Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

rsed in his home, he shook his head, stat
ing that It was good enough to sell, but not
good enough for his home.
There are a great many things carried
In stock In building material lines which
could at no great expense be attractive as
to design, but which are not for some un-
known reason ever acceptable TO one hav-
ing any taste for proportion. Take for ex-
ample, the fireplace. There are a great
many creations for decorating this promi-
nent feature of the home carried in stock,
but few, II any, are so attractive as a
simple brick fireplace designed with no
idea of making it any more pretentious
than any other feature of It's kind a CEN
fury ago. Built-in sideboards of a style
carried in stock are among other impos-
sibillties that would ruin the appearance
of any home. Built-in sideboards should
be more practical than ornate and be
made as simple as possible. When 1t comes
to the finishing of the woodwork and
floors, the finish would vary according to
the wood being treated. Wax finish for
woodwork, while satisfactory when first
put on and meeting our modern ideas for a
duh finish is not very permanent. When
used on the floor 1t gives a very handsome
appearance, but should be frequently re-
newed. This is not difficult to do for the
floor presents a plain surface easily
treated. The other woodwork in the room
has mouldings and frequent crevioes and
therefore is not so easily refinished. The
most practical finish for interior finish is
a high-grade varhish, not less han three
coats being applied for a first-olass Job.
The first coat should be rubbed down to re-
duce any imperfeotions and the last coat
rubbed to obtain a dull finish. A painter
should be selected on his reputation with
little regard as to whether he is the
cheapest man or not, for IT is a very diff
ficult matter to remedy poor work of this
matter and no matter how we'll the rooms
are designed or how perfect the woodwork,
II 1t is poorly finished the appearance OF
the rooms will not be good. While 1t is
hard to make some women believe 1t, it Is
a fact that 1t is best to leave all finish
off of the kitchen and pantry floor when
the latter are maple. 1t can be easily
secured clean and white and will not look
patchy through having a little finish left
around the outside of the room where It Is
not worn much when the finish has been
entirely worn off by frequent scrubbing in
the center of the room.
An Soil floor is something that should
never be considered for any room I'm a
house, No matter how beautiful the grain
Is in a wood or how wen the flooring is
laid the floor will always present a sofled,
dark, dingy appearance becoming c%ontinu-
ally darker through dirt which It naturally
kcollects and holds.
Just a word about plastering. Lime
plastering is no longer used in first-class
work. While 1t is a little cheaper to use
than prepared hard plaster. 1t costs more
TO prepare and apply to the walls, so tina
by the time the job Is finished the expense
is about the same. Durability being In
favor of a hard plaster. Whether the finish
work Is to be sanded or left smooth for
papering should be entirely according e
owners preference. The kitchen walll
should be left smooth and painted.
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