Store Remodeling Results, "Just Like Home"

f_f oilrr: Lt,IteER Y,rHo. lrr-.. tr Tt Ht-ot.ti. rr leccntll comult'tt'd rrt uttttsttal remodt'ling u,hich make-s its ttt'w stot-e almost as comfortalrle as its ntrme uoultl implr'.

Beside all the up-to-date conl t'triettt'es normalll foun<l in a motlern rctail lumher and huilding supplv store. Homt' Lrtmlrer has addcrl all the lururies of home. t'r'en a beautiful ust'cl lrrick t'orner fireplact' trttd a ltrrge patio u,hi<'h opens off orrt' entl of the store. And rvhv not'/ Besides the obvious benc{its to both r:ustomt'rs and Home Lumber personncl alikt'. ser,cral patiri antl fireplat't, jobs have already' resulted from tht'se trv,r "il) use'' displavs.

Homt' Lumber's profcssionallv dcsignt'tl store is the rt'sult of a lorrg. lotrtl and fnritless Snturdal' afternoon last Fall. Orvner. Iirrrt (lartirr and John \I'-ard. togetht,r witlr general managcr Orville Cooper. $('r'r' tr\'ing to mall plttrrs for a trt'u' stot't'-atttl getting nt,u herc.

Finally. the threesome t alletl in Univcrsit,v of Ort'gon graduate James Sha<le. ATA. and turnt'tl hirn krose otr tht' plojtlt. Like an ovenvlielming majorit,v of artrhitccrts. Shadc is a {riend of rr'ood- and in this case redwood. The entire store inlerior is paneled 'rvith lx(r T'&C reclu''oorl r ith a (Continucd on. Itage 66)

LIGHIING PROBLEM in new hardware and oaint department (top left) was licked by inset wall panels (left wall) with white opaque fiberglass in the inset to bring in natural light. 0rville Cooper points (right) to redwood blocks glued on fiberglass which diffuse natural light allowed into store by inset wall panels. Genial proprietor Burt Gartin (center left) comes from a lumber family and started his career in 1922 with Modesto Lumber Company. He and partner John Ward started Home Lumber Yard, Inc. at 3rd and B Streets in'[urlock in 1937. With the recent retirement of John Ward, Leroy Ward (right) has followed his dad into the business. Bookkeeper. Mrs. Anderson (lower left), in attractive new patio area. Design uses 4x4 posts, with 4x4 blocks extending 4" either side between posts. Patio is finished with Cabot driftwood stain and has used brick floor. "Just like home," general manager 0rville Cooper (right) re' laxes off patio area in front of big used brick fireplace.0rville joined Home Lumber in 1960, after 20 years with the old Turlock Lumber Company.

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