Remodeling Uses Home Center Products

lllemodeling a home takes time, Rmoney and plenty of imagination. Many homeowners in Washington State as well as readers of Better Homes and Gardens magazine have been encouraged to tackle their own problem house after viewing what was accomplished with a 25-year-old residence in Lakewood, Wa.

Remodeled as a cooperative effort by the Wood Products Promotion Council, J.C. Penney and BH&G magazine, the home demonstrates what can be done with a home needing an update, both inside and out, as well as modification of the floor plan to improve traffic patterns and convenience.

Open to the public for a week after the work was complete and featured in the April 1985 issue of Better Homes and Gardens, the home has been an inspiration to those wanting to update their residences.

Lumber and building supply dealers also have been inspired by the impressive list of materials needed to do the work.

Remodeling projects such as this are part of the marketing push by the Western Wood Products Association and its counterparts to increase sales of wood products. Since remodeling is accomplished not by wood alone, pro- jects have a fallout effect on demand for other building materials. As consumers are encouraged to remodel, it is felt that sales for retailers will be increased.

American Plywood Association's 303 plywood siding in a texture l-ll pattern was used in a dramatic facelift to replace badly deteriorated shakes on the exterior. Trellises were built to span the front facade, defining the entry with its new carved wood door and covering a pressure treated wood walkway.

An air lock entry was created with