| If you are finding yourself pressed for | | | | your preliminary dreaming. Unleash your |
| space, you may be considering finishing your | | | | imagination, forget about money restrictions. |
| basement. You can take it from a dank, dark | | | | Include all the various ideas that you have |
| area that nobody wants to be in to a rec | | | | culled from friends` homes, the clips that |
| room, perfect for entertaining family and | | | | you`ve saved from magazines, the ideas you`ve |
| friends. This can be done instead of making | | | | dreamed about. This freewheeling gambit |
| an addition to the house if you find you are | | | | serves a practical purpose. To an amazing |
| expecting another child or a mother in law. | | | | degree many of these wild dreams can actually |
| | | | be included in the finished job. Scaled down |
| If you`re interested in finishing off your | | | | or changed they may be, but the central idea |
| basement, this could be the most important | | | | and the satisfaction will remain |
| message you will ever read. | | | | |
| | | | When you have gathered together this mass of |
| Thousands of families have successfully | | | | notes, clippings, sketches and ideas, shift |
| completed home remodeling projects and the | | | | your imagination into lower gear. Now is the |
| number grows larger every year. Now`s the | | | | time to decide exactly what purpose the space |
| time to get started! | | | | will serve. If a portion of the room will be |
| | | | turned into a storage area, there`s no need |
| The problem is a universal one for, sad to | | | | for elaborate preparations, lighting, |
| say, most families are bursting out of their | | | | finishes, etc. All you really want here is |
| dwellings. Like never before, we now have the | | | | dry, usable space. If part of the area will |
| time and money for elaborate part time | | | | be a laundry, then you want better light, |
| activities. All sorts of hobbies are booming. | | | | proper floor drainage, a nicer finish on the |
| The paraphernalia that goes with them is | | | | walls and simple but sturdy cabinets and |
| starting to engulf us. When you add on the | | | | counters |
| inevitable accumulation of odds and ends that | | | | |
| seems to build up almost magically, half the | | | | Carefully planned and conscientiously built, |
| households in this nation are about to | | | | the basement should be as handsome, inviting |
| explode through the front door. | | | | and cozy as the rest of your house. This is |
| | | | not an idle philosophical thought. Turn out a |
| Before you go hog wild at the lumber yard, | | | | lackadaisically planned, slap dash sort of |
| take the time to do a decent job of planning | | | | job and you will wind up with little more for |
| the remodeling. Not only will you be able to | | | | your efforts and expense than the same old |
| lop a fat hunk of cash off the material bill, | | | | useless area that merely boasts some ornate |
| but you`ll wind up with a far nicer looking | | | | trim. |
| job. Like any big business enterprise, break | | | | |
| the planning up into several stages, from | | | | And now get down to the hard core planning. |
| dreams to decisions. | | | | Scale down your ideas to fit family financing |
| | | | and available space. At the same time, make |
| First, gather the entire family together and | | | | sure your ideas can be carried out without |
| think big. Spare no expense, time or labor in | | | | too much trouble and expense. |