2012 spring home improvement

Wednesday, April 25, 2012The Lynden Tribune & Ferndale Record present

A supplement of the Lynden Tribune and Ferndale Record

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FERNDALE — Sometimes the sludge flies, according to Baker Septic Tank Pumping marketing manager Lisa Hanley, but with 26 years of experience in septic tank maintenance, the company is well-equipped to provide a necessary, if messy, service. In addition to pumping septic tanks in five counties, installing new septic sys-tems in Whatcom and Skagit counties, and providing licensed inspection services in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island counties, the Ferndale-based company provides portable toilets and hand-washing sta-tions for special events, agricultural fields and construction sites. Baker also services waste-processing systems on recreational vehicles. The Baker septic service area now in-cludes Point Roberts as well as Snohomish and San Juan counties. According to Baker Septic owner Jus-tin Wells, whose grandfather David Wells started the company decades ago, an oc-casional loose hose is only one of several dangers his employees might face on any given day. “Driving a commercial vehicle has its hazards,” he said. “And there are, of course, biological threats.” Wells, who has personally faced bit-ing dogs and cascading sludge, explained that in addition to bacterial contamina-tion, which calls for lots of hand washing and careful laundering of contaminated garments, there are threats such as the exposed hypodermic needles which are sometimes dropped into the company’s portable toilet units. “We do extensive safety training be-fore employees are allowed out on their own,” Wells said. This is in addition to further weekly safety meetings, where staff focus on a new topic each week. In his hazardous oc-

cupation, Wells explained, safety has to be a priority. The Baker Septic staff ranges from roughly 11 to 17 individuals according to seasonal needs. However, at its core, it is still a family affair: In addition to Justin

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Septic: Get dramatic effects with paint For many people, the onset of spring and summer is the ideal time to take on a home improvement project. Paint is a popular choice for those looking to freshen up their space, given that it is an easy, eco-nomical activity and a fun way to make a dramatic difference. In fact, painting tops spring home im-provement wish lists, according to the 2012 Spring Home Improvement Survey by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. With seven of 10 homeowners who are planning home improvement projects, nearly half (49 percent) cite painting as the most desired need. They say that bedrooms and bathrooms are the first targets for fresh paint (both at 29 percent), followed by liv-ing or family rooms (28 percent). “People are looking for more cost-saving ways to enhance their spaces,” said NARI chairman Paul Zuch, certified remodeler. “Some of the most dramatic transformations are projects like resurfac-ing cabinets or changing kitchen or bath-room hardware, as well as painting the in-terior or exterior of your home.” With today’s technologies at your fin-gertips, determining the right paint color is easy and anyone can be their own interior decorator.

Here are some pointers: • Choose colors like a pro using coordi-nated color collections. “It’s easy to achieve designer looks in your own home with HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams,” said David Bromstad, HGTV designer. “Each of the collections represents a style to match your own, and features colors that work to-gether in any combination. The wallpaper coordinates with the colors and the exte-rior color collections highlight your home’s architecture to achieve a harmonious look room to room, inside and out.” • See your finished look without pick-ing up a brush with Sherwin-Williams’ color visualizer, where you can digitally re-paint your space, or get inspired with Chip It! (www.letschipit.com), which instantly turns any online image into a color palette using more than 1,500 colors. With the mo-bile ColorSnap app, you can turn anything that inspires you into paint colors. Capture

an image with your smartphone and you will be able to see the paint color and two complementary colors. • Liven up your living area by revamp-ing the bedroom, giving new life to an old piece of furniture or staining the deck. • Define your style. Make a statement

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LYNDEN — Little remained in doubt for Howard and Maryann Vande Kieft when it came time to build and furnish their Tuscan retreat — never mind the fact that the home sits on Lynden’s Homestead golf course in a purely Northwest enclave. But since the Vande Kiefts were build-ing purposefully on a view lot, with visions of Mount Baker and the Twin Sister flood-ing the back of the home, they did twist in some definite Northwest flair to an oth-erwise completely Tuscan-influenced de-sign. “We planned it out,” Maryann said simply. The couple took a trip to Rome and other parts of Italy to obtain plenty of op-portunity to see how they could meld Tus-can design (think curves, arches, fanciful glass and glazes) into every aspect of their new 2,600-square-foot home. Howard, now retired after 48 years of working in town, and Maryann started the building process with a design by Lyn-den architect Mark Bratt. Construction via Chuck Handy, owner of Handy Homes, be-gan in May 2011. They moved into the house just last

Vande Kieft home combines all things Tuscan with native Pacific Northwest materials

Story and photos by Tim Newcomb

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Howard and Maryann Vande Kieft are enjoying their new home on Emerald Way.

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The Vande Kieft's new home includes plenty of personal touches. This page: A massive stone fireplace doesn't lose the corbels on the mantel found else-where, including on bathroom cabinets and mirrors. A recessed ceiling in the master bedroom includes lighting, and the first main view of the interior of the home, the gallery, serves as far more than a glorified entryway. Opposite page: The oversized great room includes all the couple needs to host family and friends, including some fanciful lighting and decor touches and woodworking that bring Northwest materials into a Tuscan feel.


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Tuscan: With purpose To capture the views, the gallery and its three connecting rooms sit in the front of the house, leaving the master bedroom and the expansive great room to soak in the sunshine with the oversized windows facing east. The great room particularly mixes in the Northwest aesthetic. It features a mas-sive stone fireplace created by Kent Bouw-man on one wall — “It is a rustic stone look with a hearth,” Howard said — and a vaulted ceiling clad in fir and various-sized solid fir beams across the entirety of the room. “What Chuck and Mark did together with the beams, they figured out how to make wood the look of the Pacific North-west and blend it with Tuscan,” Maryann said of the curved shape. “We were sur-prised at how beautiful the wood is.” Blending two styles actually wasn’t all that tricky. “It is not difficult to mix the two styles because both are related in many ways,” Bratt said. “The use of stone and timber as building material is true in northern Italy and Europe as it is in North America. Hip roof lines and arches are also similar features. How to use those ele-ments becomes the fun. For example, the stone shape and profile and the arched timbers used in this home are more typi-cally Italian style, but the lap siding and timber are more Northwest.” The couple credits Joel Kamphouse

of Liquid Applications for matching the wood stains on the differing beams with exactness. The adjacent kitchen definitely bleeds Tuscan, right down to the custom cabinets with corbels that match the fireplace man-tel. The cabinets were done in a mixture of antique white with a mocha glaze and a wood stain, giving off the appearance that they were added over time. That look, similar to that of a small home expanding, is common in Italy. Some of the cabinets were left open, in the style of Italy. The mix of copper, bronze and yellow touches remains in the kitchen. A curved bar (both cozy and func-tional) topped with granite helps bring the kitchen and the great room together. Over the bar, fantastic wine-bottle-inspired pendants, all designed by Smit, fit the look perfectly. The Vande Kiefts tried to stay local with as many contractors as possible and even opted for American-made applianc-es when they could. The fireplace combines with a built-in bookcase to provide a comfortable feeling. Positioning the sitting area on an area rug creates a sense of separation between the kitchen, the living space and the dining room with its tremendous hickory table

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• Will the cost of repair approach the cost of replacement? • Which course, repair or replace, will yield the maximum energy efficiency? • How does the cost of repair measure up to the value it will provide? How does re-placement stack up using the same measure? To help you get an idea of how these rules apply, here’s what some experts have to say about home elements that frequently raise the repair/replace question:Skylights While many modern skylights are en-ergy-efficient, qualify to use the Energy Star mark and are leak-free, if you have an older, plastic model it’s probably a good idea to re-place it. Not only are these older plastic bubble-type skylights often faded and unsightly, reducing visibility, but they are also neither UV-resistant nor energy-efficient and are much more likely to leak. It’s esimated that there are still millions of those unattractive, cracked and yellowed plastic skylights out there, says the product manager of one national company. To learn more about replacement sky-lights, visit www.veluxusa.com.Windows Recent research shows that skylights and vertical windows can work well together to effectively daylight a home while contrib-uting to heating and cooling energy savings.

Like skylights, windows have vastly im-proved in energy efficiency over the past few decades. Leaky, inefficient windows can be a major source of heat loss in a home, boost-ing energy bills and decreasing the comfort level indoors. Window manufacturer Pella points to these signs that old windows need to be re-placed: • They’re difficult to open or close. • You can feel air leaking in or out around them. • Condensation or fogging occurs on or between glass panes. • You can see chipping, deterioration or water stains on the window or the wall around it. • Cleaning is a major chore and you avoid it because of the difficulty. • It’s difficult or impossible to find re-placement parts for the old windows. The Efficient Windows Collaborative (www.efficientwindows.org) site also pro-vides extensive information on selecting both windows and skylights, including fact sheets and computer simulations for typical houses using a variety of windows in a num-ber of U.S. cities.Heating, ventilation and air cooling Furnaces and air conditioning units are among the most important parts of your home’s infrastructure; they’re directly re-sponsible for the comfort level and air qual-

ity inside your home. They’re also among the more costly items to repair or replace. So how do you know when it’s time to replace part of your heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system? EnergyStar.gov offers these guidelines: • Your heat pump or air conditioner is older than 10 years. • Your furnace or boiler is more than 15 years old. • Your energy bills are spiking. • Equipment needs frequent repair.

• Some rooms are too hot while others are too cold. • The HVAC system is noisy. • Your home is dusty. Replacing older HVAC systems with newer, Energy Star-qualified ones can sig-nificantly impact your heating and cooling costs, according to EnergyStar.gov. An En-ergy Star-qualified heat pump or AC unit can save up to 20 percent on heating and cooling costs, the website says. Learn more at www.energystar.gov.

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