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0*C {//'L Ia f t e r t h e h o u s e is f in is h e d 'p a i n t in g i n s id e a n d oun By CHARLES E. WHITE, Jr., M. A. I. A. OME house owners have good taste and others have not. S Some seem to have a natural talent in the selection of col ors; a sort of intuition of what is good and what is bad. s and to such people the selection of tints for inside and out fit* the house can be safely intrusted. I'nfortunately, many painters, while practical when it comes to mixing and applying pigment, have not a very good idea about Hnr schemes that harmonize best with any particular style of h'-ii-c. To them, paint is paint A combination of colors which l-v'ks well on some houses they -have seen appears to them correct hr any other house. Tke selection of colors is about -the final thing required of the Viii'C owner before the new house is completed. His architect an advantage over the owner in this regard because, usually, udntccts have a definite idea of color for the new house from the <Mrt. Even when working plans are being drawn most architects `h c a mental image of the completed building, a picture showing grounds all planted and the house painted throughout. Thus, Fig. 3. Frank Chouteau Brown, Architect. Green Blinds U Enliven a House of White Cement Plaster there are so many brands of paint on the market, of ever ceivable color for every imaginable purpose. Brand-paint stamped with the name of a reliable cone hand-mixed paint made from a white lead and lins< guaranteed pure by some well-known trade-mark, or th< of a reliable manufacturer of these ingredients, arc safe to ue. Paint is perhaps the most variable in qu; anything used in the new house. Even to experts, a looks very much alike and nothing short of a chemical : will' enable one to detect the difference ` be'tween ba< and good. For this reason the house owner should insi using goods that are plainly marked with the name and 1: the manufacturer. Undoubtedly, many brands made by Pig. i. Green Blind and White Paint in a New England House manufacturers are of good quality, but the safest way i well-known brands. rrre b a sort of cohesion of the retire scheme in the mind of the architect, which is not always wshrqnod hy the owner. The best paint for ext< is composed of pure w` and linseed oil or pure 7} and linseed oil, or a con In considering the color of both. Manufacturers `T-ntc for the exterior of a lead insist that their it the first thing the owner made by the old, reliabl remember is that paint is --is the only thing to us r-r two purposes,--to preserve facturers of zinc paii **v|wnrk by rendering it water- equally strong statenv and to give the house a the house owner need r jkasing appearance. If neither his head about the co / thoc reasons apply to one's of his paint provided ?r Mem--in other words, if the it from a reliable dea' ^trials of the house need no Here again the safes- A' tection (as is the case with ` rv\ or cement houses), or if rely upon the skill of manufacturer who w :V materials need no color to rfm-vc their appearance, there * tt need of paint. . But most put the proper ingrec the paint which lwhether they be lead c &mrs need paint of some na- ti*e-cither oil paint, cement, ftr't nr stain. They need it for :*rc-tion as well as for apjnrancc sake and that j b why Fig. 2. Tan-Colored Trimmings Look Well with Plaster on This Chicago House. Tallmadgc & Watson, Architects where hand-mixed pa ferred, the lead and goes to make up the known reliability. White was one o: rER THE HOUSE IS FINISHED: INTING INSIDE AND OUT By CHARLES E. WHITE, Jr., M. A. I. A. fouse owners have good taste and others have not. seem to have a natural talent in the selection of col. sort of intuition of what is good and what is bad. t such people the selection of tints for inside and outse can be safely intrusted. tely, many painters, while practical when it comes d applying pigment, have not a very good idea about !S that harmonize best with any particular style of hem, paint is paint. A combination of colors which : some houses they have seen appears to them correct r house. ion of colors is about -the final thing required of the before the new house is completed. His architect itage over the owner in this regard because, usually, re a definite idea of color for the new house from the when working plans are being drawn most architects i! image of the completed building, a picture showing all planted and the house painted throughout. Thus. Fig. 3. Frank Chouteau Brown, Architect. Green Blinds Used to Enliven a House of White Cement Plaster there are so many brands of paint on the market, of every con ceivable color for every imaginable purpose. ii md-piml *`i*uiirn<i with thi v iii * 1 1 tellable -concern hand mi tu p it nt 11 uU Horn u vhi U 11 .id liu i< l oil Paint is perhaps the most anything ;used in the new housed Even to experts, all paint: looks very much alike and nothing short of a chemical analysis will' enable one to detect the difference between bad ' paint and good. For this reason the house owner should insist upon . using goods that are plainly marked with the name and brand of the manufacturer. Undoubtedly, many brands made by obscure een Blind and White Paint in a New England House manufacturers are of good quality, but the safest way is to use well-known brands. ' rt of cohesion of the The lx '.t paint f n c c in the mind of the htch is not always is composed of'pufe.-v 1.1" ini'-ml 1 ll 01 juiri 7111 ihi>. iy the owner, lcring the color of-both/ Manufacturers of white the exterior of a lead insist that their material-- rst thing the owner made by mber is that paint is --isThe8 only thing to-use. Manu rposes,--to preserve y rendering it water- facturers of zinc paints make equally strong statements, and to give the house a the house owner need not bother >earance. If neither his head about the composition isons apply to one's other words, if the of his paint provided he selec'ts it from a reliable dealer. 1 f the house need no 'as is the case with Here again the safest way is to rely upon the skill of the honest ment houses), or if manufacturer who will either Is need no color to put the proper ingredients into dr appearance, there the paint which he makes of paint. But most whether they be lead or zinc; or, l paint of some na- where hand-mixed paintis pre oil paint, cement, ferred, th,e: lead and oil 'which', in. They need it for as well as for ap- Fig. 2, Tan-Colored Trimmings Look Well with Plaster on This ike and that is why Chicago House. Tallmadge & Watson, Architects ,,tmke up tin pmil liiiSr "i^iahilflyT" . " V White was one of the first 141 142 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL paint is used, white wears longer than other color. Houses entirely white, with trimming no other color are usually ghastly in pearance. For this reason, to get tineffect green blinds or trellises should used to relieve the monotony of the \tl Old-time New Englanders knew this and they always used, green blinds who blinds were needed for shade or not, a illustrated in the Concord (Massachusci house shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. House at Hinsdale, 111. Brown Stain Used in Connection with Grey Plaster Is Usually Pleasing When it comes to a plaster house, uu the plaster is quite dark, white is in good a color to employ as others. IVi does not give so good a contrast as li tan or some other "warm" color usually qulred to relieve the cold tone of pla. (see Fig. 2, light tan trimmings on ordiu plaster). White can be used with y effect, however, even on a house oi plaster if green blinds are used to warm the color scheme (Fig. 3). An excellent color for English timi work houses is brown. Timbers usd colors to .be used on bouses (if white can be called a color). White is probably the most durable of all paints as'the lead or : these old houses iu England were usually uncolored--hut of wind and weather have given them a beautiful nut-bn tint that can be quite satisfactorily approximated in inl houses by using stain (Fig. 4). When stain is used, hi ever, woodwork will take the tint much prettier and tn permanently if rough-sawed timber is used (not planed smoui An excellent example of this is shown in Fig. 5, a Chicago lie where rough-sawed trimmings stained golden brown are part larly effective. Combinations of shingle stain and plaster arc most always attractive. Plaster in itself is somewhat "rustic' appearance and stain seems to have just the informal look 1 plaster needs. Brick is also frequently employed successf with stained shingles and plaster (Fig. 6), brown brick appeal unusually well with brown shingle stains. Care should aln-.tr. taken to use but few colors in the color scheme otherwise effect will be bewildering' when it ought to be quiet and resell: Fig. 5. Rough-Sawed Lumber--Stained Golden-Brown, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect Grey stain is excellent for shingled houses especially there is plenty of shrubbery to lend color to the composition ( 7). White trimmings look well with grey stain, for the latter.grows dark making a pleasing contrast with white. _ As a m< zigc^oLi^ikbpl^is composed has. greater wearing qualities than otB^pSsf' White, of course, grows slightly yellow with age and it becomes discolored, but as a general thing when good t"- . '] of fact, grey harmonizes with all colors since grey is a "neut tint. For this reason it is safe to use in any color scheme. So many beautiful shades of green come in every brain shingle stain it is possible to get beautiful green effects. ( nary red brick looks well with green stain--or for that ilia Fig. 6. Grey Cement, Weathered Shingles and Red Brick in a Concord, Mass., House Fig. 7. Shingle Work Harmonizing Perfectly with Surround Swampscott, Mass. 142 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL paint is used, white wetyrs longer than w other color. Houses entirely white, with trimming, ,4 no other color are usually ghastly in 4. pearance. For this reason, to get the his effect green blinds or trellises should 4 used to relieve the monotony of the win. Old-time New Englanders knew tlii, hr and they always used.green blinds wlieii*blinds were needed for shade or not, a, * illustrated in the Concord (Massacliuscii: house shown in Fig. I. When it comes to a plaster house, uniu the plaster is quite dark, white is not , good a color to employ as others. U'kt does not give so good a contrast as lie;-: tan or some other "warm" color usually it- quired to relieve the cold tone of |ila,u: (see Fig. 2, light tan trimmings on ordiinn plaster). White can be used with giwj effect, however, even on a house of nte plaster if green blinds are used to warm Fig. 4. House at Hinsdale, 111. Brown Stain Used in Connection with Grey Plaster Is Usually the color scheme (Fig. 3). Pleasing An excellent color for English tintU:- work houses is brown. Timbers used colors to be used on houses (if white can be called a color). these old houses in England were usually uncolored--but yen- White is probably the most durable of all paints as the lead or of wind and weather have given them a beautiful mit-ljrmi;. tint that can be quite satisfactorily approximated in modem houses by using stain (Fig. 4). When stain is used, 1k - ever, woodwork will take the tint much prettier and mere permanently if rough-sawed timber is used (not planed sm:x>i!i An excellent example of this is shown in Fig. 5, a Chicago lioiw where rough-sawed trimmings stained golden brown are parties larly effective. Combinations of shingle stain and plaster arc a., most always attractive. Plaster in itself is somewhat "rustic'' in appearance and stain seems to have just the informal look that plaster needs. Brick is also frequently employed successfully with stained shingles and plaster ( Fig. 6), brown brick appear;;;; unusually well with brown shingle stains. Care should always U taken to use but few colors in the color scheme otherwise the effect will be bewildering when it ought to be quiet and resttui. Fig. 5. Hough-Sawed Lumber--Stained Golden-Brown. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect Grey stain is excellent for shingled houses especially wlw there is plenty of shrubbery to lead color to the composition (Fig 7). White trimmings look well with grey stain, for the latter sues grows dark making a pleasing contrast with white. _ As a matter zinc of which it is composed has greater wearing qualities than other pigments. White, of course, grows slightly yellow with age and it becomes discolored, but as a general thing when good of fact, grey harmonizes with all colors since grey is a "neutral", tint. For this reason it is safe to use in any color scheme. So many beautiful shades of green come in every brand of shingle stain it is possible to get beautiful green effects. Ordi nary red brick looks well with green stain--or for that trailer. Fig. 6, Grey Cement, Weathered Shingles and Red Brick in a Concord, Mass., House THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 143 ick also (Fig. 8). Trimmings of te give a crisp, clean look to suck : stains, like paint, should he rom reliable dealers, using only vn brands. It is rarely advisable >ainter mix shingle stain, himself, 'nary color and oil, for manufac- agle stain is vastly superior as to durability. Many manufactured itain creosote--others contain oil. c plenty of excellent brands of Is. it comes to inside paint, white nes to the front as excellent for d use. There is nothing which fresh, and white paint has the iculty of harmonizing with most Most shades of wall paper or tint with white paint, enamel is the best to use because able. Applied in five or six coats, amel gives a wearing surface al- firm as ivory. "White enamel" mean that the paint is necessarily in appearance, for the last coat Fig. 8. House at Topsfield, Mass. Presenting Excellent Combination of Colors--Green Shin "egg shell," which is really dull gles, Red Brick and Ivory-White Trimmings ,*sc only a reliable brand of enamel enamel made from best white lead. The hall Ulus- In bedrooms, mahogany or birch-mahogany trim and doors can Fig. 9 shows the charm of white enamel when used in be used with mahogany furniture and brass beds or white enamel a with mahogany doors and stair rail, paint can be employed. Both' methods are equally satisfactory, st kind of mahogany stain to use on interior trim is what and both equally durable. as "dark" mahogany stain. This is about the color of Stained-woodwork, whether oak. birch, southern pine or ma- mahogany furniture, and it is a good color to wear. Ma tain can be applied to mahogany or to birch. The lattei appear precisely like real mahogany hut it looks very well, m be stained prettily in a hundred different tones, from .tique" oak to light "fumed" oak. The tendency, how- o treat oak in very light tones, as it has been found that : makes rooms more cheery than dark oak. In many oth living-room and dining-room are finished in oak, as he hall. For an oak dining-room, oak furniture is best, c--preferably finished to match the woodwork of the in Fig. 10. Fig. 9. Hall in White Enamel Fig. zo. Dining-Room in Light-Finished Oak in a Western House. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect hoganv, is usually protected after staining, by varnish, shellac or wax. A durable finish for any stained woodwork is undoubtedly varnish, which covers the wood with a transparent skin very tough and elastic. Any reliable brand is the right kind to use; look out for inferior varnishes made of poor gums, improperly mixed and sold at low prices. Floors require special floor varnish, manu factured to give the greatest possible wear. Reliable brands of wax are also excellent for floors and trim. Varnish is not necessarily "shinev" for there are many good brands of dull varnish which give that dull, satin-like effect so pretty inside the house. Don't try to have the outside of the house dull finish, however. No part of house building is more interesting than painting, and no part of the work will come out more satisfactorily when colors are selected with intelligence, and good materials are used. ' B E A Uf IF U h brown brick also (Fig. 8). Trimmings of ivory white give a crisp, clean look to such designs. Shingle stains, like paint, should be bought from reliable dealers, using only well known brands. It is rarely advisable to let a painter mix shingle stain, himself, with ordinary color and oil, for manufac tured shingle stain is vastly superior as to color and durability. Many manufactured stains contain creosote--others contain oil. There are plenty of excellent brands of both kinds. When it comes to inside paint, white again comes to the front as excellent for all 'round use. There is nothing which looks so' fresh, and white paint has th* happy faculty of harmonizing with mo colofs. Most shades of wall paper or tii look well with white paint. is-^the-'besrto* use became' * rioljJlRtfable. Applied in five or six coat white enamel gives a wearing surface al most as firm as ivory. "White enamel" docs not mean that the paint is necessarily "shincy" in appearance, for the last coat my be "egg shell," which is really dull Fig. $. House at Topsfield, Mass. Presenting Excellent Combination of Colors--Green Shin gles, Red Brick and Ivory-White Trimmings paint''or^emn^T^^^^rromoest^ute` lead/ The hall illus trated in Fig. 9 shows the charm of white enamel when used in | connection with mahogany doors and stair rail. ^ The best kind of mahogany stain to use on interior trim is what b known as "dark" mahogany stain. This is about the color of the finest mahogany furniture, and it is a good color to wear. Ma hogany stain can be applied to mahogany or to birch. The lattet tines not appear precisely like real mahogany*but it looks very well. Oak can be stained prettily in a hundred different tones, from 6rk "antique" oak to light '`fumed" oak. The tendency, how ever, is to treat oak in very light tones, as it has been found that i:ght oak makes rooms more cheery than dark oak. In many Anises both living-room and dining-room are finished in oak, as *dl as the hall. For an oak dining-room, oak furniture is best, ri course--preferably finished to match the woodwork of the r-otn. as in Fig. 10. in bedrooms, mahogany or brrehrmahoganyv,trim and doors cat y. be used with mahogany furniture and brass beds or white enarhe paint can be "employed. Both methods arc equally satisfactory and both equally durable. Stained-woodwork, whether oak, birch, southern pine or ma Fig. g. Hall in White Enamel Fig. iq , Dintng-Room in Light-Finished Oak in a Western House. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect hogany, is usually protected after staining, by varnish, shellac or wax. A durable finish for any stained woodwork is undoubtedly varnish, which covers the wood with a transparent-skin very tough and elastic. Any reliable brand is the right kind to use; look out for inferior varnishes made of poor gums, improperly mixed and sold at low prices. Floors require special floor varnish, manu factured to give the greatest possible wear. Reliable brands of wax are also excellent for floors and trim. Varnish is not necessarily "shiney" for there are many good brands of dull varnish which give that dull, satin-like effect so pretty inside the house. Don't try to have the outside of the house dull finish, however. No part of house building is more interesting than painting, and no part of the work will come out more satisfactorily when colors are selected with intelligence, and good materials are used. / colors are selected with intelligence, and good materials are used. In Fig. 11 and Fig. 12, two interesting interior schemes are shown. Manufacturers of paint are always glad to see that the goods specified arc actually used !>y the painter. \V1: consult the nearest dealer' who will tell you if your purchased the .brand you want. COLLECTING ANTIQUITIES SAYING DIMES TTW TITH a love for the antique and not the necessary means, my husband By C. Y. H. * \ decided to save his dimes; giving them to me, five dollars at a time, My first piece of furniture (shown in one which I deposited in the bank. Until the picture) was an old rosewood' melodeon scheme is tried one does not realize how which I had made into a desk, not only a quickly the money accumulates. If you plan handsome piece of furniture but very use ful. My husband de signed and drew the plans of the interior in accordance with my ideas and the work was done by a cabinet maker. The part against the wall is the original cover, which closes over the entire desk. The chair is semi antique, bought cheap and done over at home. It had orig inally a dark stain, then Several coats of white paint; over that A Rosewood Spinet Case Made Into a Desk it had been gilded, so the scraping was a to save five dollars at a time it is difficult, tedious task, but it came out well. but with this method the dimes seem hardly The book-cases shown in the corner and to be missed. duplicated on the other side of the fireplace My first purchase was a good Oriental were home-made, built of common pine and rug, the pride of my heart, as I had used stained black to harmonize with the mantel. shabby rugs rather than have something I The wire hanging basket in the window did not want. Then when I saw a good was purchased for a dime, in which I placed piece of antique furniture at a reasonable z. piece of Indian pottery for the plant. I price, I purchased it. Sometimes my bank only mention these two things as they are account would get low and I would have to in the picture, and show how things can be wait for more dimes. made effective without much expense. The next picture shows an ok bureau, bought of an antique c table, which tips and revolves, wa very cheap at an auction sale ar ing scraped at home was sent t< An old haircloth sofa has bei repaired and will give good : years. The old blue and white o I like to think was made by soi: lady, I bought for a few dimes i .hand store. A dressing table, stool and la with other pieces of furnitui secured in a similar way--also glass purchased for a mere song sales. They are a great pleasi household and the money was 1 I have been offered good prices i the furniture and feel that it 1 good investment. An Old Mahogany Burca 144 Fig. xx. Light Brown Oak, Orange Yellow Frieze and Cream Ceiling colors are selected with intelligence, and good materials are used. In Mg. ii anil Fig. 12, two interesting interior schemes are shown. Manufacturers of paint are always glad to see that the Fig. 12. A White Dining-Room with Mahogany Furniture goods specified are actually used by the painter. When in <hm: consult the iiearest dealer, who will tell you if your painter li,.purcha.sed the brand you want. COLLECTING ANTIQUITIES BY SAYING DIMES ITH a love for the antique and not the necessary means, my husband By C. Y. H. decided to save his dimes; giving them to me, five dollars at a time, My first piece of furniture (Shown in one which I deposited in the bank. Until the picture) was an old rosewood' melodeon scheme is tried one does not realize how which I had made into a desk, not only a quickly the money accumulates. If you plan handsome piece of furniture but very use ful. My husband de signed and drew the plans of the interior in accordance with my ideas and the work was done by a cabinet maker. The part against the wall is the original cover, which closes over the entire desk. The chair is semi- antique, bought cheap and done over at home. It had orig inally a dark stain, then several coats of white paint; over that A Rosewood Spinet Case Made Into a Desk it had been gilded, so the scraping was a to save five dollars at a time it is difficult, tedious task, but it came out well. but with this method the dimes seem hardly The book-cases shown in the corner and to be missed. duplicated on the other side of the fireplace My first purchase was a good Oriental were home-made, built of common pine and rug, the pride of my heart, as I had used stained black to harmonize with the mantel. shabby rugs rather than have something I The wire hanging basket in the window did not want. Then when I saw a good was purchased for a dime, in which I placed piece of antique furniture at a reasonable c. piece of Indian pottery for the plant. I price, I purchased it. Sometimes my bank only mention these two things as they are account would get low and I would have to in the picture, and show how things can be wait for more dimes. made effective without much expense. The next picture shows an old mahogan; bureau, bought of an antique dealer! 'flit table, which tips and revolves, was purchased i very cheap at an auction sale aiid after be- ; ing scraped at home was sent to a finisher. ! An old haircloth sofa has been carefull. ; repaired and will give good service lor years. The old blue and white cover, which | I like to think was made by some dear old j lady, I bought for a few dimes in a second- .hand store. 'j A dressing table, stool and large mirror, with other pieces of furniture, I have secured in a similar way--also china and; glass purchased for a mere song at auction,; sales. They are a great pleasure to our > household and the money was not missed., I have been offered good prices for some oi. the furniture and feel that it has been a" good investment. f 144