New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20
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@plcase tell us something about the general treat
uent OF walls in country house, writes Sub
scrdber.p l am building cottage which hope to
occupy next summer, and an rather at loss how to
anish the interior would like certain amount OF
variety and do not want to use Wallpapers"
There are any number OF ways OF treating the walls
nowadays that give variety and all beautiful in their
way The simplest and cheapest way OF finishing an
interior is to cell the walls with wood Georgia pne
for isbeautiful in grain and color, and takes
any stain with charming effect This win cost almost
exactly the as plaster and is very salts
factory in many ways not the least Of its merits being
the possibility of lacking anything upon 1t in any place
You choose. which, II you have decorative fancy,
affords endless pleasure. big, coolooking dining
room which Is finished in Georgia pine has been stained
in the following fashion and the effect is charming
To tie height OF four and half feet the wood has been
stained with thin solution OF Vandyke brown, through
which shows perfectly the beautiful grain Of the pine
A heavy fat moulding Of the same wood. stained in
like manner, finishes the wanscot The rest Of the
wall, consisting of the same ceiling has rather deep
tint Of raw SIENNA which gives almost an orange effect
but is s thin enough to show perfectly the grain Of
tie wood. The raftered roof of the room is coloed
with very thin solution Of Prussian blue which on
the wood gives exactly the green-blue effect in
deep water.
For your drawing room you might try the same cell
ing wsinscot, stained with whitehead paint. TO
make this dilute the white paint with turpentine until
II
effect is particularly good and would go extremely well
with rough plaster walls tinted light yellow or a
Hight Venetian pink. 1t Is just easy to have the
color mixed IN with the plaster before it put on the
walls it not only does not add 10 the expense, but
II prevents the Disagreement that comes from the
least scratch on painted plaster For the bedrooms,
rough tinted plaster Is best should you wish TO paper
aftcrward ii had better be put on smoot on account
Of the noise but then additional wainscot OF
wood is very desirable, on account OF the chipping
OF plaster and the stains the lower part OF the walls
are ant 10 get in the daily and tear of house
keepng For this reason, If for none other, wood is
erninoptly satsfactory-t so well. Should you
use II in your bedrooms you conclude to leave 1t
the natural color Of the wood IL must have coat OF
hard oil as preservative take the place OF stains
which should not be vanished. For mountain cot
tace very pretty interior effects be had by using
WI 1T they call "sabss as a hall ceiling. These are
e3t bv machinery from the logs themselves leaving
the bark on and cost less than the paned wood
nv the scashore you give a most i" individual
looks TO your rough plaster by inserting, while it is
wet shells pretty pebbles, dried sarfsh, and any
thing Of the kind that you have collected for the pu
nose. A strip Just above your wooden wainscOt,
fnshed with two rows Of wooden moulding and filled
an with curious seashore things would look extremely
we'll and would afford the children end Of amuse
mcpt They would all have TO be inserted at once
While the plaster Is fresh.