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NO ONE knows who first thought
of gluing thin strips of wood to
canvas to make a flexible material
for special uses like roll-top desks.

But the beauty and utility of the
technique has made it a hallmark
of fine furniture for nearly 40
years.

Tambours, so named because
the first early canvases were stret-
ched on frames used to make
drums, are enjoying a current

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their many uses.

This year, thousands of do-it-
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Functional tambour applica-
tions, like movable, sliding doors
for cabinets, entertainment centres
or toy boxes, are among the most
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projects.

This year’s hottest kitchen pro-
ject is the appliance garage — a
storage compartmient for mixers,
blenders and other small ap-
pliances, recessed into a wall under
the upper cabinets.

Flexible tambour doors add
beauty and save counteriop space
in this popular kitchen addition.

Fixed applications, like
walicoverings and furniture (plant

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pedestal, desks or table bases), il-
lustrate the other popular do-it-
yourself uses of tambours.

Designers and do-it-yourselers
are encouraged by the wide variety
of decorative tambours available.

Between this selection and
home and garden magazine articles
on doing-it-yourself, tambours
provide an easy material to work
with.

The linear look which tambours

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add to a room, when used as a wall
treatment is an exciting way to in-
crease visual space. And the pro-
cedure is almost foolproof.

Just coat the wall or vertical
surface with a construction mastic,
and trowel it into a thin film.

The decorative tambour is then
temporarily affixed to the surface
with panel nails along the top and
lower edges in the centre of the
tambour's grooving.

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