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Western Pine Kitchens, PloYrooms

Populor in Home Plonning

Kitchens and play or family rooms, both in planned nern' homes and homes to be remodeled, are choice locations for using the Western Pines, according to a survey recently completed by the Western Pine Association. Living rooms rvcre rated the next most important spot {or using the woods, though many replies in the survey indicated Western Pines were wanted in two or three rooms in the homes' The survey was tnade by enclosing questionnaires rn'ith copies of the association consumer publication, Friendly Home Ideas in Western Pine. These drew response from home pianners in all walks of liie throughout the United States. The respondents indicated they liked Western Pine for both paneling and cabinetwork, with doors and windorvs also highly rated.

Surprisingly, the survey showed many of the homes to be remodeled comparatively young' with nearly half of them less than eight years old. Nearly half of the remodelers indicated they were planning to change present rooms, two out of five planned to add rooms or storage space, and many indicated attic or basement finishing was planned.

Ninety percent of the new home planners reporting indicated they would rather have their homes built to their orvn specifications than buy them already built. They indicated house designs would be by themselves, by architects or by builders, in that order. Designs from magazines were mentioned. More than a third of the new home planners, the survey showed, plan to do at least a part of the car- pentry work themselves. A quarter indicated they would do none of the carpentry, and I8/o planned to build the entire home themselves.

Sixty percent of the remodelers, however, planned to do all the carpentry work themselves. One out of five planned to do only part of the carpentry, and 11 per cent indicated they planned to do no carpentry at all.

Most popular age bracket for all respondents was the 3039 class.

The Western Pine "idea" book has been distributed to more than 200,000 persons, the association reported. Not only is it distributed to consumers responding to the association's national advertising program, but it also is used by retail dealers as sales helps. Single copies of the 24page booklet, in color and black and white, are free. Quantity rates are available. Address the Western Pine Association, 510 Yeon Building, Portland 4, Oregon.

SCRTA Enrolls Two Retoil Yqrds

During the 'iveek of July 9 the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. enrolled two more active members in its ranks. The new retail yards on the SCRLA's Honor Roll are the Airline Lumber Co., San Diego, of which officers are R. M. Sutton, president; Dale D. Titterington, vicepresident, and Gilfred Freese, secretary-treasurer; and the LalVlesa Lumber Co. at La Mesa, whose offrcers are !-. M. Olson, president; R. W. Reid, vice-president and general manager; Donald rr\r. Olson, secretary, and C. G. Harvey, treasurer.