HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1915 
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A novel treatment fitting for a room of this type—hollow tile walls and floor laid in wide bonding. 
also the foundation for plastered or paneled walls in hollow tile houses 
It shows 
to the furring strips in the usual man¬ 
ner. This should be done as a protec¬ 
tion from excess of dampness, which, 
in addition to being unhealthy and un¬ 
comfortable, is bound to work havoc 
with the wainscot. When walls are 
thus plastered “grounds” must be 
nailed horizontally to the furring strips. 
These “grounds” project through the 
plaster coat and afford a support to 
which the wainscot is fastened. To be 
properly spaced the design and meas¬ 
urements of the paneling ought to be 
known beforehand. The same general 
method of construction will apply to 
walls that are partly wainscoted and 
partly plastered. 
The pattern of the paneling will de¬ 
pend entirely upon personal taste and 
the guidance of architectural precedent 
and tradition. Each architectural mode 
of expression has its own peculiar and 
well recognized styles of paneling and 
its own strongly characteristic molding 
profiles and dimensions. A detailed dis¬ 
cussion of these, however, belongs to a 
specific architectural treatise and can 
only be alluded to in this place. It will 
be germane to the purpose, however, 
to observe that the panels, of whatever 
shape they be, are small, with numerous 
stiles and rails (the uprights and cross 
pieces) in Tudor and Stuart architec¬ 
ture, while in the Queen Anne and 
Georgian types the stiles and rails become fewer, though broader, 
and the panels far larger, the moldings, at the same time, fre¬ 
quently being bolder in profile, more prominent in projection 
and heavier. 
The woods in general use for wain¬ 
scot and paneling purposes are oak, 
chestnut, cypress, red gum, sweet gum, 
butternut, walnut, white pine and pop¬ 
lar. The cost of paneling per square 
foot will necessarily depend on the 
kind of wood used and the style of 
panel, which will involve various 
amounts of labor according to the par¬ 
ticular pattern adopted. An approxi¬ 
mate idea of cost may be gained, how¬ 
ever, from the prices of lumber. At 
the date of writing, March, 1915, these 
prices per square foot are: Plain white 
oak, 6 % cents; quartered white oak, 10 
cents ; chestnut, 4 to 5J4 cents ; cypress, 
3 to 5H cents; red gum, y / 2 cents; 
sweet gum, 5^ cents; butternut, 6 l / 2 
to 11 cents; American walnut, 14 cents; 
pine, 7 to 9 cents; poplar, /y / 2 to 6 
cents; mahogany, i6j4 cents. 
These prices are subject to varia¬ 
tions contingent upon locality and the 
fluctuations of supply and demand and 
are quoted mainly to show the present 
relative values of the different woods. 
It is important to state also that the 
prices quoted refer to i-inch stock, 
which can be worked down to give a finished panel of an inch 
thick. While much of the old paneling was considerably thinner, 
it must be borne in mind that it was much easier for the old 
joiners than for our modern carpenters to come by well-seasoned 
For kitchens, laundries and bathrooms glazed tile is the best treatment. . , 
avoid any roughness from cement joints. The cost is not necessarily prohibitive 
Have the tiles set close together 
