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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1937
Page
14
Modernizing encompasses more than exterior changes it covers updates to lamps shades wallpaper and conveniences across the home. It includes purchases like electric refrigerators and showers and aims to improve appearance comfort and efficiency. Many projects are additions or alterations rather than full remodels often costing only modest sums yet delivering lasting value.
The article discusses fences as protective enclosures and decorative elements. It surveys various styles and materials from traditional wooden pickets to stone, brick, concrete, iron, and woven wire. It notes national differences with boxwood and privet in England and osage orange hedges in the United States, plus distinctive American designs like split rails and jig saw palings.
A citywide trend shows homeowners upgrading open porches to enclosed sun rooms for year round use. The article notes porch enclosure with radiators or warm air ducts, larger window units, and new siding replacing clapboards with stained shingles. It highlights increased light, ventilation, and curb appeal through modernized fronts and shuttered second-story windows.
An advertisement argues for linoleum flooring in bathrooms during remodeling. It highlights affordable tiled linoleum options with varied patterns and colors, claiming a realistic appearance. Guidance emphasizes careful selection to make the bathroom an attractive, interesting room.
A study of modernizing plans shows many houses remove bays replacing them with simple openings and sash units. The bay window remains a design focal point requiring careful proportioning to enhance the house. If interior lighting demands it, keep the bay and design it to blend with the dwelling while adding livable space and ventilation.
Weather stripping helps seal casement windows and shed rain. Metal strips plus a projecting drip mold deter water entering the bottom crack, and outward opening casements are recommended where possible to improve protection.
Automatic regulation for the home heating plant delivers comfort and economy through even temperature and efficient fuel combustion. It reduces basement trips to tend fires, keeps coal ready for morning and night, and allows fires to burn slowly all day so they do not burn out.
In tests, white shows the highest light reflection. Estimates place white between 84 and 89 percent, with colors like cream, vors, light pink, yellow, flesh tone, buff, wizht tray, light green and aluminum falling lower. Dark reds and greens absorb more, while black nears zero reflection. Paris?
Proper acoustical treatment is essential for every room used for speech or music. Good acoustics aid listeners across all seating, reduce listener fatigue, and lessen speaker strain. Many older buildings suffer faulty acoustics, though improvements often require few structural changes.
When modernizing the kitchen, place side wall brackets to direct light onto the work table and stove. Use a milk white globe on fixtures for soft, clear light. A 150 watt center lamp and 50 to 60 watt side fixtures are suggested to reduce shadows.
A convenient chimney corner seat enhances room appeal. Box seats with hinged tops are durable and add a unique touch. Inside the boxes space for storing kindling, old papers, and other articles is handy.
A vintage home care roundup urges brick siding over old walls to modernize houses from the nineties era and adds a double thickness for winter and summer protection. It notes lighting upgrades with bulbs hidden for room decor and practical impact on mood and function.
The text explains converting any closet into a cedar closet by adding cedar sheathing and sealing gaps. It recommends cedar boards at least 3-3 inches thick for lining shelves floors and doors, notes common failures from thin sheathing, and urges tight weather stripping and closed air crevices. It also mentions Soviet Russia planning to sell motor trucks in Great Britain.
Shutters on windows serve both aesthetics and function. Properly used, shutters block sun in summer and cold winds in winter, while fixed shutters offer no real protection. If you have shutters, use them.
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