorator-on-site services, divorce-proof themed ads, trading headquarter arrangements, and in-home medicine cabinets. These plans aim to keep sales strong regardless of housing starts.
A newspaper note highlights new acrylic latex exterior paint delivering thixotropic thickness like mayonnaise yet flowing freely when brushed. It dries flat in about thirty minutes and cleans up with water, though users should follow label directions and seek dealer recommendations for water or solvent thinning.
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