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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1937
Page
3
The design and planting around a house must be integrated with site contours. Proper location of the house and careful choice of base planting balance height texture and density to keep the structure grounded. Avoid dense masses that obscure the building and match planting formality to house style for harmony.
The text emphasizes proper control of planting, avoiding annual pruning neglect, and ensuring shrubbery enhances rather than competes with the house. It notes the color texture and ornament should relate to the home, with foundation plantings kept in proportion to maintain a properly studied relationship.
Plastering on plain surfaces is measured by the square yard for all coat levels. Deducting for openings varies by region and contractor, with some allowing half the opening area for ordinary doors and windows, others none for openings under seven square yards. Soffits, stairs, narrow strips, and difficult sections are usually priced higher. Builders should know the method used to check estimates.
Three way switches let control of garage lights from house or garage. Useful when the garage is far from the house. Installing low lights along the walk improves visibility and can be turned on with the main light.
Children can burn themselves by pushing hair pins or other objects into electrical outlets. Spring-flop or screw-type outlet covers prevent access and provide valuable protection for households.
A paired illustration contrasts an upper house described as extravagant and wasteful with a lower, redesigned version that applies simple architectural principles to cut costs and improve appearance. The text cites oversized posts, unnecessary bay windows, sham roof brackets, porch overhangs, heavy brick piers, misused horizon bands, and protruding bays as flaws, urging subtraction over addition to achieve a more modest, harmonious home. Courtesy Southern Pine Association.
Advice on hiring a painting contractor emphasizes using drop cloths to protect shrubs and walls from paint splatters. It warns that skilled workmanship matters for quality exterior painting and preventing damage.
Built in beds maximize compact living by adding double decker designs that blend with furnishings. Space above below and at the end can be used for a closet shelves and storage while the bed doubles as a daytime couch if space is tight.
A short piece extols wading pools for backyards as safe fun for small children on hot days. It argues they cost little to build, provide entertainment, and give parents relief, framing the pool as a smart home modernization project and a big bargain.
A homes pace article urges using underused attic and basement space with Federal Housing program help. Converting attic to a bedroom and basement to a recreation room can add valuable living area at low cost. The piece notes the Women's Cooperative Guild in London and highlights Sudanese Nuba Mountain Arabs wrestling as cultural snapshots.
A practical kitchen work center is described to help housewives organize recipes bills statements and accounts. It features a built in desk with good lighting a filing cabinet attached or pigeon holes a bookshelf lower desk storage and wall options. Accessories include a pencil sharpener a suitable clock and a coordinated bench or chair with color schemes of cool wall colors and bright cabinet accents.
Advice on choosing a neighborhood stresses matching income class and congenial residents, not beauty. Do not chase a higher tone by overextending finances. proximity to work, markets, schools, churches, and entertainment strongly affects satisfaction, so assess distance and existing community before settling.
The article notes leaks around dormers valleys and near windows indicate a flaw in flashing such as a hair line crack or solder joint failure. Corroded metal must be replaced while clogs in gutters or decks can cause water to back up under roofing. A kitchen fix suggests installing a shelf above outlets to free space for a toaster.
In modern homes it is convenient to rearrange kitchen windows for light and ventilation to ease duties. A screen door for the kitchen is desirable and consult a qualified architect or contractor for proper window arrangement. Electric outlets and fixtures over the range, ice box, and sink are advised.
Lower wall surfaces in meat and vegetable markets must be kept scrupulously clean and attractive even in the face of staining splatters and discoloring drippings. This calls for frequent scrubbing, usually with an erosive cleaning powder, which in a short time ruins the finish. Many such shops have found that a wainscoting of a hard, highly polished composition material solves the problem of securing a long-wearing, easily cleaned, good-looking wall surface. These materials are available in a variety of colors and in either tile or smooth designs.
A bright attic playroom with circus motifs appeals to children. Paint walls with striped circus tent colors and run a light scalloped border below the ceiling. Cut silhouettes of animals and clowns from magazines, then seal edges with shellac to prevent curling.
A garden hobby attracts Americans who plant and tend flowers and shrubs in large lawns. Stray animals and trampling by intruders threaten weeks of work, so tasteful fences or walls are needed to protect landscaping while remaining visually harmonious.
A bay window added on the sunniest side of the living room increases glass area to brighten the dark room. A cushioned window seat in tight colors will make the space more enjoyable.
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