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mann, director of marketing services at Georgia-Pacific. "lt is easy to install and has a variety of applications from ceilings to wainscot to accent walls."

A point of purchase display can show how the natural light color of cedar with a clear finish or the application of a white or pastel wash can create the popular light shades of walls found in decorating magazines. A few color swatches can emphasize the harmony of the soft, pale cedar shades with the mauves. blues. peaches and greens in current favor for interior colors.

Dealers can utilize rack units to highlight the cedar product as a decorator item. Stores displaying the shrinkwrapped cedar panel packages in the decorative product sections with colorful graphics have found their sales, turns and profits increasing.

In addition to being a decorator item, the cedar plank panels offer all the warmth and quality benefits of solid cedar. They take a finish easily. Because they are lightweight, they can be handled, cut and nailed or glued readily. The extremely low density and fine closed cellular structure of the wood makes it an excellent heat and cold transfer barrier. Cedar also resists cupping and pulling loose after installation.