The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . ways of exhibitingfurniture, rugs ami drapes by actuallybuilding a sniall cottage in tbiir storesand equipping it completely troni thekitchen to the living room. Vi>itors in this way oft-times get very valuable sug-gestions for their home. The modern oak floor is the result notonly of a long process of evolution, butalso distinct changes in the ideas of liv-ing. Oak floors are also responsible forthe re-arrangement of rooms in the mod-ern home, such as eliminating the par-lor, the location of the dining-room infront of the house
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . ways of exhibitingfurniture, rugs ami drapes by actuallybuilding a sniall cottage in tbiir storesand equipping it completely troni thekitchen to the living room. Vi>itors in this way oft-times get very valuable sug-gestions for their home. The modern oak floor is the result notonly of a long process of evolution, butalso distinct changes in the ideas of liv-ing. Oak floors are also responsible forthe re-arrangement of rooms in the mod-ern home, such as eliminating the par-lor, the location of the dining-room infront of the house, the breakfast room,the garage in the cellar, etc. One inno-vation leads to another, and women getthe blame, at least from the architectsand builders. (Jak floors today have ceased to be aluxury, due to (|uantity manufacture; infact they have become a necessity inevery home, from the mansion to thesmall modest cottage. Oak flooring ispeculiarly suitable for homes, as itscolor is a rich brojvn and blends per-fectly with all kinds of furniture There is many an old house today thatremains unrented because the old pinefloors look very shabby and the owners of these buildings wouldlay %-in. oak flooring over these un-sightly old floors it would undeniablymake a splendid investment. It wouldattract a better class of tenants orbuyers, and would increase the rentingor selling values. .A floor is the veryfirst thing that you observe when enter-ing a building, and about the last thingthat you see when going: in fact it isthe most important part of the interiorconstruction, .\stutc landlords will in-variably emphasize oak flooring in thedaily jjapers when they offer their housefor rent or for sale. This gives the im-pression that the house is modern, andthat all the other material used is of ahigh-class standard. COST OF C.\RPKTS VS. <).\K FUM)RIN(. The average home builder and eventhe contractors are very often misled inregard to prices on oak flooring.
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