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Page 2* Home and Garden Thursday.. April 11. 1985
No need to add on
to get more space
No matter the size of your home,
there are probably times you feel it's
too small.
And perhaps it really is; small
homes are being built these days in
an effort to hold down costs. But it
co^Jd be that you're not making the
frogt i isp of the space you have
Making the best-use of space —
that pretty well sums up what the designers
at Armstrong sought to illustrate
in their conversion of a two-car
garage into a small home or efficiency
apartment for two people. Complete
in every way, the garageturned-home
is chock-full of spacestretching
ideas that can be adapted
to just about any kind of building or
remodeling project by just about
anybody.
To give you an idea of how well the
designers succeeded in achieving
their goal, this little home has nearly
700 cubic feet of storage space —
as much as some homes three times
the size. (The home itself retains the
original dimensions fo the garage: 24
feet by 22 feet.)
The home has an unusual diagonal
floor plan. Its interior is divided into
a kitchen; a living-dining-sleeping
area, referred to as the "main living
area," a den or office; a bathroom;
and a utility room which functions as
pantry, storage bin and laundry.
Assemany
The home is not wanting in amenities.
Among its other attractions, it
boasts a fireplace, skylights, a
greenhouse in a corner of the kitchen
and every modern kitchen appli- ^
ance. Manufacturers now make
scaled-down appliances for just such
situations.
There are two secrets to making a
space seem larger than it actually is
One of them calls for the talents of a
magician.
Magicians must be skilled in creating
illusions to pull off their tricks. In
the garage home an open floor plan
creates the illusion of extra space
Only the utility room and bath are
fully enclosed with walls.
At night a sliding partition (fixed toa
track in the ceiling) screens the
queen-size bed. which is in the main
living area, from view. During the day
it tucks up into its own closet — it's"
-a Murphy-bed — ©r-eafl-fee-tett ou4
and fitted with a slipcover to Serve as
a sofa
A dark color scheme and insufficiant
windows would have made the
garage home seem unbearably
cramped. The designers opened it
up with skylights, a greenhouse, light
blond and rattan furniture, mirrors
and off-whrte walls, kitchen cabinets
and counters.
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Secret number two to stretch a
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of individual projects like the kitchen
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Rites of spring include
home, garden chores
WINTER is finally over. The spring
sky is bright and clear, the air
warm, and the extra hours of daylight
are an especially welcome
change from the winter darkness.
For many, traditional spring cleaning,
planting a garden and tackling some home
improvements go hand in hand with rising
temperatures^ J3yj>lanning ahead, organizing
your time efficiently and making adequate
preparations for each job, you will find that
all these projects can be accomplished without
severely disrupting your regular schedule.
Don't try to do every chore in one grand
sweep. First decide on a specific time span
during which a spring overhaul of your house
Within the framework you've chosen, designate
the jobs you plan to do at specific
times, balancing the more complicated,
time-consuming jobs with simpler, less in-
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volved tasks that can be completed more
quickly. Set up a schedule of work for both
indoors and outdoors, so If the weather
doesn't cooperate, you won't waste time
wondering what project to tackle.
Be realistic about the length of time each
project will tafcaand be sure to have everything
available msal you will need. It is less
frustrating to spend-the necessary time in
preparation than to be forced to Interrupt a
project because you don't have the right size
of nail.
Involving every member of the family in
some part of the spring projects will make
these jobs seem less overwhelming. Even
young children can help to pack away their
winter clothes and return warm weather
clothes to drawers and shelves.-Tiielr JieloJh
the garden with even such minor chores as
watering will given them a lasting sense of
accomplishment as they see the plants grow
and bear fruit or flowers.
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