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Sundoy, August TO, 1969 HOUSE OF THE Compact Design Provides Outdoor Areas By ANDY LANG is a modest one-story house, with a total habitable area of 1420 square feet. But the placement of the two-car garage gives on over- effect of additional size and character. Because garage protrudes, the house is set back on the property affording privacy from the street An open court is created the entire front of the house. At the same time, there is a secluded outdoor living area at the side behind the garage. Architect Lester Cohen has divided this bonus space into a porch and a patio, accessible from the living rom, Jo, accessible from the living room, dining room and kitchen through st ding glass doors, as well as from the front porch and the garage.

At me left side of the center hall and facing the front is the living room which gets a full measure of privacy from the front court and porch. With the dining room forming an behind the living room, there is a spacious feel to both rooms, even though neither is very large. A family hall has an interest- Ing corner fireplace. One side of the room adjoins the kitchen. The other has sliding glass doors leading to a rear ferrace, which is set behind the bedroom wing and opes not push out beyond the rest of the house.

The kithcen and family room flew together, using a corner s'nk and work counter as a divi-lment is off the center hall and tier. Since each room has. a win- convenient to all rooms aow wall at the far the en- Design S-4 for a family that tire expanse has excellent light requires three bedrooms "wants and a-r immediate access all rooms on one floor anl kes to outdoor livm? a-eas. its outdaor areas tied to the in- Three be-iropms divide the wing doors-yet must stav within a to the right of the center hall. At the front the two familv bed- Here's The Answer LARGE OPEN SPACE along front of house, created by placement of garage, provides privacy and makes the pleasant front porch more likely to be utilized than if 'it were closer to the street.

Door at left of porch leads to outdoor area behind garage. rooms offer comfortable accomo- dations for two or three chi'dren. modest budget range. Although the house can be built on a concrete slab. In lhat event, the part of the side patio just off the kit v.n; mctl.

OIUC ycUlO JU5L Oil Ifie Kit with a comolete closet wall be- chen could be utilized for a laun- tween. At the rear, the master i dry-utility room bedroom has a door to the rear terrace. A dual bath serves both the children and parents, providing an excellent way of giving twc-bathroom convenience with minimum construction expense. There are two storage alcoves in and near the garage to take care of bicycles, toys, tools, patio furniture and the like. The main entrance to the house is at the right side of the front porcb, with a door at the left of the norch leading to the side porch and patio, the garage and the storage alcoves.

The stairway to the hase- S-4 STATISTICS Design S-4 has a living room, dining room, kitchen, family room, three bedrooms and a dual bathroom, with a total habitable area of 1420 square feet. The two-car garage has two storage alcoves. Included within the over-all dimensions of 70' by 57' 4" are a front court and porch, a side porch and patio and a rear terrace. The plans include a full basement. HOW TO BUILD, BUY OR SELL YOUR HOME Full study plan information on this architect-designed House of the Week is included in 50-cent baby blueprint.

Wifh it in hand you can obtain a contractor's estimate. You can order also, for SI, a booklet'tolled YOUR HOME to Build, Buy or Sell it. Included if are small reproductions of 16 of the most popular House of the Week issues. Send or Brin9 To Progress-Index Office Enclosed is $1 for YOUR HOME booklet Enclosed is 50c for baby blueprint on design S-4 Name Street City State u- ea hcmse Wlth counter and cabinets serving 'as par- tial dirider room lead to outdoors. Here's How Your 'Own Thing' On Garage Doors By VIVIAN BROWN AP Xewsfeatures Writer Here's a way to set your house apart from others in your block: decorate your garage doors.

A daisy, maybe? (i Lots, of people are doing their "own thing," painting doors in any design from ilor.drian to landscapes. One avant garde couple has a super size op art painting on their doors which is floodlighted at night. On another garage door, fluorescent tape is used to outline a checked pal- tern or block design. One might prefer the bullseye barn-door pattern or some of the hex signs used on Pennsylvania bams. The trend (o garage door decorating has been observed more and more by salesmen who have been trying to sell automatic garage door opener srsiexns.

In addition to styling tricks, they found custom-made doors with elaborate Moorish patterns and i doors of knotty pine paneling adaptable lo early American homes. Meanwhile, the eagie- cyed salesmen were plugging the genie opener (for Manufacturing Company.) One design trend in particular; they point out, is the use of wooden and aluminum motif that has been designed to be put on the door in a jiffy. Handsome geese in Right, stylized horses, swans, flamingos. lanterns, and antique moldings are going to garage doors. There are hajdboard molding designs- boxes, borders, diamonds, chevrons and so on.

The design trend may have been abetted by Joe Wilde of Milwaukee, who makes such design motif. He had been a lumber aiid garage door dealer and got bored looking at the sams old doors. When tije flush door was- introduced, he decided to liven the doors with de- sings. The door is flat enouch to be fitted with one of the designs so that it still may be shut. At first, sales were slow at! Design Unlimited, but lately have increased.

Wilde originates the designs and artists do the final renderings. He and his family package them, ready lo assemble. 2 each v-s FLOOR PLANS: "Although the basic' behind the garage and hoilfif" nr, tTio dim house is on the smaller side for economy reasons, extra living space is provided by a side porch and side patio at the right rear, accessible from the family room- and master bedroom. Now Admits He Never Was A Minister Couple SKoiild Get All The Facts By ANDY LANG AP Newsfeatures My husband and I have been married for five years. We own an old house that is in fairly good condition but is a bit small.

I am in favor of adding a second bathroom and perhaps an extra bedroom, since I am expecting my third child in a few months. My husband is against it. He says we will never get back the money we will put into the remodleing and he is in favor of selling this house and buying another. Who do you think is right? Even if we were foolish enough to take the side of a husband or wife in such a discussion, we'd need answers to.abbut 20 questions before making a decision. Instead, we'll tell, you some of the things we know and hope that you can resolve the matter after further talks, and, even more important, after some intensive probing, First, there is the matter of the neighborhood you live in.

If the houses lei'us say, for $15,000, it would be unwise to spend $15,000 for remodeling, because the. chances you would not get $30,000 for your house even if you sold it' the day after the remodeling Ever select a paint color for a sc co or lat is ofle room in your housc-onlv to dis- er ke kitchen is on the nn (imt interior Ol anH nrau'prc NEW YORK (AP) James H. Carter, reformed alcoholic who married last week i a highly publicized ceremony in the Bowery ilission. now admits he is not really a fallen Episcopal minister at all. He invented his fall from grace to get contributions to buy drinks, be said Friday when his story collapsed under close scrutiny.

Carter's new bride, the former Hermine Schmid, believed the ex-minister story when she married him. she said. "I love Jim as much as ever more now." she said Friday. "He's going to do a great job for God." The wedding was the first in the 90-year history of the mis- Carter, 54, came to the Bowery Mission after years of blundering around in an alcoholic haze and told workers there he had been the rector of SL Thomas' Church in Washington from 1937 to 1953. In 1953, he asdi.

his wife died in childbirth and fie plunged into alcoholism. Actually Carter worked at minor government job. until his decline into drunkenness. The story of his family tragedy Is true, lie maintains, and he fays the Bow-ery Mission has H. A.

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PoHng. who heads the facility. "We can't let a good man go. 7 On The House By ANDY LANG I narrow end walls a deeper hue! One use of color (hat is often cover that was darker when it was applied t'o the walls! This happens often. And the reason is usually same, Color appears darker on a large surface than on small one.

Thus, when a color is chosen from a small chip sample of the kind carried in most paint stores, it can be expected to seem deeper in tone when it is on the wall. The lesson: always a color slightly lighter than you want it to be. It's to examine the chip sample in both natural and artificial light. This is especially important when selecting a color for the outside of the house as one picked under the lights of a store may appear quite different when the sun is shining on it. Colors should be chosen on the basis of your personal preferences plus the effects you are attempting to achieve.

The worst reason for making a selection is that a color happens to be "in" at the moment. It may be "out" in a year or two. A problem room will often yield to the proper color treatment. Want a small room to seem larger? Paint the woodwork the same color as the walls. Want a large room to get a more intimate feeling? Use deep colors.

Ceiling too low? Paint it a pale tint of the wall color. Ceiling too high? Use a darker color than the walls. Blues, blue-greens and blue- grays are not recommended for a room xvith a mode-n exposure. The extensive use of warm red, oranges and yellows is unwise in a room with a southern exposure. This does not mean that all of these colors should be avoided in such rooms: only that they should not predominate.

(For Andy lang's helpful booklet. "Paint" Your House Inside and Out," send 25 cents and a long, stamped, self- addressed enxelooe to Kr.ow-How P.O Box 477, Huntington, N.Y. Color can be especially useful in a kitchen, which lends'itself to a variety of colors more than most other rooms. The cool blues, blue-greens and blue-grays can be brightened with accent splashes of gay yellows, pinks and corals. When white is used for walls, it can be highlighted with touches of both warm and cool accents.

The shape of a box-like kitchen or one that resembles a long galley will take on'a more interesting apearance if one wall is enameled in a different color than the others. To widen the look of a long, narrow kitchen, paint the side walls a light color and the interior of cabinets and drawers. In most cases, such interiors are painted the same color as the exteriors. But they will look a lot more attractive if enameled a contrasting color. Fossil Fuels Coal, petroleum'and natural gas are fossil fuels, so called because they represent energy originating in organic activity of the geologic past and stored for long ages in the rocks of the earth's crust.

was completed. This 1 would still hold true even if inflation should force up the price of the house in the years ahead, since the other houses in the People simply, will not pay $30,000 for a.house in a $15,000 area even if that house has many extra features. But this is by no means the whole story. There are many other things to consider. Are you likely to stay, in your present house a long years or more? If so, you must weigh the many years of comfort and enjoyment you 'will get from your remodeling against the pro- ability that you won't get back all or even half cost when you resell.

Also, are you borrowing the money to make the changes? Have you figured out how much you will be paying at today's high interest rates? As for buying another house, have you looked around to see what you can get for the money you. can afford to pay? Here again you have to consider the interest rates, as well as the taxes. What can you get for your own house? You don't have to put it up for saie to find out. Any reputable real estate broker in your neighborhood can give you an idea of what it probably will bring and how long it will take to sell it. After checking into all these things, you may find that you and your husband are no longer far apart on what to do.

You may reach a decision to remodel, but spend less than you originally planned. Or you may begin looking for another house immediately. A.knowledge of the economic- facts has a neat way of spotlighting reality. (You can get Andy 'Lang's booklet, "Wood Finishing in the Home," by sending 25 cents-and a long, stamped, self-addressed envelope to Know-How, P.O. Bpx 477, Huntington, Y.

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