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Contents: Build Beauty And Function In Girl’s Bedroom (Elbow room and storage space are probably the two most common scarcities in the average child’s bedroom. And girls being what they are seem to be always needing a little bit of extra room for the extra things they live with. Our cover feature tells you an easy way to expand your girl’s living space by converting one of her bedroom walls into a built-in bed and vanity dresser with ample storage cabinets beneath the partitioned bed); Hand-Held Shower Spray Is Easy To Install (This new spray unit, because of it’s flexibility, gives a new angle to showering convenience, in fact it’s a practical successor to the hand spray unit fixture now on most kitchen sinks. But the best news is that you don’t have to be a plumber to install it. A couple of tools and a few hours of free time are all you need. We show how the average homeowner would hook up a hand held shower spray in a picture sequence story that begins on page 42); T-Shaped Bar-Bookcase Room Divider (The great majority of handymen deserve credit for their ingenuity – their knack for building around obstacles that would otherwise seem to stand in the way of a favorite project. Dave DeMaw of Newington, Conn. is no exception. He translated an idea his father gave him into a space-saving fixture that became part of the scheme in his finished basement. Our story tells how you can add an easy-to-build version of DeMaw’s bar-bookcase to your home); Build This Shaker Armchair From A Kit Or From Scratch (We continue the Skaker collection feature in this issue with a graceful ladderback arm chair that you can either assemble from a kit or build yourself if you have a lathe to finish all the turnings according to the dimensions we have provided); Mix And Fix (Burt Murphy has brought together a pile of helpful information for the homeowner who wants to tackle his own masonry repairs this spring. He combines tips on how to spot different kinds of masonry problems with a lot of necessary advice on what tools to use and how to use them. The story also gives special emphasis to the pre-mixed patching compounds available in home supply and hardware stores in package sizes to fit small or big jobs. Some of the problems you can attack are chipped and broken areas on patios and foundations, damaged flagstones, curbings that are cracked and crumbled mortar around brick joints. Spring, the experts say, is the time for doing these repairs, so why not read the story and go to work?); Wooden Frames And Fiberglass Make An Easy Fence (Using colorful corrugated fiberglass panels, wood and creativity you can add attractiveness and privacy to your home with a design that fits); Beautiful Redwood Chairs From Old Aluminum Frames (Don’t throw away your old aluminum folding chairs because you’re tired of re-weaving them. Give them a new face with slats of redwood or pine); Give Your Vinyl Swimming Pool A Soft, Safe Bottom (Peat moss, available in packaged bales at hardware, garden and food stores, makes an excellent bedding for pools; read why and how to use it); New Products For Old Problems (This section describes and illustrates a wide range of new items of interest to the handyman. Some of the newest products include a flashlight-screwdriver combination, an electric drill that works off your car battery, a magnifying lamp, antique hinges and a spray glue); Books You Should Know About (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet, booklet or leaflet form of interest to the do-it-yourselfer); Ask Handyman Q & A (Letters from readers with special problems concerning home maintenance, repair or improvement are answered by the technical editor. Topics covered in this issue include finding plywood for jig-saw puzzle blanks, removing spots from a table, filling wall cracks, insulating a basement, removing soot stains from shingles, making shallow concrete patches, getting rid of mold that grows in showers, preserving barn siding, checking for causes of peeling paint, preventing tarnish on brass and silver plus some facts on faucet washers); Feedback (A letter from Dow Corning on the subject of silicone sealers responding to Mort Schultz’s story on caulk that appeared in the March issue); Editor’s Tests (For this report the editors worked with a reversible 3/8″ screwdriver-drill manufactured by Black & Decker and a saw table and guide made for portable circular saws by Port-A-Table Safe-T-Saw Inc. See these evaluation reports to learn what the editors say about the tools); What It’s Called And Where To Buy It (Names and addresses of the various manufacturers of products that are mentioned in the feature articles); Home Shopper (An easy way to shop at home for interesting items); Index To 8 Previous Issues (That story you can’t recall may be here)
Issue: June 1972
Condition: Very Good