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Wednesday, August 24, 1933 Daily Nebraskan Pago 67 mi? a LeasnaMe cost By Kris Mullen Home, so they say, is where the heart is. For the next eight months or so, the home outlook for most students is a crowded residence hall, fraternity or sorority house or unfurnished apart ment or house. The creative student, even on a low budget, can turn the space between four dreary walls into a comfortable living space for, heart, mind, body, books, stereo, Garfield poster and what ever else is needed to make temporary living quarters seem like home. Interior designer Nancy Van Der voort said wall color is important for setting the tone of a room. If possible, paint the walls alight color to make the room look larger, she said. A light, neu tral color also is easy to coordinate with many other colors. Before rolling the paint on the walls though, students first should check their housing regulations. . Jayne Anderson, director of Panhel lenic Affairs and Cooperatives, said sorority members generally cannot paint their house rooms, but fraternity members are allowed to paint their rooms. Apartment and house renters must receive the landlord's permission to paint. Some landlords may even sup ply the paint. Students living in residence halls can paint their rooms if they have not been painted in the last 24 months, according to Jim Calvin, Harper-Schramm-Smith residence hall main tenance manager. The maintenance department pro vides tools, such as brushes, rollers and drop clothes. Students can buy the paint at a discount and choose from about 14 pastel colors, he said. Van Dervoort said once the walls are painted the desired color, window cur tains can be bought or sewn to coordi nate with the walls. Curtains and bedspreads can be bought to match or color coordinate with each other, she said. For easy care, they should be a material that is machine washable. Curtains can be sewn from sheet material and will match sheets on the bed. Curtains for a room on the north said of a building should be a light color to allow light into the room. Yellow, green and light blue are colors that conserve light, she said. "Yellow is a sunny color," Van Der voort said. "And 90 percent of all peo ple like green." If the floor is not carpeted, rugs or a carpet remnant will give the room a warm look and will be warm for the feet on cold winter mornings. Carpet stores sell sample squares that can be patched together for a checkerboard effect. Bob Baruth, owner of Lincoln Carpet Center, said he has various sizes of samples that sell for 25 cents to $3 each. "A student can cover a dorm room floor for $25," with sample squares, Baruth said. He said the squares can be cut into creative sizes and shapes and pieced together to form a design. Van Der voort suggested keeping the squares shades of a certain color, or picking out one color for the room's dominant color. Baruth said carpet remnants can be bought for various prices, depending on the type and style of carpet. He said an 8-fQot by 12-foot jute-back carpet costs between $50 and $80. Van Dervoort said throw rugs or grass rugs can be used to creatively cover a floor. Bob Creal, manager of Pier 1 Imports, said he sells natural floor coverings made of sea and rice grass and maize. Coverings of sea and rice grass cost 59 cents a square foot, and the maize coverings cost 99 cents a square foot. Continued on Page 70 v. -Lv . A Hero's an 830 savings r to got the '83 school yesr off to a hot 'n juicy start! Lj p w r r ' 1 WE 830! Sinola Hamburger foroniy UB8 French Fries, Cheese & tomato extra Small Soft Drink Not combinable with any other offer and good at Wendy s in Lincoln Only. Expires Sept. 5, 1983 EZl!SZIEZ!S are YTENDTTS KIND OF PEOPLE. D r WL.iWV una !J OLD FASHIONED VJ WELCOME TO THE CHRISTIAN SCENCE READING ROOM Open to the public daiy Come in and browse through our supply of Bibles (several translations), Bible commentaries, and dictionaries, as well as Christian Science Literature. Our international daily newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, is also availiable. All items may be borrowed or purchased or read in our quiet study room. Weekly hours are 10-6 daily; evening 7-9 (except Wednesday and Saturday), and 1-4 on Sunday. Located at Erst Park Plaza 4 U u u u ' ' 1. 260 fa a Hoc:! mo!i Teste io&oeo Compcra OUR Ffes to or cl'ior for yot'r h valuo i: If fp mzw OAILY 02 GOUTC 3 1CSh I r i V Sjni Your Party Headquarters Largest Selection of IMPORT BEERS in Lincoln Over 200 CHILLED WINES Y7 Small Party or Large We Can Handle It sil laser lie ii own