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Show Old Houses Being Made Over. An era of remaking old houses runs scross the entire country, according to Northwest lumbermen. Following the building shortage of late years has come an appreciation that any house, old or new, has untold possibilities of alteration. Architects have been called upon to produce Instances In-stances of "liefore and after" of ramshackle, ram-shackle, barnlike structures made ovei Into charming homes. Old barns havt been 'rebuilt iiilo-oiutlios, siieus and warehouses Into residences of taste. There Is an enormous demand op the Northwest planing mills for mold Ings, trimmings, shingles, sidings, lu side finishings, lumber and fane) grained fir, hemlock or cedar for cub Inet work. - ' Lumbermen declare this demand has come from the alteration wave over the nation, repulrlng and adding built-in built-in features. |