House and Garden 
Leading directly from the dining-room is the butler’s pantry. 
Here an exceedingly attractive effect has been obtained by the use 
of purely white tile set to the height of six feet, where no shelving 
or cabinet work occurs. The wall above is painted in oils in a dull 
yellow. The wood trim and doors of yellow pine are finished in 
the natural with a high gloss varnish and the floor of maple shows 
also a gloss finish. The sink of white enamel and the drain shelves 
beside it are exactly the right height, and opposite, set above three 
deep drawers, is a china closet with glass doors. 
The kitchen has also the yellow pine wood trim, including a 
wainscot of tongue and groove three inch boards, topped by a 
shelf extending about the room and wide enough to hold platters 
and jugs of blue and white. The wall above this yellow wainscot 
is painted in oils a clean light delft blue. The windows set high 
have deep sills, and the sink is of enamel. Cleverly con¬ 
trived corner closets and tables which may be dropped against the 
wall when not in use are a part of this convenient little kitchen. A 
small kitchen pantry has a window all its own set above the glass 
covered pastry board. One wall of this pantry is lined with 
enclosed shelves. A little porch, its latticed sides lined with wire 
netting, offers in summer days a cool and inviting retreat from 
the heat of the kitchen. On one side are set the laundry tubs. 
The lattice of this porch has been painted white, l he floor is 
painted a shade of light russet which is less apt to show foot 
marks than other colors. The woodwork other than the lattice 
has been painted green which makes an attractive framing for the 
white lattice Glazed sash carefully fitted and removable are pro¬ 
vided for this porch. These are put in place in the fall, so that it is 
as useful in the winter time as it is in summer, when the sash is 
stored away in the cellar. 
Opposite the dining-room and opening through a small hallway 
from the living-room are the two chambers. The rear room of 
northeastern exposure has opening from it an ideal bath-room. 
The woodwork of the chamber has been treated with an exquisite 
clover pink enamel, the wall tint being several shades lighter intone 
than the woodwork. The ceiling to picture rail is covered with a 
paper of delightful color and design. Against the ivory white back¬ 
ground great clusters of clover blossoms with gray green stems and 
leaves seem thrown by a careless hand. This makes a charmingly 
dainty little room which one involuntarily fits out in white enamel 
furniture and embroidered muslin curtains. 
The woodwork of the adjoining bath-room is treated with the 
white gloss enamel. A white tile wainscot extends to the height of 
seven feet. The wall above the tiling is painted the shade of gray 
green shown on the bedroom wall-paper. 
I he several plumbing fixtures in the bath-room are of the most 
approved sanitary type yet plain in finish and simple in design. 
The basin and slab are cast in a single piece and porcelain lined 
both inside and out and is supported on a pedestal of the same 
material. There being ample room a tub of Roman shape having 
a wide roll rim was used. 
The southeastern chamber has the woodwork treated with the 
ivory enamel of eggshel gloss. A silver blue tint has been cbosen 
for the wall, the upper third of which is covered by a paper, show¬ 
ing conventionalized blue blossoms against the white ground. 1 he 
floors in these bedrooms are of the maple, finished exactly as those 
in the living-room and dining-room. In the bath-room the maple 
floor has received a high gloss finish. 
The simplest of brass fixtures and hardware are used in these 
chambers and bath-room, though these, by their very plainness of 
design, are at once removed from the ordinary. The glass shades 
are clear and unornamented, of bell shape and spreading. Many 
people err greatly in the selection of the shades for their fixtures. 
Where the house is an inexpensive one, the less ornamentation that 
one obtains the better the effect. Also the quality of the goods 
purchased is sure to be much better than where any of the price is 
expended for the ornate. 
At even as early a date as planning the house on paper it is pos¬ 
sible to make selections and obtain estimates of the cost of many 
things which go to make up the beauty as well as the real comfort 
of the home. There are firms who furnish cuts made from photo¬ 
graphs, together with descriptions of variously priced bath-rooms, 
and when one is assured, as they may be, of obtaining absolutely 
sanitary arrangements within a given price, it is not difficult to come 
to a decision. Each fixture shown in the pictured room is priced 
in detail. This applies also to the selection and estimates of tiling. 
Size, color and quality may be determined, the measurement of 
your fireplace, bath-room and kitchen supplied, and one will know 
to a dollar what the work will cost. This is, of course satisfactory 
and helpful. 
( Copyright , 1907, by Margaret Greenleaf.) 
TINTING THE WALLS IN NEW HOUSES 
I cannot accept my architect’s suggestion that I leave my walls 
in white plaster until the house settles. This I am told will require 
at least a year. Kindly suggest something which can be done in 
the meantime. The plaster, of course, is smooth, as it is prepared 
to receive paper later. Is there anything I can put on which will 
not peel or rub off? Of course, oil paint would spoil the walls for 
papering later and would also he more expensive than I can afford. 
A. B. 
There are prepared tints on the market which can be used 
attractively on plain walls and while the effect is not so good as 
when the rough or sand finished plaster is used, it certainly makes 
much more attractive and livable rooms than with the white walls. 
Some of these tints are exceedingly pleasing in color. If you will 
write to some of the manufacturers, you can obtain color cards 
from them and can make your selections of shade. If you will 
send me a self-addressed envelope I will be glad to send you the 
addresses of some of these firms. 
HEAVY WALL COVERING 
It is my desire to cover the walls of my house with some fabric 
which is heavy enough to disguise the fact that they are badly 
cracked. What would you advise me to use? If I canvas the 
walls would they require to be painted in oil to obtain a good color ? 
X. L. 
It is not necessary to paint canvas for your walls. There are 
many fabrics which are now manufactured which give excellent 
service as wall covering and may be utilized in just such 
situations as you describe. There is a wall covering made which 
closely resembles linen crash, although it is much heavier and is 
thoroughly stiffened. It comes in good shades and shows just 
sufficient texture to give a pleasing effect. This may be retinted 
in water colors or oils at any time that it seems desirable. Burlap 
is now sold under various titles and also in various qualities. 
These may be obtained in the self color ready for tinting or a very 
large selection of colors may be secured. I am sending you the 
address of several of these manufacturers as you have enclosed 
me a self-addressed envelope. 
SELECTING APPROPRIATE LIGHTING FIXTURES 
I am about to purchase the fixtures for my new house and would 
like to ask your assistance in deciding upon the style to select. 
The ceilings in my rooms are not at all high, although the rooms 
themselves are of good size. There are no beams but much wood¬ 
work, wainscot, etc., in the rooms. The woodwork is all dark in 
color and in two rooms is stained green. Would you suggest 
polished brass fixtures with Colonial glass shades. 
Kansas City. 
I think you would make a mistake to use fixtures suggestive of 
the Colonial in your house, as from the slight description you give 
I am quite sure it is not at all on Colonial lines. The polished 
brass could be used if desired, or, better still, the burnished or dull 
brass, or wrought iron fixtures would harmonize with the style of 
the rooms and woodwork. There are many fixtures made after 
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