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The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1954

Page

49

DESIGN C-3115 House Plan Features Three Bedrooms

The top level of this split level design offers three bedrooms with wardrobe closets and two lavatories. The ground level holds a combined living dining area with a kitchen dinette and coats and housekeeping closets. The lower level includes a shower storage heater laundry room and an all purpose room that could serve as a fourth bedroom.

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Oak Floor Beauty Restored After Wear

Oak floors regain original beauty with little cost after years of wear making them economical long term. Storm windows boost efficiency with a ponderosa pine example saving about 100 pounds of coal 8% gallons of oil or 12 therms of gas annually.

Big numbers tell story of home building in 1950s

American Builder magazine reports 6.2 million houses and dwellings built in five years, housing 21 million people. 120,000 firms in construction employ 3.2 million people, while 26,110 dealers sell $20 billion in materials yearly. Typical new FHA insured home valued at $10,140 with five rooms and 924 square feet.

American Builder Magazine

Garden Beetles Shelter Indoors Across Nation

Damp gate crashers, leaf chewing beetles, invade homes for warmth during winter hibernation. Elm, willow, locust leaf miner and box elder bugs seek shelter in houses, barns, and sheds. Indoor control includes burning beetles and wall spraying. outdoor protection stresses spraying trees with DDT before leaf unfold.

Oak floors ease on feet despite hardness and toughness

The article notes oak floors possess resiliency that cushions footsteps and reduces fatigue. It emphasizes the material's balance of durability and comfort for daily use, suggesting oak as a practical choice for interiors.

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