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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1973
Page
3
A reader asks how to remove mortar from a genuine slate floor and seal it. Use a 1:9 muriatic acid to water mix after rinsing, scrub with a stiff brush, rinse thoroughly, and seal with a colorless terrazzo sealer before waxing if desired. Also advises moisture test before painting concrete steps and suggests durable masonry paint after addressing moisture.
Color harmony aids decorating by coordinating groups of colors. The color wheel, based on primary colors, helps translate emotions of red yellow blue green into practical schemes. The National Paint and Coatings Association offers simple rules for choosing color combinations to create mood and balance.
The text describes monochromatic harmony using varying intensities of a single color to evoke quiet sophistication and softness. It also explains analogous harmony using colors adjacent on the color wheel, suggesting two to four colors in sequence such as yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green.
Door experts urge architectural continuity linking front entrance design to interior decor. Ponderosa Pine Woodwork notes stock coordinated exterior and interior doors let homes present a unified style with options like Colonial six-panel Bible Cross and St Andrews Cross Dutch doors, Florentine eight-panel, Tudor fifteen-panel, and Contemporary three-panel styles.
Use a stiff paper wrap around the brush bristles and secure with a rubber band after cleaning. Let the bristles dry completely to maintain the tapered shape for the next job. It takes only a minute to prepare.
SCC will begin a home decorating course for consumers next week. Home Furnishing HE-253 runs Mondays 7 to 9 40 p.m taught by Sherry Reichardt AID. Open to all ages and backgrounds, for credit or non credit, with studies in color coordination furniture styles and textiles. Students visit decorator showrooms closed to the public.
A historical note describes how paneling and modern materials simplified room remodeling. It traces a shift from skilled carpentry to guided, manufactured solutions as hardboard plywood producers and publishers created clearer directions for DIY work.
A Scottsdale Progress notice offers a booklet No 605 How To Apply Paneling with over 80 illustrations. Send 1.50 for the book to Box 215 Briarcliff Manor New York 10510. An extra 1.50 buys a catalog of 300 other DIY projects plus 0.50 for special handling and please include the ZIP code.
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