The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-14

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INTERIORS Should Have
Some Relation to the Gen
eral Effect Of Any House
Here Is Where Individual
Taste May Play Its Part

stripped, blind nailed and planed off,
50 that, having received several coats
OF paint Ill dark brown color, they
afford an excellent background for
rugs, etc. These painted floors, when
thus carefully finished, save much ex-
pense III the buying of carpets and
mating one has reached the
stage of furnishing. A neat bath
room has porcelain tub and the best
plumbing; here, and in the kitchen ad-
Joining the woodwork is painted A
light stone color, while the plaster i
uncolored. The kitchen has cup
board built in the wall for china, glass.
etc, as the house has no pass
closet. There is also a small porch
which IS screened with wire netting.
A Room Completely Furnished
For $3.50
The little room, which is the up
"talrs chamber of this house, was fur
nlshed for the amazingly small sum
OF fifteen dollars, and contains a pretty
wooden bed of white enamel, a chit
TONER with mirror, white rocking
char, straight chair, wash stand, cur
ta1ns and rug. Everything which the
room contains, with the exception Of
the mattress and bedding, is included
III the price given The items are as
follows: Bedstead, $355: chiffonier.
$685.; chair, $3.50; rocker, SAILS; mir
ror, $I.oo; curtains, so cents; rug,
$3.50; toilet set, $I.25. Total, $I5.}o
a daintier little chamber than this
one does not often see The three pic
turesque easement windows were cur
tanned with sheer white muslin costing
bedStead, which were originally oak.
had been rubbed down and painted
white to correspond with the enameled
chairs. A cushion of lowered calico
Ill the rocker matched the curtains
around the homemade wash stand.
For this article of furniture a packing
box did duty, and it served the pur-
pose well, for shelf had been fitted
III It and it was painted white inside;
the lowered print which curtained it
formed valance which completely
hid the box, and a splasher of white
muslin, shirred top and bottom on
draw-strings, was fastened against the
wall. The rug, which covered the
center Of the room, was of plain dark
red and was woven of rags
The Secret of Building
A Good House Cheaply
II II Is. 4 well-recognized fact among
contractors aud architects that the
one secret Of getting good house for
little money is to build it on the SQUARE
and compact lines, which place it all
under roof which has no Irregular
ties. That this may be done and yet
the boxey effect | have mentioned be
avoided the house III question proves.
ne root III this case covers not only
the house, but the porch, and enlarges
the upper story SO that small cham
Der here Is permissible As will be
seen i'll the sketch of plan given, the
bedroom OF the nrst floor has
clothes closet under the stairs. the
other half Of this space being utilized
as linen press in dining-room This
bedroom also has the advantage Of
opening into the bathroom The
woodwork i'll here and in the living
room Is simply and inexpensively fin
ished with black paint There is also
a quiet refinement displayed in the Sc
lection Of the electric light fixtures
throughout the house; chosen origi-
nally of copper because of its cheap
ness, they have been given the dead
black finish of wrought iron, while
the shades are Of ground glass. A
small furnace in the cellar heats the
house with single fire, as the pipes
and registers are SO arranged that this
may be accomplished As the front
porch IS seven feet in width, it serves
the purpose in summer time Of an ad-
ditional room