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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1953
Page
19
A kitchen table transforms into a stylish piece through slipcovers and leg shortening. Articles show cutting tables in two for hall consoles, painting legs to match woodwork, and adding features like cork tops or casters for practicality in nursery, schoolboy rooms, and living spaces.
Washington reports good news for the building industry as mortgage and finance sources indicate nearly 1,000,000 new homes may start in 1954. Public response to National Home Week showed 10,000,000 people visited 8,000 houses in 125 cities, illustrating ongoing demand and a labor market tied to postwar housing growth.
Shellac floors often turn white during very damp weather with cloudiness fading once sun returns and air dries.
An attractive modern one story titled The Ahern offers five rooms in a 39 by 24 foot plan with a 18,600 cubic feet house and 3,600 cubic feet garage. It features seven closets a front kitchen a rear breakfast nook and basement heating and laundry. Plans and specifications are available from the Elyria Chronicle Telegram Home Building Editor with a self addressed stamped envelope for reply.
Homes tailored to seniors focus on single story layouts two bedrooms with an extra guest room. Low maintenance materials insulation siding easy to clean tile interiors and self storing storm windows. Automatic furnaces and level small lots aim to reduce upkeep costs and sustain comfort for the golden years.
If house windows vary in shape and size they stand out like bandages. Homeowners often paint trim darker than the house, emphasizing the mismatch. Painting trim and sash the same color as the walls makes the windows recede and blend into the facade.
The Insulating Siding Association outlines five financing methods for home modernization. Regular bank loans, FHA Title I modernization loans, open end mortgages, dealer financing, and mortgage refinancing are described with cautions to match plans to means and ensure reputable contractors and clear terms.
Home owners facing space limits adopt the family room concept as a supplementary living area. Architects suggest remodeling basement space with easy to clean floors and built in storage for games. Designs often add kitchen facilities washroom and even built in radios TVs and guest bunks. When space is tight benches along walls can replace full furniture layouts to keep room versatile and easy to maintain.
Architects and real estate developers report growing interest in an all purpose room adjacent to the kitchen. Housewives prefer integrated living space and dislike isolation from the family, calling for a casual, informal room.
Prefab home makers plan 1954 production boosts to more than double current capacity. FHA and company leaders project rapid growth as conventional homebuilding stagnates. National Homes reports 50 percent higher business, with Cadet models priced at 5500 and 6100. New plants planned across several states. Industry-wide backlog prompts overtime work to meet demand.
Readers are advised how to make bedboards to improve sleeping posture and support worn springs. Instructions cover cutting from Masonite Temered Presd wood, standard sizes for beds, and a portable lapboard sized 18 by 24 inches with a cutout.
Electric lamps flicker because the prongs on the wall plug are bent and do not make proper contact. Bending them out slightly usually stops the flicker.
The average annual fire loss from defective chimneys and flues exceeds 25 million dollars with about 32 000 fires yearly. Eight factors contribute to faults including insufficient height missing flue lining bends in the chimney improper smoke pipe installation other openings cover for clean-out door too light and poor support. Regular inspections by competent inspectors are advised.
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