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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1949
Page
10
Advice on choosing small scale furniture for limited spaces emphasizes avoiding oversized pieces like grand pianos and long sofas. It recommends compact dining tables, tall dish storage, corner cupboards, and efficient storage solutions to maximize room usability in small and mid sized homes.
Real estate brokers say lack of refrigerator space in kitchens is a common shortcoming in older homes. They advise creating a dedicated space by rearranging built ins or counters and adding an outlet before marketing a property. Without this, sellers often face higher asking prices or reduced sale prices.
A practical catalog of materials for ready use to prevent small defects from becoming major repairs. Includes screws, nails, bits, wood, bricks, roofing materials, paints, tools, and basic supplies. Emphasizes prompt, on hand readiness to complete minor jobs before neglect or lack of materials escalates costs.
Improvement in home designs to provide better circulation of people and air is studied by leading architects builders and home-financing institutions. Good circulation is key to privacy and reduces family friction, while uncrowded floor space aids movement between rooms and eases housekeeping. Orientation sun wind exposure topography and access influence design effectiveness and privacy.
A guide notes that nails affect roof longevity detailing rust and thin nails causing loose shingles. Zinc coated nails with large flat heads resist corrosion and grip tight. Asphalt strip shingles need four nails per 36 inch strip and individual shingles two nails each. Nail length specified one to one and a quarter inches with heads three eighths inch diameter.
Warm weather is ideal for homeowners to plan fireplace repairs even as temperatures fall. Late spring and summer offer chances to fix faults while the fireplace rests. Causes include undersized or poorly started flues, sharp turns in the flue, high opening, missing smoke shelf, inadequate smoke chamber, an ill fitting damper, or a chimney too short to clear the roof ridge.
A house should be placed on the lot so that no unit has only a northern exposure. The north rooms should be corner rooms and receive direct sunlight in every room at some time during each day.
Instructions emphasize thorough wax removal prior to floor refinishing. Details cover solvent methods for rubbing wax with turpentine and petroleum spirits, and a cleaner solution for non rubbing wax. Also mentions upgrading rooms by installing wallboards for brighter, easier to keep clean kitchens.
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