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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1962
Page
11
Homes transform outdoor spaces into living rooms outdoors with patios, screens, lighting, and privacy plantings. Families add croquet, badminton, archery, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, tetherball, and miniature greens to create a versatile play area. Pools and grills extend recreation, with DIY effort common and financing from banks for yard projects.
Proper outdoor lighting extends living space after dark by illuminating paths steps and patios. Use waterproof outlets sockets and cables. Install shielded foodlights mushroom reflectors spotlights floodlights wall brackets and water tight lily pad lamps. Ensure licensed electricians handle wiring when required.
Is your home cooling bill higher than a neighbor's? The article cites factors like house size and shape, landscape, and occupants. Suggestions include painting the house lighter to cut 10 to 50 percent of cooling costs, adding a 36 inch roof overhang to reduce about 20 percent, and using tree shade to cut roughly 15 percent.
Roofing trends shift toward snow white and light shades to reflect sun and keep homes cooler. Women influence color schemes, broadening shingle color ranges. New designs feature wider tabs for ranch and split level homes, flat roofs rise, and adhesive bands keep shingles secure in high winds. Sun remains roofing’s biggest foe, prompting sun resistant mineral coatings on new and replacement shingles.
Mrs Tone Lindsley discovered more than a dozen large oysters in the front yard of her southeast Dallas home after heavy rain. She questioned their origin and noted she did not expect rain of oysters, calling the situation a mystery.
Private residential pools surge nationwide from 2,500 in 1948 to over 250,000 last year. Costs fall as new methods and small spaces drive adoption, with in-ground pools as low as 800 and typical averages near 3,800. Pools now fit many homes and leisure time rises.
Fiberglass paneling serves as a versatile light weight building material for any room or remodeling project. It can be used as room dividers, screens, windows, or shutters, shower enclosures, decorative walls and ceilings, doors, soffits and cabinet fronts. Translucent panels allow natural or artificial light, creating diffuse effects. Designer sheets fuse leaves, ferns, butterflies, patterns, or fabrics into panels for decorative variety. Durable, shatter proof, moisture and heat resistant with easy care and hand-tool friendly cutting and finishing.
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