School architecture; plans and suggestions for building one, two, three, and four-room schoolhouses Department of education, state of Georgia . he painting and the tinting of the walls. This sul>-ject is usually very much neglected. The glaring white walls,and deep blues, yellows and reds should be avoided. For roomswhere the lighting is not the l^est, a cream is desirable. In gen-eral the best color for the school room is green. The wainscot-ing and woodwork should be a deep olive, the walls up to thepicture moulding a sage green, and the ceiling a lighter stonegTcen or cream color. All in
School architecture; plans and suggestions for building one, two, three, and four-room schoolhouses Department of education, state of Georgia . he painting and the tinting of the walls. This sul>-ject is usually very much neglected. The glaring white walls,and deep blues, yellows and reds should be avoided. For roomswhere the lighting is not the l^est, a cream is desirable. In gen-eral the best color for the school room is green. The wainscot-ing and woodwork should be a deep olive, the walls up to thepicture moulding a sage green, and the ceiling a lighter stonegTcen or cream color. All inside coloring should be dullfinish. For the woodwork the gi-ecn stain and a wax finishis the cheapest as well as the best. An inferior grade of ]uni])ercan be used on the interior if well painted. All interior wt)od-work should be flat and plain, and all deep cut moulding avoid(^das far as ])racticable. These mouldings catch dust and aic dif-ficult to keep clean. A picture moulding should be put on thewalls of the room about 18 inches below the ceiling. A goodfinish can he gotten by wainscoting the spnee aionnil I lie room I inn lih/i If. fouB Doon v3GttooL COMPARE THE FOREGOING PLANS WITH THE SHABBY OLD SCHOOLHOUSE BELOWNOTE THE DREARY SHIFTLESSNESS IN THE VERY ATMOSPHERE OF SUCH A SCHOOL
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