. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . Plate XV. The Architect Will Usually Suggestthe Appropriate Design TOUR HOME AND ITS DECORATION. be of fine wood showing the natural grain, or it may be of inex-pensive wood carefully painted. Should the hall into which the door opens be finished in naturalwood, as is often the case, the inside of the door may show the samewood, either solid or veneered, at the same time showing on theoutside a painted surface, or a natural finish of entirely differentwood from
. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . Plate XV. The Architect Will Usually Suggestthe Appropriate Design TOUR HOME AND ITS DECORATION. be of fine wood showing the natural grain, or it may be of inex-pensive wood carefully painted. Should the hall into which the door opens be finished in naturalwood, as is often the case, the inside of the door may show the samewood, either solid or veneered, at the same time showing on theoutside a painted surface, or a natural finish of entirely differentwood from the interior. A common fault with front doors, and one which detracts largelyfrom the finished effect, is a lack of suflRcient thickness. Underno circumstances should the thick-ness be less than two inches, andfrom that up to four inches, fromtwo and one-half to three inchesbeing in most instances satisfac-tory. As the exterior of the dooris subjected to all of the changingweather conditions, while theinside is mostly of a stronglycontrasting temperature (at leastduring the winter season), it isimportant that it be substantiallybuilt. A core built up of narrow stripsof well-sawed wood, with alternat-ing direction of grain,
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