THE HERALD, Tuesday, May 2, 1978, PAGE 11

Hints On Having High Fashion At Low Cost

A floral stripe wallenvering, such as this one, “Zanzibar”, can give your house a lift this Spring and keep it looking good
the Nice ‘N Easy collectlon of pre-pasted, washable and peelable wallcoverings by

for years to come. It's from
Sunworthy.

One of the easiest ways to
get a fresh new look with a
minimum of work and ex-
pense in the home this Spring
is with wallcoverings. —

“Everyone feels theurge to
gettoltand make changes in
the Spring, whether to one’s
home or wardrobe. ‘In terms
of the decorating effect and
value for . money,
walleoverings have to be
your beat bet for the home,”
says Mary Prud’homme,
Interior Design and Color

Consultant for Sunworthy |

Wallcoverings.
- Phe resulis are almost

instantaneous and, as walls
take up the greater part of a
room’s surface, they also
provide the biggest impact.
One of the most so obvious
advantages is “ that
wallcoverings can easily pull
a decorating scheme
together. In this way, you
could get a totally fresh, new
look for Spring, plus a more
co-ordinated appearance,
One way might be to use
companion wallcoverings in
a kitchen and breakfast
room to visually connect the
two areas.

might be to use a simple

“Cleaning Up” the

From King Tut to Paul
Bunyan, it's a revival of the
classics in furniture.

Inspired by Egyptian art
and artifacts and American

through the Victorian

talgic and classic every day.

More elusive dirt and grit
lurking under cushions and
in bindings can be easily
removed with the upholstery
brush and crevice tool of

Another way:

textured wallcovering
Hhroughout a small apart:
ment to bring everything
into focus for a total look.
Today it really is easy to
get wallcoverings for every
room in the house, regar-
diess of its function. So why
not give your living room a
new lease on life this Spring
with one of the new, softer
Boemetric looks. Brighten
up your bedroom with
bouquets of pretty flowers or
paper a boy's room with
scenes from the Wild West.
Be hold and liven up your
kitchen with an all-over

Classics:

Power Team vacuum,

Fretwork and design
details abound in new fur-
niture pieces with Egyptian
overlones, so plan on using
your vac’s ‘upholstery tool
to reach those. intricately

design of things good enough
fo eat, or a breakfast nook
with a fresh floral stripe.

_ Think of the sheer impact It
can make on those bland, off--

white wails. :
Today's wallcoverings
have all the characteristics

the busy homemaker needs. -

Pre-trimmed and pre-pasted

walicoverings really -are
easy to put up with a
minimum of mess and fuss.

Once up, the washable
wallcoverings are easy to
keep clean and, come next
Spring, will only need to be
washed down to make them

look just like new again. If .

you buy the peelable variety,
it is easily taken down when
you feel like a new look. The
new Nice 'N Easy collection
from Sunworthy has all of
these qualities,

In today’s economy when
the decorating dollar has to
go a long way, it’s nice to

You can give your home a
great feeling of traditional
elegance with very. little
money or effort if you do
something simple.

You may not have a
12-foot fireplace

dining room, but you can

create a similar effect by

hanging a few ancient-
looking andirons, and other
Early American fireplace ac-

cessories on the wall. Try a.

brass scoop, or a cast-iron
pot on a hook, and set a
huge stone jug on the floor
nearby, ‘

in the:

Up against the wall put an
American primitive print if
you haven't any portraits of
your own ancestors.

Set out some straight-

- backed chairs with rattan
. seats and add a trestle table,

keeping the bare wood
brightly polished.

When you get down to it,
the floor is what really
carries the took. Now your

floors can look as fashion-

ably - old-fashioned as the

rest of the room but still be
yery easy to care for, be-
cause the warmth of wood
is available in textured, re-

Beavers’

teeth grow at the rate of about one

inch a month —but they are worn down ft ap-

proximately the same rate by their gnawing wood.

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Investment Property: Well
aconstructed side by side
Sduplex - each side has full

basement, auto ali furnace,

hardwood floors. Rent one
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| .MOwner anxious to sell and

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offers.

hame in town on blacktop.
Full basement, carport,
good “carpeting, 2
fireplaces. An excellent
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$0 occupancy could be
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bedroom home on Cement
ringwall with fireplace.
Large lot with 100’ of raad
frontage on dead-end
street. Guest house - wired
and plumbed on property
as well as chicken house -
Aihe chickens could go with
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m An excellent well ap-
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for small family. Sensibly
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(In Town: Landscaped lot

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in full basement. Large
carpeted living roam,
dining area off well ap-
pointed kitchen. A really
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house with. many distinct
features, Priced to sell as
owner transferred.

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know that walleoverings |

offer a lot of value for the

silient flooring. .

A random width, pegged
colonial plank flooring is
cushioned for comfort

underfoot and called s

“Williamsburg Plank.” It’s
part of the Classicon collec:
tion from Mannington Mills.
Available in 6- to 12-foot
widths, it-never needs wax-

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ing and contains. a barrier
coat called ‘“Aquabar”
‘which guards against dam-
age due to moisture,

To top it off, add wooden,
(or wood-Jike} beams to
walls and ceiling and set
some rustic baskets and
bowls of fruit and flowers
around. .

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i classics from the Federal
’ periods, the’ contrast be-— money.
tween King Tut and Paul
Bunyan dramatizes the wide - $
: array of styles rapidly gain-
: ing acceptance among
American consumers.’
While much of the styling = .
is European inspired — = - .
from Mediterranean ‘to & i F . :
country French to Italian 3 q
modern — American styling =
isn’t being overlooked :
either, as more and more
consumers opt’ for niassive
wood scaling, front-porch
, and sun-room looks and
even Mission furniture. Yes,
nostalgia is alive and well. *
If your personal living
room environment focuses
on the “best from the past,"
here's some advice from the
yacuum-cleaner people at
Eureka to help keep it look-
ing tidy. oe
" For quick pickups of
easily removable debris such
as crumbs and large dust
flecks, use a hand vacuum
cleaner. Weighing less than
five pounds, a hand vac is es- -
pecially designed for above-
the-floor cleaning and
comes with such accessories
as an upholstery brush and
crevice tool for reaching.
behind cushions.

"A hand vac is also useful
for removing dust: and grit
from wicker furniture,
which is looking more. nos-

carved accents.

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