The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 93

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Ways 1 Two Bath Popularity Grows Prove Useful and Builders Scale Models To Archilecls I Alton is a builder is also hia own foreman his own work crew i 'tj TL home with two baths is becoming more the rule than the exception in South Florida homes and little wonder According to one survey among home buyers more than £5 per cent of those families Ith single bath homes want at least two baths in a new home The survey showed that among home buyers with laig-er families there was a desiie to hae a bath with very bedroom Homes wilh two baths more over are not restricted to high cost homes any longer Nearly all of the mediant cost housing projects in the Greater Miami area feature three bedroom two bath homes larity of multi-bath homes of course is the convenience afforded A second bath or powder room helps to waiting in line for the facilities during the morning and evening Incidentally a new wrinkle in the multi-bath business It's a bath built for children Sftftai manufacturers make small lavatories and junior sie water closets especially convenient and easy for small children to use According to the builders these fixtures pose no problem when the children grow up because thev can easily be replaced with normal-sired MODEL TRAILER WAS ALSO BUILT BY WOODRING The basic reason for popu WOODRING DUSTS OFF HIS LATEST A LAS VEGAS HOTEL uses five kinds of glue in his ork The models themselves vary in size depending upon the scale asked by the architect or builder It wouldn't be impossible for Woodring to build model house larger than a 350 room hotel Right now Woodring is building an average of 25 to 30 models a year and requests are reaching the point where he may have to begin turning dowm jobs or expand hie business model cars in every paiking space on the surrounding lot Owners of the proposed hotel plan to display the model in Las Vegas as something of an invitation to potential customers Building the Riviera model was a big job even by Woodring's standards It required more than a month of his time working long hours every day Woodring who lives at 3521 NW 15th st has pending orders also for small homes large homes custom homes project homes motels and hotels A typical home requires three or four days of his time His models vary as to material used in construction Illustrator board is the basic covering material with plexiglass and wood flames He He and turning out completed buildings from his own workroom Homes commercial buildings hotels any sort of structure Woodring builds them all And beautiful pieces of work they are too all scale models of course A hojhood hobby of building model airplanes has developed into a lucrative occupation for this Air Force vet-rran For models are much in demand What for? Several reasons two of them very important Architects will admit that they make several mistakes on every building they design With' such a multitude of small details they be human if they make an occasional slip A skilled model builder following an architect's plans carefully' can clearly show where a mistake has been made It may be in the placement of a door or window It may be an error in structure But whatever the mistake the cost of correcting it in a model is small But the cost of correcting it after a building is under construction could be very high Models serve another very piactiral purpose however having no connection with the technical phase of building Being rather nice to look at and providing a perfect illustration of what the building itself will look like models are in demand for exhibit purposes For instance organizations which are conducting fund drives to finance construction of a new building find that the job is somewhat easier if the prospective donor can see a scale model of the proposed building 1 iVoodring has just completed one of his biggest jobs a model of the new Riviera Hotel to be constructed in Las Vegas Nev by the Taylor Construction Co of Miami The model is complete in every detail including swimming pool gambling casino shopping center with scale Due To The Demand For Our Homes We Are Currently Unable to Offer An Open House At This Time CRSONAEDHitlUCnON AlterIMIwilson HONESl4llt27l B3-0! tj Irw WH Fite ltnaitiit4 TrNiMl Rul SCALE MODEL OF NEW ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Folding Doors Help SHOWER BEAUTY BATHTUB ENCLOSURES SHOWER DOORS ANODIZED ALUMINUM FOR LASTING BEAUTY IMMEDIATE DELIVERY $995 DOWN BALANCE 12 MONTHS MIAMI SHOWER DOOR CO RECENTLY COMPLETED SOLD Increase Closet Area in Homes 1951 NW 17th A vc Miami Fla Phone 65-8951 36 jO Granada Coral Gobles (29 rooms pool) 800 Jeronimo Dr Corel Gables (4 bedrooms baths boot dock fishing pier) fully air-conditioned 808 Jeronimo Dr Coro I Gobles (4 bedrooms 4 pool) fully oir-condifioned This type of door hangs from njion button glides operating in an overhead wood track In new homes this track is most frequently installed In the ceiling thus eliminating expensive closet framing and trim In other cases the tiack may be installed in a cased or plastered wardrobe or betvveen-room opening 'ADRIAN tion an open closet door never conflicts with traffic Folding doors are considered superior to sliding doors for many installations because they are free from warping problems and because the entire storage area is exposed at one time making it easy to mote bulky items in or out One interesting and economical folding door is made of woven wood Narrow vertical strips of northern basswood form the renter of each fold with wider strips rmphasiing the peaks of the folds The result is an attractive interesting texture mvmi csnaamis gsgehieeb qaanacnmiiickau GZ330SG titiHECB 0EEB Bilt Well Homes MELVIN ROBINSON 4618 LeJeune Coral Gables MO 7-2467 BEST WISHES TO Home Builders Association of South Florida US I'LASTIlUINi CO 1736 SW 6th St Ph 2-8115 canmntTAGi A S-T-R-E-T-C-M YOUR CLOSET SPACE Building your IS our business Better-engineered storage space and more of it is a feature of almost every model home on view during Home Week The smallest tiaementless homes devote relatively large amounts of space to storage 'Many of them stress such features as large wardrobe closets complete storage walls and special areas accessible front outside the house for storing 'bulky outdoor equipment like lawn mowers and bicycles In some cases carportes have been enlarged by a few feet to make a storage area for tools and equipment There is a small hut noticeable trend toward reviving storage facilities that have long been nut of fashion In all hut the tiniest homes it is not unusual to encounter a pantry off the kitchen or a walk-in clos-et in a bedroom The largest-size homes may boast one or more bedrooms with separate dressing rooms Halls need no longer be regarded as waste space Today they may be solidly linpd with storage facilities ranging In depth from a few inches to full closet dimensions There is a to storage areas of all kinds due to the increasing popularity of folding doors for closures This model homes show folding doors used in many locations This trend toward folding doors stems mainly from the amount of valuable floor spare they save These doors fold aside compactly accordion- fashion to open with the entire operation taking place within the line of the closet opening or doorway For a closet located within a room tljis means the rest of the floor is left free for useful furniture placement In a hallway loca Bring us- your plans ideas or "Castle-in-the-Air-Dreams" and we can build you a home that is everything you desire! 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