Cloistered Garden Feature Defines Far West Home
House of the Week presents HW-77 by Edward J. Baar of Seattle. A cloistered garden entrance shelters a compact, split level inspired design with five rooms on the first floor and two more bedrooms upstairs. The 45 by 45 foot main section includes living dining and kitchen spaces flowing to a rear terrace through sliding glass doors.
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Pacific Northwest
Edward J. Baar
Seattle
Wash
Far Western School
Home Repair Dos and Donts from Andrew C Lang
Andrew C Lang provides home repair guidance highlighting portable jigsaw use to ease cuts in wood and other materials. Steps include starting with the forward-base edge on stock, engaging motor, and advancing the blade with controlled pressure. Include freehand or straightedge cuts while ensuring the straightedge is thick enough to prevent the base from riding over it. For outside curves, cut along the design edge with slight legroom for corrections.
Practical exterior house painting tips and cautions
Guide offers steps for painting outside walls including ideal temperatures above 50 degrees, shading strategy, surface prep with brushes and sandpaper, tool handling safety, boxing paint before use, siding and trim order, roller and spray techniques, and choosing quality paint to avoid chalking and wash-off.
An L shaped kitchen and basement recreation space in a modern home
The kitchen features an L shaped layout with an adjacent breakfast nook and direct access to stairs down to a large basement recreation room. The basement includes space for heating, laundry, a workshop, plus a shared fireplace with the living room and outside entry via a side stair. The left exterior showcases a large dormer and hand split shingles, vertical siding, and a novel rear garage apron for drive through washing and boat trailer shelter.
Mildew treatment and exterior maintenance steps
The text outlines cleaning mildew with a phosphate ammonia solution or remover, using mildew resistant paint when needed, and noting mildew occurs where sun reach is limited. It advises inspecting window frames and joints, replacing popped nails, repointing where necessary, removing and repainting screens and shutters, removing rust from metal, applying primer, and placing ladder bases a quarter of the ladder height for safety.
Oiling Can Save Furniture
Furniture manufacturers say life can be added to your furniture by oiling moving metal parts such as rocker springs reclining chair mechanisms and casters. A coating of light machine oil on bearings hinges and joints eliminates squeaking where metal touches metal.
Plumbing Gets Smaller In Bath Fixtures Trend
The Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau notes a shift toward smaller showerheads vanity lavatories and low built bathtubs in current plumbing trends.
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Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
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