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Show PAINTINS AND PAPER5NG WITH TIME AND PATIENCE THE FARM HOUSE MA?,., j , lj BE "MADE OVER" BY THE HOiyiE FOLKS,., ..i.r, j ii AND AT MODERATE COST. . M4"k, 1 41 By B. Ii. Putnam, - - w; 6" A professional palntor says that there is on better way to clean houso than to paint; and no ono will deny that this is tho quickest way to brighten bright-en woodwork. If ovcryonc realized how simplo the form in which modern paints arc sold has rendered the process", tho method would bo moro prevalent. Any handy woman who has time will find it a very simplo matter to renovate her own kitchen or dining-room, dining-room, at a email part o'f the cost necessary nec-essary if a professional web employed. Study the color cards of some well known paint firm and select harmonizing harmon-izing tints, remombcrlug that if the room 13 a little dark lighter colors should be chosen. Follow directions carefully, and do not try to cover too fast by having the paint thick. Better three thin coats than two so thick that they wrinklo in drying. Avoid putting on a second coat until tho first is firmly set A3 ordinarily prparcd, it will bo sufficiently dry in a living room in twcnty-frur hours. Keep your brushes in water when not In uso. to prcsorve a soft, pliable condition. A convenient dovlco to keep the brush in water and yot avoid wetting the top par, which tends1 to loosen the bri3tlcs. Is to tako an empty paint pall and drive two nails in it closo together for each brush. The handles can readily be slipped between be-tween these nails, when not In use, i and thus hang at just the right length in tho water. If your kitchen Is plastered and you wish to paint It, slzo first with a thin coat of paste. If this Is not mado vory thin It will scale off as It dries. A kitchon painted threo coats can bo easily washed and kept clean, and If painted in a tint harmonizing with the woodwork, prcfcralJy of a lighter shade, it is pleasing In appearance. This Is much better than a cheap paper pa-per so ofton used. If the plaster has been whitewashed, wash off with vinegar to kill tho lime before applying tho sizing. Tho bugbear to tho amateur, when thinking of hanging paper, is the coiling. coil-ing. Get a sample book of wall paper and study tho directions for making paste, cutting, fitting, etc.; also for constructing the table. A simple devico for applying ceiling paper, which docs not appear In most of these directions, is this: after tho paper Is cut and pasted, according to directions, tho professional simply folds each end over to tho middle, thus making tho strip only half as long and cumbersome. Instead, fold It back and forth on Itself In a spaco small enough to cover a shingle. Iay It on this light pioco of board and hold it In the left hand whilo you apply In proper place with the right During the first trial it may be bet- (ffi tor to have an assistant hold tho pa- nn per, gradually unfolding it as you B3 work. In this way one Is nevor flus- j l!j tratcd by the fear of tho paper tearing, ( K and can take plenty of time to got it t K in just tho placo wantod. K In selecting paper, it should bo borno in mind that a room deficient fm In light should, nover be papered with IJfc1 dark paper; If tho room is smajl, shun Et largo figures; If it Is low, chooso fttj striped effects and avoid drop celling; tK if you wish pictures to appear tothe E best advantage, do not choose too con- IK splcuotis a figure; if tho room Is sunn? Ik avoid reds and yellows; theso are , B warm colors; choose, rather, papers Ml of a bluclsh or greenish tendency. K Bedroom papor should be chosen j W with an eye to avoiding too glaring 01 distinct figures. If ono happens to be K sick they aro always more or less an- noylng. t Don't ohoose a cheap plain paper, W thinking that it will bo ca3iiy applied because thero is no matching to do. R Tho least wrinklo or excess of paste ' shows very readily, and on the whole K tho amateur will find a figured paper K less, difficult to hang. vm This is especially the case with the IE lower grado papers. Then, while tho W more cxpenslvo ingrains aro tho most m. pleasing If one values tho appearanco c of their pictures, there are some spo- K cial kinks regarding paste and prepa- k ration of walls that havo not been R properly treated to counteract lime, KP which render such papers best left for m? tho professional to manipulate. W At least It would be rash to attempt f plain papers on the first trial. Js Papers aro now so marked at the JJyFt edge that there Is comparatively llttlo vk? trouble Jn matching. jn Mako a little allowance for accident f in computing the number of rolls for V' a room. It Is better to have a llttlo Jf left than to run short a few yards. & especially if you or your dealer aro M obliged to send away for tho part B- lacking. M' Remember that tho brightest red K roses are the quickest to fade. Test K the more pronounced colors to see if ft they will rub off. flr The very cheapest papers aro usu- V ally of poor design and soak paste B easily. Better put a littlo more into It B and got paper of at least medium B quality. Take your time In solccting, E for It must usually bo endured at leasl W a year. P And If for a much-used room, lei w the figures and colors be restful ai I well as harmonious. f When the young trees come from f the nursery, place them in u trench In ' the earth at onco and heel In the soil. Do not wait an hour after getting them home. . . |