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Improvement Home
1. Planning
2. Your Attic
3. Your Basement
4. Your Kitchen
5. Interior
6. House Adding
7. Outdoor
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1. Planning - Whether improved comfort, appearance, or value is your aim, foresight is the essential tool
Kitchens that lack such new materials and appliances seem as outdated as the automobile of yesteryear.
When homeowners start an improvement project, they set out to improve the comfort or appearance of their homes. They may wish to increase its value should they ever wish to sell it. And they probably want to do the work themselves to avoid hiring a professional.
2. Your Attic - A brick hearth off exposed chimney, a Franklin stove, convertible couches, and attractive floor covering made this attic warm, cheery and livable. Such improvements may be possible in your attic.
Consider these points when you set out to put all that fine living and storage space to work
Not long ago, researchers representing il the Home Improvement Industry conducted a survey to determine •what projects were foremost in the minds of American homeowners.
3. Your Basement - Utilize the basement, such as this, to the fullest. Possibilities are limited only by your own imagination.
Improving Your Basement
The uses you make of it are up to you. But, by utilizing it to the full, you can often double serviceable space of your home
You have a great amount of usable floor space if you have a basement.
4. Your Kitchen - The oldest, most obviously outdated offer, one priceless ingredient: space
Few rooms in older houses can be im- proved so dramatically as kitchens. There are several important reasons for this.
First of all, the kitchen of an old house (one built before World War II, for instance) was generally designed without adequate knowledge of housekeepers' work methods.
5. Interior - Floor sagging, warped or worn? In need of another bath or increased storage space? Such defects, even in older homes, are often corrected by a few simple steps and modest skills
A few simple steps will often transform a dangerous, unsightly old house into one that is safe and attractive.
Even serious defects often can be remedied easily. For instance, the floors of older homes often tend to sag at weak spots.
6. House Adding - Here are points to consider when attic or basement won't yield needed extra space
Many homes built after the war have neither expansive attics nor expansive basements. The only way that owners of such homes can add to their living space is by adding to the house itself—expanding on either the side or back.
7. Outdoor - In planning, remember that they must stand up under destructive effects of the elements
Probably as a result of increased leisure time, outdoor living has gained tremendous impetus in the United States in recent years. In fact, the home that lacks adequate outdoor facilities may now be considered virtually obsolete.
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