Comfortable House

Maybe you think you have to do some major renovating — or even move, to get that home office, workshop or laundry room you’ve always wanted. But with the Full Access Folding Door Hardware Kit from Johnson Hardware, that dream room can be found right in your own closet.

This unique, easy-to-install kit allows you to fold closet doors back completely out of the opening, freeing up every inch of usable closet space. Suddenly, a spare room appears.

Applicable for remodeling or new construction, Johnson’s Full Access Folding Door Hardware enables folding doors to fold back 180 degrees and lie flat against the adjoining walls. You get the full access of a swinging door with the space-savings of folding doors. It’s a fast way to get more space out of your closets.

Home organization experts suggest that you store out-of-season clothes under your bed in special rolling drawers. Use clothes organizers in your other closets and then free up the remaining closets to create the room space you’ve needed.

The room created here shows how easy it is to make closet space work more efficiently. With a few shelves and Johnson’s Full Access Folding Door Hardware, you’re in business.

You’ll also find this Full Access Folding Door Hardware Kit a practical solution for converting closets into laundry areas, wet bars, toy rooms or even hideaway workbenches. It can also be used on utility rooms, pantries, wardrobes, anywhere you need more room at the doorway.

Installation’s a snap, too. The patented jamb hinges require no mortising. They simply attach with screws as do the control arm and panel-connecting hinges.

A screwdriver and tape measure are the only tools you’ll need for installation. An experienced handyman can mount the hardware and install the doors in about 10 minutes.

Johnson’s Full Access Folding Door Hardware Kit comes with a lifetime guarantee. Each kit contains control arm assembly, hinges and all the necessary mounting hardware. The kit can also be used with standard mortise-type butt hinges to match other interior doors.

For ideas on how to convert the hidden room in your closets, write to: Full Closet Access Ideas, L. E. Johnson Products, Inc., 2100 Sterling Avenue, Elkhart, Indiana 46516 or call 800-837-5664 or visit our web site at http://www.johnsonhardware.com

New innovations are allowing homeowners to create some of the most uniquely charming looks with siding. It used to be that having siding panels meant a home was destined to look like so many others, but today’s siding offers outstanding dimension and vibrancy through a wide spectrum of colors and various richly-textured profiles.

The siding from The Foundry^® is a new breed of premium vinyl siding that combines maintenance-free living with a bold color palette and the classic natural appeal of cedar shakes and shingles.

With more than 100 different molds from real cedar used to craft The Foundry’s Shake and Shingle panels, the authentic texture of handcrafted cedar shakes and mill-sawn shingles is achieved with random grain variations and detailed depth and dimension. While many home-building materials manufacturers try to replicate the appearance of wood, often falling short on aesthetics, The Foundry delivers a true representation of cedar with a seamless appearance and no noticeable pattern.

These panels provide the warmth and charm of cedar, while eliminating the maintenance that wood requires. Offered in the industry’s widest color palette, no painting, staining or sealing is ever needed with Foundry siding.

Rich texturing is taken to an exceptional level with The Foundry’s Weathered Collection, which is now being expanded to give homeowners even more color and texture options. The Weathered Collection’s coloring provides the uniquely beautiful look of cedar that has weathered over time. It is accomplished through a proprietary process that creates different tonal qualities using a darker shade of color in the grain, and a lighter one on higher points.

Crisp contrast is created within each Weathered Collection Shake or Shingle, but the grand effect for a home is a warm and variegated color field that is saturated with character.

In a whole-home application, these panels make an eye-catching statement on each side of the house. For additional texture and a personalized look, Weathered Collection panels can be combined with materials such as brick or fiber cement to bring unique appeal. Used with stone veneer, the Weathered Collection offers a home outstanding dimension with a timeless look. The Shingles and Shakes are a classic complementary fit for a stone wainscot or door surround.

As an accent in roof gables, the Weathered Collection provides additional architectural interest to draw gazes upward. The panels’ texturing can gain an even greater focus when set off by crisp trim designs, and posts or columns, creating elegantly detailed scenes.
A new introduction to the Weathered Collection’s palette is a true cedar color that features natural gold and brown tones, and undertones of subtle pinkish-red that add a hint of rose-colored blush. This authentic finish delivers rustic charm and warmth, and continues the Weathered Collection’s tradition of paying homage to nature through its range of light, medium and dark earth tones.

All Weathered Collection panels offer a 7″ exposure, while the Staggered Shake panels also have an available 10″ exposure that works to heighten its rugged design appeal vertically. Shingles have natural surfacing and random mill saw marks, Split Shakes are defined by peaks and grooves along the grain that create interesting shadows, and Staggered Shakes feature an uneven pattern and rough-sawn butt ends for a completely handcrafted appearance.

In addition to their style benefits, the panels have superior durability. An ASA cap maximizes color appearance, so while the panels look authentically weathered, their design and color will keep their integrity through Mother Nature’s storms and blistering sun. Foundry Shakes and Shingles are backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
The Foundry is a division of The Tapco Group™.