Show OGDEN STANDARD EXAMINER OGDliN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING SEPT 23 1062 13 t I - j Family Room Gains Popularity As Place to Relax Entertain One of the popular home de built today is the signs being split-levliving-dining with and kitchen on the main level and a bedroom wing above a lower level family room area lnis large informal space usually with a second bath and utility areas on the same level achieve almost 'any wanled ef- - recommended Tempered hard-fein the family room or quite: i board has been specially process literally in any room in thejsed at the factory to withstand it house damp conditions 9 RESEARCH PRODUCT i These properties made hard-re- -! f Hardboard a product of board popular with horn 3 build- search has certain advantages Us for such uses as underlay which it is made It will not ment and soffits Now with the ?1 can a remarkable warn check or snlit It resists new swing to beauty and variety change in home living patterns dents which make it a natural of surface hardboard has gained The big change it makes is in choice for hard use areas in the acceptance as a handsome and freeing the other rooms in the home especially where active Practice interior paneling ma- house for the uses for which they youngsters me best rooms of tne play That is why) enai were originally intended for example it is so often used nouse The living room can be a place for wainscoting in hallways In Because a family room is a for quiet relaxation and adult addition it is easy to clean with 'multipurpose area which may be hospitality and the kitchen need just a wipe of a damp sponge filled with a hubbub of activity not double as a playroom for the or cloth control of the noise level be youngsters if the house has an Besides its durability hard- - comes Important Perforated adequate family room The fam- board has en hardboard is the new easy and ily room takes over the func- gineered into it Standard grade economical answer Applied over tions of playroom rumpus room hardboard while it can be used sound absorbent batts ft and even a workroom for family in humid areas in the home the desired reduction provides projects and individual hobbies should not be applied in really of noise and retains the advan DISTINCTIVE DECOR damp rooms In a bathroom or tages of ease of cleaning and HERE'S A "PATTERN for people who don't like pattern" This Although its functions are less laundry room for example the painting and its tough multitone a has made closely-relateor d seven effect six of carpet formal and it is subjected to use of tempered hardboard is pile up hues-- a texture-colo- r combination that is both practical and decoraharder use the family room can have decorative distinction It tive underfoot Predominant tones can be picked up accent or blendcan room a be e good looking room with decor that is reminiscent of "the good ing in this through the use of hardboard old for panels for wall coverings facing partitions for acoustical ceilings and even for cabinets and other necessary storage units o Once used in home constructas a purely utilitarian prodion an automatic By using uct hardboard is now available dryer instead of the clothesline with many new faces including The home building industryNew York which has classrooms method of drying clothes mom realistic d finished! can the emstretch striated ribbed in surfaces budget made family re advances has and corridors that are carpeted great One that showed and bossed survey dryer grooved patterns cent years in developing new As a result of these studies a owners with finthree children in There are also plastic-coate- d structural designs and materials number of leading architects the family spent approximately ishes and a full range of perto solve one of the more serious have included carpets as a basic $150 annually on the youngster's forated designs some with ranwardrobes compared with about dom patterns square holes and living part of the problems of modern-daof die-cnew builddesign office $312 many for those without a dryer lattice-lik- e designs The —noise control Many new speings schools and other to the American Jlome wealth of possibilities make it according cialized products for use on ceilfeasible for the householder to Laundry Manufacturers' Assn ings walls and structural framework have been created to abg sorb the volume of noise in this ''hi-fi- " and "Jet ct el ' V produce j I "it water-resistan- cui-and-loop- ce ed for dual-purpos- days' Ease the Budget With Dryer Survey Shows Carpets Aid Sound Conditioning t$P The wood-graine- Whole Town sound-conditionin- y g ut j ever-increasin- Ae" Today however" home buyers are discovering that carpet— a product that has been around for centuries— is one of the most ef- ficient ucts sound-conditionin- Talki ng --IVJfl J Liuii M I About Better Built TOMES prod- g to be found Though carto make a room pet's "quieter" was accepted in the past the full extent of its' noise reduction properties were never realized until they were measability Built by Henry A Child Contractor ured by scientific research conducted at Columbia University's Acoustical Laboratory and the US Bureau of Standards REDUCES NOISES These studies established that carpet has a "Noise Reduction Coefficient" averaging 55 In everyday language this means that the soft porous yarns in a carpet's pile can swallow more than 50 of the airborne noise in a room This efficiency is on a par with many of the specialized accoustical products used solely for and Builder l iOOy I 1 Now is the time to make those necessary home improvements! A little "fix in' " can make a "no place" into a "show place" Don't delay because you lack the j sound-conditioni- The laboratory research also proved that carpet is the only "acoustical product" that can When it comes to home building or improvements see us ef- fectively reduce floor impact sounds— footsteps "dropped objects furniture scraping etc Its ability in this respect was established as also being superi- or to any other flooring mate- ready You Can Borrow Up lo rial SOUND CONDITIONER pay No down payment No job too big or too small for us All jobs done at the KllillT ' Color Remains - k Tests show that garments dried m an automatic dryer keep their color through' twice as many dryings as do comparable garments dried in the sun according to the American Home Laundry Manufacturers' Association $3500 on Home Building Improvements and take 5 years to These laboratory findings were further substantiated by acous- tical research conducted in an "actual use" situation — at a senior high school in upstate cash T & L Dial EX 4-88- 21 Klulll price! 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