Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-04-01
FINE COTTAGE IS
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Ideal Summer Home for
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Ringing at State
Park.


Henry Ringing ats Devils Lake State
park has been completed and is ready
for the family when the time comes to
return from the southland. They are
expected in Baraboo early in April.
There are two entrances to the cottage,
one from a large porch at the north end
of the building and the other from the
rear. By the front door the living
room is entered, this room being the
full width of the building with red
birch fireplace between book cases at
the east end of the room. The ceiling
in the main room is beamed, there
being twelve panels. The color of the
ceiling is a soft rich cream with a
touch of light sage inside the style
which is ,set off with a three-eights
inch line. The wall color is of a deep
rich tan in Tiffany work, mottled over
to produce leather effect.
The dining room ceiling is also beam
ed, has nine panels, each panel
blended from the outer edge to the CEN
ter in oval effect. The color is the
same as the living room. This room
has a plate shelf with panels below.
The color above the, plate rail has the
same leather effect as the living room
while the wall below the rail has rich
Spanish leather effect of a darker
shade, seven colors being used to pro-
duce the desired result. There is a
large buffet built in the south end of
this room, the full width of the room.
The wood work in both the living and
dining rooms is stained golden oak.
The kitchen is light tan above the
chair rail and darker shade below, the
pantry and wardrobe being of the same
color.
There is hallway leading from the
living room to the upper hall. which can
also be entered from the kitchen. The
color is in harmony with the rooms on
the second floor as well as the living
room and dining room on the first floor.
The two rooms for Mr.. and Mrs.
Ringling are decorated in French Grey
with cream ceilings to harmonic. Each
room has large wardrobe with large
mirror in the door The guest room is
decorated in Tiffany work, the walls
being notified over to produce green
ish leather effect, the ceilings harmon
izing.
The bedroom over the kitchen is a
very soft blue with almost white
ceiling.
The bathroom in a pure white, the
upper wall and ceiling being fiat. The
tiling is of glass enamel, while the wood
work is of dull rubbed finish.
The woodwork up stairs and in the
kitchen is natural finish, all the wood
work being finished with varbish and
rubbed with pumice stone and oil.
The floors all over the house are of
birch, being finished with varnish and
rubbed with pumice stone and oil.
The decorating of the walls and fin
ishing of the woodwork was by G. L..
Kleckner of Baraboo.
There are plenty of windows to ad-
nit an abundance of light.
There is cellar under the whole, the
floor being of cement. The heating is
done with Gilt Edge furnace.
The outside of the building is OK
blood. trimmed with white. The garage
ia of the same color and large enough
for two cars. The building will hold
three by crowding.
The place is located at the center OF
the south shore of the lake and from
the front porch all parts OF
the lake and surrounding bluffs may be
seen. The improvement is valued
one at the lake and enchances the sur
rounding properties.