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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Complete Home, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Complete Home Author: Various Editor: Clara E. Laughlin Release Date: September 4, 2005 [EBook #16650] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COMPLETE HOME *** Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: A $3,400 House.] The COMPLETE HOME EDITED BY CLARA E. LAUGHLIN D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK 1907 Copyright, 1906, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published November, 1906_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHOOSING A PLACE TO LIVE By OLIVER R. WILLIAMSON Taste and expedience--Responsibilities--Renting, buying or building--Location--City or country--Renunciations--Schools and churches--Transportation--The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker--The home acre--Comparative cost in renting--The location sense--Size of lot--Position--Outlook and inlook--Trees--Income and expenditure--Style--Size--Plans for building--Necessary rooms--The sick room--Room to entertain--The "living room"--The dining room and kitchen--The sleeping rooms--Thinking it out CHAPTER II FLOORS, WALLS, AND WINDOWS By OLIVER R. WILLIAMSON The necessity of good floors--Material and cost of laying--Ornamental flooring--Waxed, varnished, and oiled floors--Carpets, linoleum, and mats--The stairway--Rugs--Oriental rugs--Kitchen and upper floors--Matting and cardoman cloth--Uses of the decorator--Wood in decoration--Panels and plaster--The beamed ceiling--Paint, paper, and calcimine--Shades and curtains--Leaded panes and casements--Storm windows CHAPTER III LIGHTING AND HEATING By OLIVER R. WILLIAMSON Necessity of sunlight--Kerosene--Gas and matches--Electric light--Pleasing arrangement--Adaptability--Protection--Regulated light--The two sure ways of heating--The hot-air furnace--Direction of heat--Registers--Hot water and steam heat--Indirect heating--Summary CHAPTER IV FURNITURE By OLIVER R. WILLIAMSON The quest of the beautiful--Ancient designs--The Arts and Crafts--Mission furniture--Comfort, aesthetic and physical--Older models in
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