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Show Woodwork in Home Now Painted in Light Color The increasing attention which is being given to interior decoration has come with a fuller appreciation of the value of attractive surroundings. Cheerful Interiors are the rule for modern homes with their light backgrounds back-grounds and gay decorations. The most artistic effects are achieved through attractively combined settings and furnishings. Each detail is necessary nec-essary to a perfect whole. No one of these makes a more important contribution contri-bution than woodwork. The day of cheap Imitations is happily hap-pily past. At one time it was not unusual un-usual to attempt to make birch look like mahogany or gum like walnut. But this practice has been replaced with an effort to eucliance natural beauty. Thus a natural or a stain finish is now given to gumwood, redwood, red-wood, cedar, mahogany, walnut oak, cherry, rosewood, or chestnut. In some cases, however, when the wood hoo nnt hepn cnrpfullv selected for grain, figure and color, one will be left with no choice, as only paint or enamel ran cover up these defects. J ny type of wood mpy be painted or enameled, but of course there is no object in selecting the rarer and more expensive kinds for this purpose. Tine, spruce, Cottonwood, cypress and redwood are commonly used where such a finish is desired. If you are fortunate enough to have a hardwood trim several Interesting effects may be had a weathered or ; silvered finish, for Instance, Is quite , easy to produce. The wood should be coated with a light brown stain that has been ! grayed slightly by the addition of a black stain, and when quite dry. treat. ; pd with a coat of paste tiiler which j has had either white or aluminum ' paint added to It in generous qtian- tily. When this has been allowed to j sot f"i" haif :.n hour or so the wood ( sh'ir.id be wiped across t lie grain, i After hours the surface may be I ,',1-nislieil or w axed or rubbed. Or a ; quite (iirtVr.tn and very artistic ef-' ef-' feet may be had by the use of stain i ,md i-cmrrasibig n!or in the fiiler over i' haniw, ..!. )'!. se finishes :ire espe-; espe-; ci:i!!y attentive for !in!ns rooms, i Taint. -ci woodwork is faininc in-i in-i i-rvw-nvj. popularity with the growinc i i1,.ma:u! for cheerful and colorful in-i in-i terioi-s, ml mnny r nmMnation J new i..T.i."l which were fo-rr.erty J hob! ellite rlieonverttional. .lade ureen j woodwork with light Lnff wniR I'-irnt ' or:.r.-e with h'ue cr-ty. '! : : 1 i : with ITen. h blue. n;::l 4' e i:k". ! Stirpled ! t,:s!:es. too. off.T :!) (tiiT.C- , (vi v:.r'.i.t !!. i i A iMn z'.::7C coat of cor,: Uiz ! j r.r Is api'Hed f-r t!i. ti-rw v.iM fror.tfl :.: are pn::rr!y :. .:.!, i-i ! W;h n !.-.:-. ' '': : ! t...f y nii'i oiire a. w.i;i; with orange, Venetian red with mahogany, ma-hogany, golden oak with very dark blue, or silver with blue-black, are artistic ar-tistic combinations for this purpose. Due to the extreme thinness of the color glaze the durability of these finishes fin-ishes will be greatly increased if a coat of varnish is applied. In fact, varnish is very desirable to preserve woodwork painted in any manner. In planning your interior let the woodwork be distinctive, but not obtrusive. ob-trusive. It should be as a frame for a picture, conservative enough to be secondary to the object which it frames, yet handsome enough to enhance en-hance the whole. |