Ten Best Decorated Homes Chosen by Industry Leader
Burlington House backs an effort to name ten best dressed homes in America. Raymond Kassar, youthful president of the home furnishing subsidiary, says awards will be announced early next year to recognize homes showing good taste over money. The program aims to aid consumers in planning homes with practical style.
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Vivian Brown
Newsfeatures
America
Raymond Kassar
Burlington House
Kassar
The
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Antiques Finish and Paint Tips From Home Advice
Advice rows discuss do it yourself antiquing methods for wood finishes, including enamel undercoats and glazes with varied recipes. Testing on scrap wood is recommended. A separate note covers painting smooth vinyl with alkyd flat paint, followed by optional decorative coats. The piece also surveys stylish homes, designers, and a bachelor Kassar influenced space with eclectic furnishings.
Attic or Basement Rooms Let Individuality Shine in Design
The article encourages creating a finished attic or basement space from scratch to express personal style. It explores themes from nautical to ultra modern, stresses choosing wall and floor materials first, and notes finishing options whether prefabricated or done at home. It highlights the psychological satisfaction of completing the space.
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Andy Lang
UP News
New Door Cures Entry Doldrums
A lumber dealer advertises complete stock units for new front doors in ponderosa pine with panel doors sidelights and decorative features. Styles range from colonial to contemporary and double entry doors offer dramatic impact while suggesting easy installation for various entrances. A stray line about a girl and youth is included.
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St. Andrew's Croagh
Glamour Drives Modern House Sales With Durable Panels
Housing consultant James M. Lange notes glamour and low maintenance as keys to selling homes. Plastic surfaced hardboard wall panels offer patterns textures and colors for any room and resist dents scuffs and stains while washing easily. Perforated panels add storage and hang—track options with scrubbable finishes and filigree designs enhance doors screens and dividers.
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James M. Lange
Practical Builder Magazine
Lange
Over-Roofing: Quick Home Improvement Trend
A new over-roofing method popular with homeowners involves laying cedar shingles or shakes directly over an existing roof. The process starts by removing edge shingles, adding one-inch boards at the perimeter, replacing the ridge with bevel siding, installing flashing, and then applying shin gles or shakes in courses.
How to Work Plywood by American Plywood Assn
A 12 page brochure explains sawing plywood with tips for hand and power tools. It instructs using a 1 point cross cut saw for hand sawing and turning the best sides up for table saw work, with a free brochure available from the American Plywood Assn in Tacoma Washington.
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St. Tacoma
Wash
Roof Solutions and Local Suppliers Listed for Red Cedar
Information on re roofing and other applications is available from local suppliers or from the Red Cedar Shingle and Hand split Shake Bureau at 5510 White Building Seattle Washington 98101.
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White Building
Seattle
Wash
Language of Panel Door Hinges on Ancient Lore
A tour of door terminology links modern wood panel doors to ancient craft. Terms like cornice pilaster finial rail stiles crossbuck and sidelights define parts from horizontal frames to light openings and decorative plates. The piece highlights how traditional names persist in today’s panels sold by local lumber dealers.
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