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Show Ai Above b a pleasing example of a Dutch Colonial house. But it does have some negative featcres large roof dormer, widel spaced upper w indow sand paint trim. -- The same house looks much better after paint job, making jhe dormer look smaller! and giving balance to the small dormer windows by addition of the large shutters! i i Ummoe m(sgmt&w88 (BUmmmtf RECALLING the words Of an old song which ad- monished "you must accent the positive and eliminate the negative, homeowners Can work magic on the exterior of their homes. And, the magic can be done easily and inexpensively With paint. Many times a simple decorative treatment, such as painting the masonry foundation to match the body of the house or painting steps bid doors in one color will give the entire house a' fresh, custom look. Sometimes houses appear, besmall or chopped-u- p cause additions have been made with woods, masonry and roofs of various textures. Use of one color body paint and one color roof and trim paint will harmonize and unite additions and give the house a large, proportioned appearance. Most exterior remodeling with paint can easily be done on weekends. Projects should be carefully planned to fit in with other activities. POSITIVE and pleasing features of this Dutch Coloy nial style house, at left above, include: the clustered lower front windows, a recessed entry door and a balustrade on the top left side porch. Negatives (which cause the eye to miss the pleasant features), include the dormer of the roof and widely spaced upper front wintwo-stor- .7 dows; and the gutters and downspouts are distracting and unattractive. All in all, the handsome Dutch Colonial design and roofline can easily be missed. Now take a look at the same house, above right, with after "remodeling paint. Eye appeal and charm in the new apin traditional pearance Bucks County gold with conArdmore green trasting trim. The identical paint treatment of the roofline, porch balustrade and dormer accents its overall Dutch styling with a result- - are featured wdMUh jpaninuit look, and 'completes the harmony. It ing custom-desig- n the house seems perfectly is hard to see the gutters propertioned. and downspouts which have painted away as Actually, the dormer is been larger than the body and was the air conditioner. the roof is also large. The Completing the custom painting of the dormer to look are accents such as the match the upper elements matching of the entry door unites the upper portion and in red with its steps and the dormer seems smalL And, use of hex signs on the shuthe gold treatment of the tters. This is a remodeling body and the masonry founwith paint project any dation cause it to appear homemaker can do with larger and in scale with the gloss latex paints specially upper portion. prepared for use on metals, and A PLEASING balance has masonry asbestos, no is dorthere wood. small And, to the been given mer windows by the use of messy preparation or with latex gloss large shutters and a fake, clean-u- p octagon-shapeair vent paints. d contest MAMIYARB67 , rtales contest Is open only to omo-teu- r pDotogrootiers. Anyone U eligible excepting employes of The Sort Loko Tribune and Newspoper Agency Corp. and Individuals who Thl personally are engoged In the manufacture, sole, commercial finishing or professional use of photographic goods. Pictures token otter July !, 197 are the only ones eligible. Either or color pictures I not tronsporencles) may be entered providing gn orlglnol negative or color transparency con be furnished when requested. 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