San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-06

carvings are practically turned out by
the wholesale without regard to its par
ticular use or location, and they fire.
quently clash with themselves and sur
roundings. There should be plain cas-
ings and door panels, and no elaborate
base boards if the best effects are to be
obtained; in particular, one should
guard against ornate mantels and the
'built in corner" cabinets glittering
with glass or mirrors. Plain walls give
the best background for pictures, and
artificial ailments virtually kill ones
furniture, no matter how handsome it
may be. The passing of the style of
ornamental plaster work is q matter
for congratulation. A simple center
piece for the chandelier in a large room
is permissible, if it is unobtrusive, but
even this is not necessary. There is no
longer any need for plaster cornices.
These gather dust and dirt, and conse-
quently become unhealthy as well as
ugly. The modern method of paper
hanging covers the break between cell
ing and side walls, and furnishes an
artistic substitute for the old-time cor
nices.
There is less need for the warnings
aginst over-ornamentation at this time,
inasmuch as popular taste is steadily
moving in the direction of rich and
simple effects. Every year brings a
notable improvement in architectural
style.
We illustrate an attractive residence
and describe it's principal features as
follows:
General dimensions: Width, through
sitting-room and dining-room, 81 feet
6 inches; depth, including veranda, 50
feet.
Height of stories: Cellar, 7 feet
inches; first story, feet inches; sec
ond story, Q feet; attic, feet.
Exterior materials: Foundation
stone; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables and roof, shingles.
Interior finish: Hard, white plaster;
plaster cornices and centers in parlor
dining and sitting-rooms. Double floor
in first story with paper between fin
ished floor, soft wood. Trim in hall
and vestibule, quartered oak. Main
staircase oak. Panel backs under win
dows in parlor, dining-room and sit
ting-room. Picture molding in principal
rooms and hall of first story. Chair
rail in dining-room. Bath room and
kitchen wainscoted. Interior wood
work stained to suit owner and finished
in hard oil.
Colors: Clapbosrds seal-brown.
Trim, including water table, corner
boards, cornices, casing, bands, veranda
posts and rails, outside blinds, rain con
ductors, etc, chocolate. Outside door:
finished with hard oil. Sashes Pompeii
an red. Veranda floor and ceiling ant
all briclIwork oiled. Wall single;
dipped in and brush-coated with ligh
sienna stain. Roof shingles dipped il
and brush-coated dark-red stain.
Accommodations The principa
rooms and their sizes, closets, etc, are
shown by the floor plans. Cellar under
the whole house, with inside and out
side entrance and concrete floor. One
room finished in attic; space for two
more. Attractive main staircase. Slid
ing doors connect hall and parlor, din
ing-room and sitting-room. Attractive
circular bay in second story.
Cost: Three thousand four hundred
dollars, not including mantels, range OF
heater. The estimate is based on city
prices for materials and labor. In many
sections of the country the cost should