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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 23 Oct 1974, p. 24

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ïhbeanaubiau îftampion $k Àk Donna and Ron Cou/son Pre-cut pine log home essembled like puzzle frOUR SEASONS CHALET -stehmeo on and Ron Coulson and thoîr three-year-old son Jo)dy. The pre-cut bouse acas assembled in two weoks. Ail týso logos were caded and a followed. Ron but the wishing well lawn and bas done the lsssdscapin Donna and Ras CoUlsS aile~ their thro-learot sas JsdY ve .aorO~asChalet af pise tags as tltre-qarters .t as acre of lados the Gu',hproýýet 4uso ma.sa of Ois famdly and [riedn thre oars ago.,St laok Ima fis hetmeoaf dolis- ory astit completias. Att the togsmwere csded and amaster -- - pan fottomed. It sa vital in this tarm of costruction Ouat the hoildor ksams mhore everythiag fils hetaro start- seg. The mhale praces as rather tiho a gisant puzzle duat must fit tagethor perfectly. -- Wiriagisadosoas theopiaces aeftino place asd the legs igue asd gesove mith no lai- on the ront a gaant the elemeata. The hiraself. double roof is tangoo and grooce as heams. Undor that are the raflera and siin aches ot ansutation. The aataide is fisished mitO a Waodtaad vac- sish aad issido the bouge la uratheaed. H hp The bause is as *55 shape mith the hedcaamn dama ose nide. the living osd dising rooms on he othe and the centre section for the hitches. Ceitinga thcoughatit the hoose are longue asd g coave foar inch boards. The taog@ are eight its mîde Ceitisg heams thraaghaot the bouse are various aises. The hacO-sptit design mas habittonathesaideof a hltover- kaaing the 12 Mite Cree0. A targe cedmood-staiaod radar the hack of the bouse last sommer. Estraace ta the doch is fromt the kitchea aad the mide sliding doars ofth1e dialsg raom.dc ngo Betam the dc ngaa tonol a patio effort is ceed mith entrasce fromthe fam- ity roam and aiity raam. Ras, a maistenance saporvi- socr muh the Hattos Regioa Conservation Aathority, mith an obvions talent for land- :cape fgardening, Oas hailt a atone tontain inone corner af the pai. Waiec tricktes .ver vacis tevets loto a pool Oelom. The attractive arrangement is planted mth fiomors and greenerynstacted sn Ronas home nursery ia the hasemeni. marsgasrniture Rans talents alsa isciade tacnitnce design and con- struction. The san deck na furnished mith large chonky chairs. henches and a table finished sn a redmaad stain. Thcoughaat the bouse pieces ai his practicat and heauti- fatly-finished farnitore are osed ta advasiage. The Coulsaits h ave pcoved ihat this moadsy-type home needait dictoto style of tarai- tare or decar. They have comhiaed Ron's sotidastyle torsiioce mith famity anti- ques. Thc master hedraam as Spanino and the living and tiig coama Colonial. caSse varlety A wide varioty af cotars are iantefatty appiied thoghaat. Therens oanage an the manier hedcoom. deep pinh in the hathraon. asd ced an tOe iamity ronm. Coshioas tioac ing ns ased in tOe hathcoam. room. The reat ofthehbouse ls Not ail the old pleces are cZred, with fera green in larîrtoams Ttere's a Oovely the 1ia and dining raams rachtag chair mth deticato ThehIvmýand diniagrms rinad a carved baich as are dividd by acomplote me as a chest of dramers maw c r There la a firo- mith urned pulls, hathhaaught plae apeaîaikg as the liviag; ai salos. raom aide mth a calmad A very anacuat aad dittee- hoarth and flash front. Dansa oat pioceof aItrmitare is the Oas used the brick back- gasaip staad huitt on a peate- groasd ta disptay somo asas- saaand remomhtling the anti- ani marks of art. The noms- que somisg table. papor accoant of hec grand- Bars sidisg Oas hees ased pareats' mosdiag oser 60 as tIhe stairmetl and matis yoars aga is moastod as toadag toand iastde thefam- docospageona a pioce of bara board. Il mas the Lomnitte meddiag of Walter Hadfiotd and May Armstrong. The hoarth disptays Ras's great grasdtather's butter press and scoop. Her mas Wateor Miteoy af Galt Pastssemoeles The caom is alsa furnished in memories of tho pasi. Rotas graadmtthor's rackisg chair, amweddng proest and searty 10Ofyears aid sitstost ta his great-graodmothor's mash stand. An ld space bas- tee is used as a fernstasd asd a cacerod milk cas ta decar- sied indecompageta make it an interestiag coversation The diiagrmont ajsst as moît eadamed mith antiques. Dasoans great-grasdmaother Armstrongmhoused to iae heyasd the Lomnitto Dam, maatd ho pteased if she could sec the care given her glassed chinacabinet. Donna and Ras haveatripp ed it nd put a fis- ,sps Itom fn gaa a nd It mard St aam praadty dis- 'pastn oad tas s chiaya, mast af mhich has heo ia the tamity for years. ity raam A secandtirepace damsstairs hans heea made aI lclqoarcy staae The rmmr ns thoughtfutty tarnished mth ailold treadle secingttma- chine used asna planter, a re- produoctioa ni a mithîng atoot and a Meican we-eated On this gracad lenetare a large carpentry marhshata, the fluorescent-lit fardea oresasdaecondhathrmm. The hause is heated hy hot JODY site in the front hall an the bench boilt by bis father. The doorway leads ta the hallway of the bedroom area. DONNA AND JODY sit on the hearth of the brick Wcall fîrepîsce. Above thora is a decotage accounit of bier grandparont's wedding of 60 years ago. To thece ft la a coverod and decoratod milk cao. COULSON FAMILY have proven a pre-cut bouse does flot necessarily dictsto mode af docor. Above ef t, Donna shows somo antique glass dioplayod in on hoirloorn china cabinet se refinishod. Below Ieft Ron lots Jody help hlm in bis basomont nursery. Abovo rlght, Jody Bits on a combination bench and toy box in bis roora. It acas built by Ron. Below rigbt, hol ots afool of the pat in tise butter press and scoop once belonging to, bis great-great-grsndfatbor Walter Milroy of Gait. CEDAR REDWOOD sun dock was sdded acrosa thse back of the bouse laat summer. Entrance te the dock la frora tise kitchen and the wide sliding deora of thse dinling room. Thse house is a back-split design. FAMILY ROOMis thsughfully furnished with an aId treadle seacing mact 'ne used as a planter, a reproduction of a milking stool and a Mexican woven-seated stool - Thealing doors lead to tise patio under the redwood dock. Vol. 114 No. 26 won m- 9 42nd in a S«ies on homes of disfincjtion in Haiton by Joyce Boston MI1LTON, ONTAR 10, WEDN ESDAY, OCTOBE R 23, 1974 -SECOND SECTION

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