. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . gshould be used with this paper, and the woodwork treated with ahigh-gloss enamel which is impervious to heat and moisture and,therefore, suitable for such rooms in the house. Many attractive stencil designs can be obtained which areparticularly suitable for the bathroom — a water-lily design placedjust above the Keene cement or tile wainscoting produces a most [38] SIDE WALLS AND CEILINGS pleasing effect. These stencils should be applied with durablestencil co
. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . gshould be used with this paper, and the woodwork treated with ahigh-gloss enamel which is impervious to heat and moisture and,therefore, suitable for such rooms in the house. Many attractive stencil designs can be obtained which areparticularly suitable for the bathroom — a water-lily design placedjust above the Keene cement or tile wainscoting produces a most [38] SIDE WALLS AND CEILINGS pleasing effect. These stencils should be applied with durablestencil colors over a sanitary painted wall. The subject of sanitarywalls and ceilings is dwelt upon in detail in Chapter XVII. Stillmore exacting conditions governing wall and ceiling finishes arefound in the kitchen where steam and other fumes are to be con-tended with. This is a subject for the paint chemist, who hasdevoted years of study to it. The only safeguard lies in choosingmaterials of the most reliable manufacturer. With the many excel-lent stains and the special stain reducers, these harmonious effectscan be easily [39] CHAPTER VI FABRICS THE fabrics for curtains and upholstery required to give thefinal touch of livableness to the home are so varied in kind,quality, and price that it will be necessary to speak of theseindividually as suited to distinctive types of rooms. For the hall, living-room, and dining-room, in the small houseor cottage, simple, inexpensive fabrics should be selected. If thehouse is built along Bungalow or Craftsman lines, if the wood trimand walls are severely plain, over-draperies at the windows mayshow a figure. These may be of printed cotton, English chintz,taffeta or dimity, domestic or French cretonne, East India cotton,and Chinese or Japanese cottons and crepes. The material chosenfor the over-draperies should appear again in couch or chair the couch requires a cover, a plain material, such as Brunswick
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