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4V come in now and let us help you see our name on fne cov-:-f The difference between the common and the uncmi'. usuailv just a matter uf knuvuiur how. >0 when von mur. n modernize tour home, eet the expert advice that cun cue it real individunlitv . . . can make it reaiiv t<-:ni' Our professional experience. ..practical ideas and short., ms. . information on new methods--all this we ttive ou without cost' See us for the materials vou'll need, too-- You'll find them all here and at reasonable prices. I Popular Home LATE SPRING ISSUE 3 1956 POPU'.aP h; Majan-i-! Lata Son-o.JKS. .:h St.. I : -.o i. : St'': t; -ou -i :_i ' ~r* j . ar an re co.*'? or i-> -j i.A. No. 3. :_a Here's a choice of 27 easy-to-build projects to Kelp you ... make the most of LIVING OUTDOORS s or ost! TJ.HIS is the wonderful seasov when the reborn beau tv at nature beckons evervdav livin'.' toward the outdoors; when families, joinin'' in the countn-u ide boom to live next to nature, are buss planning and amkni'j to make the most of it in their own back \ aids. Once the advantages and eii|u\mcnt nt outdoor com panionship base been recognized, it's tune to make some tamilv decisions. How does sour said stack up- Him would sou like to use it? (aiiisuiering tlie house and property, what could vou do with a patio, an outdoor fire place, decorative fences, new walks ... a garden or a plav vard? Take, for example, the three tvpical s arils shown here. There's one tor the tamilv of loungers with an interest in a small vegetable garden; a formal, well-planted vard for avid gardeners, and a casual, rugged turd for the active, sports-minded family with children. The u us each s aid "'as planned and developed makes it best suited to a particular way of life. To help you in the great return to nature, these five pages offer outstanding ideas that can lie combined to suit vour style of living, and to enhance vour house and prop erty. Easv and inexpensive to build, they are ideal projects tor the home handyman. Consider them as vou make s our plans. Then let vour building materials dealer help vou do the job right, and make the most of living outdoors! A GARDENER'S DELIGHT A YARD FOR AN ACTIVE FAMILY . . . WITH CHILDREN Cover photograph: George R. Szaruk 3 - LIVING OUTDOORS (Continued) Center of attention m almost every yara should be a oatio comoiete with built-in or oortaole bar becue. A good example this rear-corner fireplace with patio of orecast concrete slabs, masonry planter beds and high fence of 1x12 boards on 4x4 oosts to pro vide privacy. You can get a free olan for building a similar unit, the famous BarbeOueentpage 7). A PATIO . . . for parties arid play i I I i ! A popular choice is to place formal oatio adjacent to house witn wail of windows deft'. Paveo with bnch laid on 4-m. bed of sand, it has free-form shape that com plements curving flower beds. Yard-s^e patio `above: is of poured concrete with openings for olantmg. It's ideal for the active family which gre-ers minimum maintenance to a garden. 48 B Build for shelter and shade Tim* the element* Dv selecting locations wnere an overneao trellis can give . t ... ..c,,. sun ano a fence will control orevaiimg oree/es. Pool-side oatio ~ :*r uses 2-m. stock lumoer for platform and roof, with fence of : cobras. At :ne right 'ana on the cover- are the oieasant resets of .. . - ordinary side driveway into a secljdea patio screenea with a lath i i 3 it'-ce and eauipped with brick planters. Flan a piace to work ... Gifted with a green thumb? A beautiful garden is easier to *' "vri Aitn tne nelp or a well-eauiooed work center. It can be 1 > wooo and glass shelter with potting benches as shown an enclosed outdoor storage unit 'page 7\ or a table and * "s n garage. Good locations are m rear corner of prooerty. ls wait for carport, or adjacent to house or garage. Ask d.ice ot your lumber dealer on construction and materials. POPULAR HOME tore Spring, I95<5 Sent through courtesy of locai company namod on front and back covers 5 LIVING OUTDOORS (Continued) ... and finish with flowers and fences HOME OF OR. i MRS. I. M. ROBERTS HOME OF MR. 4 MRS. R. I GRQQIN Fences are friendly when well-designed, carefully built and used with a purpose. Unusual types, but simply built, are the short screen (above) that has a 2x6 frame filled with narrow wood strips 1 in. thick, and the yard perimeter fence (right), with 1x2's fastened in alternate oattern to 2x4 rails. Both fences have 4x4 posts spaced four feet apart. HOME OF MR. & MRS. ROBERT N. AVERT Striking and practical is the woven bamboo fence (left), that screens yard from driveway and street. Same framing could be covered with open fence wire and used as an arbor for foliage plants. Board fence (above), takes on new beauty when center rails form pattern with staggered ooenings. Get Handyman Plan No. 352 on how to build wood fences, it's free from dealer named on covers. nn 1 Plants on parado enhance the nat ural beauty of any patio. Box of saw tooth design (above), built of 1x12 boards, is good for use under window or as border between patio and lawn. Individual plant container (below) has box of 2x12 planks. 2x4 cradle and 2x6 mitered too frame. Wood used for planters should be redwood or cy press treated with preservative and fastened with aluminum nails. 13 FREE PLANS lor Outdoor Living Projects Now is the time for improvement projects that will make living outdoors more en|oyable. Here are time-tested POPULAR HOME projects. Including the new Yard and Garden Projects Plan No. 363 (planters, trellises, seats, pergola, hot bed and many more Ideas). Ail were especially designed for you to build. i r3&;-.yi Stack 'n Snack picnic table and benche^etack table on benches for eating, then separate allthree for seating* Patios--how to plan and pave; build shade and screening devices. benches. planters and storage unit. Outdoor Furniture--5 pieces; Freeh-Air Chair and Lean-Back Lounge, ChairSide and Terrace Tables, and uniqus Cooler Cart. 3-- Porches--how to build vari ous types; foundation and roof construction; how to encioee a breezeway and make screens. BarbeOueen fireplace--a chef's delight. Has handy work counters, storage compartment with shelf. Pfay Yard--how to build a climbing pole, send boa. benches, play table, (eddwgym and teeter-totter. Back-yard beauties are the colonial-style planter (above) for lowgrowing plants such as ivy, and the interesting trellis (below), of 1x2 strips fastened to 2x4 cleats on garage wall. Other outstanding planter and trellis designs are detailed in the new Yard and Garden Protects Handyman Plan. Get your free copy at the firm named on the covers. Wheel-A-Meal table and garden cart--hat swivel top with drop leaves, and stor age shelf. Seats four. for your "Davy Crockett pioneer*. Hat blocknovM firing platforms and gat# PIcnieKing table benchtop up, it's a table; down, It's a bench. Build a pair! Climber Cottage--to play In and climb on; lor safe and wholesome iun. Outdoor Storage--4 Vx12ft. Work Center to build in the yard or next to house or garage; also garage storage. Wood Fences--eoecieity and conventional types; lay out, construction and me terials; how to build gates. How to get started? The above protects and many more, are featured in the Handyman Plans offered by the building materials dealer named on the covert. Take your choice from hit counter-top Handyman Library-- ---- -- and get the materials while you're therel ! hr ^ JT ' aUT000,, tH; POPULAR HOME * Loft Spring, 1956 Sent through courtesy of local company nomod on front on* bock covers l V IO il'j ; JOT "lost fiwiliec ic 'i uoroHm *p**o*1 in the woods or bv the water's edge, where nature at its best brings rehixation from the tempo of evervdav living. But what happens? Too frequently, mom and dad and the children must pass up seasons of pleasure because the budget won't budge for that long-wanted cottage. If dollars haven't matched dreams for vour summer home, vou mav find the problem answered with Hide away Lodge--ready to sleep five to eight persons, as com fortable and efficient as a vear-round home. Architects Lee Mielke and Larry Smith designed it tor Popular Home with two chief objectives: economy and simplicity of con struction They " "iked out a special variation of the nostand-beam system of framing (see next page), that makes it possible for the familv handvman, with local help, to build and enclose the cottage in a few days. Then while "camping ' in the lodge, interior finishing can be com pleted the first season. How to have a Hideaway Lodge for vour familv? Lowcost building blueprints (No. PH 13-3D' are available from the triendlv firm named on the covers. Visit them soon -- and while vou re there, ask about the quality ma terials that will make \ our lodge an investment -- good for a lifetime of familv fun! Right tor relaxing in any vacation soot is Hideaway Lodge deft) with window wail of living room and outside deck taking in the view. Living area also serves as oorch when windows are hinged ud from screened ooenmgs. Other features are the rear extension of roof for covered caroort and play area, utility storage compartment adiacent to mam entrance, and extra entrance to bathroom from the outside. Comoact bedrooms each sleeo two oersons. Exterior beauty is assured with Pastel Grey roof of USG Thick Butt asonalt shingles and GLATEX asbestos cement siding in Canyon Brown. /^ r CAJORT-Dla> area 9'-0" * 32'-5 N How to build HIDEAWAY LODGE on a Budget From the foundation up, construction of Hideaway Lodge has been simoiified by careful design. Conventional meth ods are used to construct concrete ciers and floor pisiform of 2x8 toists covered with plywood sub-Hoor. but simolifiea and economical oost-and-beam assembly is specified for walls and roof. Front and back walls of cottage (belowi consist of a 2x4 olate, posts spaced 4 ft. on center (built up of two 2x4's and a 1x4). and 2x4 soreaders at beam line. Win dow and ooor openings are structural and fit into 4-ft. modu lar system. For beauty and fire resistance. SHEETROCK gypsum waflboard with PERF-A-TAPE Joint System was chosen for most interior walls. On the exterior, siding is aoolted over USG Insulating Sheathing with SHAOOWLOCK Attacnment System. Framing for roof goes raoidly after walls are erected w<tn ndge beam set, buiit-uo root beams are fastened to it and posts. 2x4 stringers are added and roof ibelowi is sheathed. Final steo to enclose lodge is application of USG Thick Butt Asohalt Shingles over layer of asphalt saturated felts. Now interior finishing can begin. First step is to staole batts of RED TOP Insulating Wool to stringers, then erect ceiling o* SHEETROCK gypsum wallboard. When interior wails are m place, lodge is ready to be decorated. Ready for fun is the family area with dining alcove left' adiacent to efficient kitchen of the Dwyer type (7 ft. unit complete with sink, stove, refrigerator and cabinets). Living room gams distinction with feature wall of Panel SHEETROCK gypsum wallboard as back ground for optional, prefabricated fireplace and chimney. Adding to feeling of spaciousness in this compact cottage is the high, beamed gypsum board ceiling and low bedroom partitions. Wall over couch-bed (above) is versatile USG Perforated Hardboard. Wide-open windows are one of best features of Hideaway Lodge. Sketch at right shows how stock `utility** sasn for front-view wail are double-hinged, folded, and raised to ceiling with cord and pulley ar rangement. Fixed screens protect openings. Other windows, of same type sash, open outward from screened openings. See the local firm named on the covers for all the materials for your Hideaway Lodge! \ \ POPl/LAfl HOME * iofe Spring, 1956 Sent through courtesy of local company named on front and back covers 9 & House that Pays its Way au'0 "'jG^aph Ready for double duty is the study-guest room (above) that gains privacy with folding wail. Closet and low cabinets accommodate bedding and guest needs. Center of attraction in living room (right) is bookshelves framing a large painting. Wails and ceilings of SHEETROCK gypsum waiiboard delightfully decorat ed with TEXOUTE OURAVAL paint shape rooms throughout house. to POPULAR HOME Late Spring, 1956 Sent through courtesy of focal company named on front and bade covers t IS I E r A 0. 7^f 'MDj'tovAl kipA fti wttjjifll Uke mi tjf iUcfr T-LLootdat, building a new house with rental space in it cun be a mighty profitable investment, especially in areas where good apartments are hard to find. That was proved bv the Howard E. Updykes of North Chili, N. Y., who built a secure future when they built the two-family house shown here. Selected as an outstanding design, it is ap propriately named the House that Pavs its Wav because, the Updvkes found that rental income from the over-thegarage apartment almost covers mortgage payments. What does this house offer? First, all the advantages of a single-family home--privacy, comfort and flexibility of space. Then, as a bonus, the security of additional income from the separate rental quarters. Or for some people, it will be an ideal house because it provides a close-bv but separate home for young newlyweds, parents or other relatives. To see if it's right for your family and to see how it can pav vou dividends, studv the plan below. Then build this ri r-r-- '**<! 'rJ,'r,S*T7,'?nt Putting vry inch to work, dining space is minimum, but can be expanded into living area for dinner entertaining. Overhead light sliding on ceiling track adjusts to various table positions. Efficient, compact kitchen is screened from view oy high cabinets with doors on both sides tor ch*n 5tnr*p, and a with drawe's fry* Hnen and *cressori*a. Here's the Plan for 2-FAMILY LIVING SIZE OF HOUSE: 1,9(W JO- ft.; 22.545 CU. ft. OARAGE: 462 sq. ft.; 3,4 cu. ft. R..ight fob any neighborhood because it looks like a single-family house, this design by Rochester architects Faragher & Macomber places the rental unit over the garage. Careful planning also overcame the main prob lems of two-family living--noise and privacy, by using the garage and stairways as barriers. Other features of this fine house are the extra-large two-car garage, a central utility system for heating, elec tricity and plumbing, and'the spacious basement. Ask the building material dealer named on the covers to order low-cost Building Blueprints for you--No. PH 13-3B. available only with basement. He can also advise on the quality materials to protect your investment, such as the USC Thick Butt asphalt shingles in Satin White and Red Top insulating wool batts used in this house. ASK TO SEK 32 FAMILY-TESTED HOMES In your POPULAR HOME sponsor1! now Pton Book So M If you have an old house to remodel, watch closely this star performance of... On* for the books in Hammond living room is case fabove), built of stock 1x12 lumber. Lower section has grill of 1 -in. dowels to conceal radiator. In the fireplace setting (right), the same type of unit was built into recess to accommodate high fidelity music system and record col lection. New walls of SHEETROCK gypsum wallboard are Sandalwood color of TEXOLITE DURAVAL paint. Privacy from street is gamed with louvered shutters and cafe curtains. MOi.rerxNiz.irjG MAGiC Entertaining is fun, and much less work when remodeling plans include projects such as a built-in china cabinet. Unit fills wall recess, has leaded glass doors and hardware to blend with style of house. Decorating, with red painted lining of Dutch cupboard, lazy susan table and modern light fixtures, invitss gussts to lingsr longer. By Cynthia Montgomery A.,.mericsn tradition' runs strong in Washington. D. (... and the Paul Hammonds believe it can lise in liuppv harmonv with modern ideas. The proof ot their comactions is on these three pastes, which show how a verv old duell ing was successfully remodeled into a comfortable mod ern home, planned for family living. Whv did they do it? The house had a desirable location and was sturdily constructed -- both favorable and im portant points to achieve a sound real estate investment bv remodeling. If you're considering the purchase of an older house nr now have one that could be refreshed, the Hammonds example proves it can be done. It may take structiir.il changes, new walls and ceilings, built-in cabinets and plenty of paint, but if carefully planned, the end results will be well worth the effort. Since 1956 is Operation Home Improvement vear, whv not start a project of vour own? And for the advice of an ex pert, visit the building mate rials dealer named on the covers. He's readv to help vou live in stvle! ^PRO^ 12 POPULAR HOME * Lato Spring, 1954 * $*nt through caurtmsy of local company namod on front and badr cov*rf 5a ! *- & I Ready for today, but with old-fashioned charm, are the kitchen and master bedroom. Kitchen was comotetety remodeled, with oven and broiler built into fireolace, new cabinets, counter, appliances and Moor. In the bedroom, modern wardrobe closets with stock sliding doors were built out two feet into room across one comoiete wall. Pleasing color scheme combines Heather Gray on three walls with Coral Rose on chimney and ceiling. MODERNIZING MAGIC (Continued) REMODELING DESIGN: PAUL HAMMOND. BUILDER DECORATOR: DOROTHEA JACKSON HAMMONO DATA: LOUISE WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY- ROBERT LAUTMAN In the modern mood is sewing corner (below) with functional wall of USG Perforated Hardboard, cabinet of pine boards and work surface of &-in. plywood. Other improvement ideas were opening in dining room wail (right), with planter between original studs, and replacing time-worn ceilings throughout house with new surfaces of RED TOP plaster over ROCKLATH piaster base. Progress by papa may be hindered by young "PJ's" help tn building trellis, but it's good training for the lad. Back yard patio and garden were enclosed with high fence, and low screens were installed near house to conceal refuse can and base ment stairs. Face-lifted front (left) contrasting what can be done in home improvements, was treated to new stock entrance, shutters and refreshed with oami. NOTICE: The following trademarks ae owned and/or registered Oy the Untied Stales Gyosum Co. >n the U. S. Patent Office, end ere used m (his Duoitcetion to oisirnguisn the indicated eroducts manufactured only Or this comoany. SHEETROCK (gyeaum wallboard), USG (rooting, herdboerd. insulating sheathing). RED TOP (insulating metanat, olastart. ROCKLATH (oiastar base). TEXOtJTE (oami). OURAVAL (ruboeruad Mint), GUtTEX tasoewos cement shngtes>. SHAQQw-LOCK (shvngte attachment system). PERf-A-TAPE (joint sntem). o Cs new m In wind tunnel tests imperial-lock shingles held fast, even in hurricane blasts of more than 100 miles per hour. In addition to being nailed, the lower edges of shingles are locked into the courses below. Rain or melting snow can't penetrate their heavy weather-ends. They carry the Underwriters Laboratories label for fire protection. NEW SHADOW-ACCENT BEAUTY is particularly pleasing on low-pitched roofs. Sweeping shadow lines, color-toned right into the surface, provide conventional straight-line beauty preferred by discriminating homeowners everywhere. Eight colors to choose from in random pattern "shake" texture--now at your U.S.G. dealer. NAVAJO RED (shown), PALISADE GRAY, MOJAVE BROWN and SHASTA GREEN -- all with SHADOW-ACCENT. Also in BRIAR GREEN, VENETIAN RED, PASTEL BLUE and BRILLIANT GREEN. i IT'S NO TRICK AT ALL . . . if you let us help! Old homes can be made to look like new. There's no mystery to modernizing? when you come to us first. We'll help you with your plans and ideas. We have the know-how to see that you get started right, whether it's a new roof, exterior face-lifting, modern kitchen, adding a new room, porch or garage. See our complete line ofmaterials--lumber, wallboard, insulation, roofing, siding. We'Ll tell you how to do it, help you arrange financing, suggest a reliable contractor. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY The Greatest Name in Building United States Gypsum publishes Popular Home and The Business of Farming for distribution by building material dealers as a service to over 4,500,000 homes. Come in and talk with us! vO "w PH^U-L