Redecorate to give home more spacious look
DELAWARE COUNTY - If
your house looks too small and
overcrowded, there are little
things you can do. You don’t need
to renovate; redecorating or
changing the furniture in your
house may be just the ticket, says
Greta C. Vairo, extension home
economist with the Penn State
Extension Service.
Plan you decor for the entire
house instead of just one room.
Carrying the same color on wall
and floors from room to room will
create a feeling of openess and
spaciousness rather than a clut
tered patchwork. Change the
textures in the rooms instead of the
color for variety. Pale walls will
reflect light and make a room
seem lighter and larger. Dark
colors tend to soak up light and
make the room seem closed in.
Place large furniture against
walls to leave more space in the
middle of the room. You can also
expand a room by using a mirror to
make it seem twice as large.
Modify a bedroom to be an extra
family room, study or TV room
during the day. Instead of con
ventional beds, use day beds with
bolsters that can be slept in during
the night, but used as a sofa during
the day. Trundle beds or bunk beds
will also save space in these dual
purpose rooms.
Select small-scaled furniture
when purchasing furniture for a
room. Stay away from massive
chests of drawers or tables. Small
pieces with simple lines such as
dropleaf tables and sofa beds will
leave you with more space and
give you more choices in furniture
arrangements. Small stacking
chests or cabinets often serve
storage purposes better than big
chests and they take up less space.
Cluster items such as the
television, stereo, bookshelves and
cabinets to eliminate clutter and
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increase floor space. Stay away
from unnecessary furnishings and
pieces of bric-abrac. Beautiful
objects usually need a lot of space
for their beauty to be appreciated.
Use every space possible for
storage. For example, children’s
closets can accomodate two
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Herbs have variety of uses
DELAWARE COUNTY -
Aromatic, medicinal and culinary
herbs have an ancient and
sometimes mysterious past. Hie
Abyssinians stuffed their pillows
with celery. The Romans purified
the air of their banquet halls with
dill, and the French rubbed their
babies with artemisia juice to
protect them from the cold.
Throughout the centuries, herbs
have played an important part in
politics, literature, romance,
religion and health.
In America, herb gardens were
an essential feature in most
pioneer homes. As the country
grew with immigrants from many
nations, so did the variety of herbs.
Today, home herb gardeners can
find seeds or plants of herbs from
all over the world, says C.R.
Bryan, Jr., Delaware County
cooperative extension service
director.
Botanically, an herb is a seed
plant that does not produce a
woody stem but lives long enough
to develop flowers and seeds.
Practically, they are grown to use
in cooking, scenting, decorating
and making medicines. The
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
“Handbook on Herbs” lists 73
different types of herbs, some of
which are used in several ways.
Here’s a list of some ways you can
use homegrown herbs.
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closets with shoe racks and
inexpensive storage devices.
Never overlook storage
possibilities such as shelves in
closets, backs of doors and under
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• Culinary herbs are probably
the most useful to home gardeners.
Because of their strong flavors,
these are generally used in small
quantities to add flavor to cooking.
Parsley is a popular garnish. Next
in popularity is sage - an im
portant flavoring in pork sausage.
Other favorites include chive,
thyme, savory, marjoram, mint,
and basil.
• Many ornamental herbs have
brightly colored flowers or foliage
such as valerian, which has
crimson blossoms, and borage and
chicory, which have blue flowers.
Soem have whitish or light-colored
flowers, while others such as
thyme, mint, lavender, and chives
have variegated forms that also
add interest to your garden.
• Medicinal herbs are so
classified because they have been
though to have curative powers.
Modern medical knowledge
confirms the healing properties of
some, but many are highly
overrated. Use medicinal herbs
carefully. Some are harmless, but
others can be dangerous to eat.
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Kid' $ Care Fair scheduled
NORRISTOWN - All children
ages 2-12 and their parents are
invited to attend activities at the
“Kids Care Fair” on Saturday,
June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St.
Patrick’s School Yard, Dekalb
Street in Norristown. The event,
sponsored by the Penn State
Cooperative Extension Service, is
free of charge and open to the
public.
Activities will include, Rainbow
the Clown, "ames, a breakdancing
Target price freeze supported
CIRCLEVILLE, Oh. - “Since
early 1983, the National Com
Growers Association (NCGA) has
supported the freeze on further
escalation of target prices,” stated
the NCGA President John
Stevenson. An active corn farmer
and cattleman from Circleville,
Qh., he explained further”... that
the support of the National Corn
Growers Association for freezing
of target prices was based on three
conditions.”
-Commitment of the Reagan
Administratin to attempt to
negotiate an enlarged grain
agreement with the Soviet Union;
- Substantial increase in federal
funding for grain export expansion
programs and domestic enhanced
demand programs;
- Efforts to improve and in
crease the facilities under Title 111
of the P.L. 480 programs to provide
long-term and low interest loans to
developing countries to up-grade
animal feeding facilities to use
additional imports of coarse
grains.
According to Stevenson, “the
National Corn Growers
Association and the NCGA voting
delegates at the 1983 Annual
Convention reiterated and
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contest, story telling, free ballons
and refreshments. There will also
be educational exhibits sponsored
by numerous local agencies and
organizations.
For more information, contact
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sustained the support for freezing
of target prices if the above three
conditions were met.”
He continued that these con
ditions have been met inasmuch
as;
-There is in place a new and
enlarged grain agreement with the
Soviets, with current Soviet grain
purchases in excess of eleven
million tons from the United
States;
-An additional |2 billion is
authorized for agricultural export
expansion during the next 18
months;
- Additional funds are ap
propriated for various P.L. 480
export expansion programs.
With respect to obtaining federal
assistance for additional domestic
demand enhancement programs,
the NCGA president cited the
leadership of Sen. Bob Dole, of
Kansas, in legislating into law a
uniform federal alcohol fuels
program to enhance the domestic
wet milling industry demand for
com to be processed into alcohol
fuels. These enhanced incentives
for greater domestic demand for
com have been obtained in federal
legislation for taxation, and not in
the traditional farm legislation.
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