Budgeting for a decade of home maintenance plans
Experts urge homeowners to create a 10 year replacement schedule for roofing flooring appliances and HVAC. A budget including an allowance for unforeseen expenses helps cover major items like roofs carpeting hot water heaters furnaces and central air conditioning with varied timelines based on home age and usage.
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New York
UPI
Joseph G. Hall
GAF Corp
Hall
Carrier Corp
Furnished Room with Velvet Chair and Pecan Table
A room features a body contouring fur like crushed velvet chair and a pecan table. Oriental accents include woven straw mat flooring and grass cloth walls for an exotic interior tone.
Decor, score Golds and yellows can brighten house
A reader renovates a large dining room with scarred walls by suggesting gold, white, and yellow wallpaper, fabric on doors, painted woodwork in antique gold, and matching chair cushions. A DIY vinyl floor and white or yellow ceiling finish are proposed to enhance light and appeal.
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Barbara Hartung
Copley
Sense Over Dollars Shapes 1970s Home Decor Trends
Designer Gary Grosbeck of Sears argues that good taste and common sense, not lavish spending, define modern interiors. Reproductions of period pieces, affordable materials, and do it yourself projects create stylish rooms within budget. Enduring value comes from theme focus and clever, inexpensive upgrades.
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Gary Grosbeck
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Yesteryear
Grosbeck
All-Thumbs
Indoor gardens brighten homes with fluorescent light growth
The USDA notes decorative plants can be grown under fluorescent lights at home. Gardens vary in shape and size and can brighten dim corridors or divide a room. Essentials include a planter box a lighting system selected plants and proper care. Planter boxes can be pine fir or veneered plywood finished in paint stain or oil.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Planning a Garden From Indoor Layout to Outdoor Beauty
The article urges winter planning for home gardens using graph paper and a scale drawing. It stresses mapping existing plants and structures, separating public and private spaces with shrubs, and placing flowers with strong background elements. It cautions against planting trees too close to lot lines to avoid future disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Noisy plumbing costs money
A reader asks how to fix a noisy hot water pipe from kitchen to bath. Advice covers water hammer chafing and whistling, with solutions like air chambers and pressure reducing valves. A licensed plumber is recommended for proper diagnosis and repair.
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Gene Gary Copley
Flower group to see slides at Phoenix Chrysanthemum Society
King's Chrysanthemums a California grower of chrysanthemum cuttings will present slides at the Phoenix Chrysanthemum Society meeting on Wednesday. 1972 officers for the Phoenix Public Library group at 5648 N 15th Ave invited chrysanthemums enthusiasts to attend.
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King’s Chrysanthemums
California
Phoenix Chrysanthemum Society
Society of the Phoenix Public Library
15Th Ave
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