[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 orbuilding—Location—City or country—Renunciations—Schools andchurches—Transportation—The butcher, the baker, and the candlestickmaker—The home acre—Comparative cost in renting—The locationsense—Size of lot—Position—Outlook and inlook—Trees—Income andexpenditure—Style—Size—Plans for building—Necessary rooms—The sickroom—Room to entertain—The "living room"—The dining room andkitchen—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—Ornamentalflooring—Waxed, varnished, and oiled floors—Carpets, linoleum, andmats—The stairway—Rugs—Oriental rugs—Kitchen and upperfloors—Matting and cardoman cloth—Uses of the decorator—Wood indecoration—Panels and plaster—The beamed ceiling—Paint, paper, andcalcimine—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—Electriclight—Pleasing arrangement—Adaptability—Protection—Regulatedlight—The two sure ways of heating—The hot-air furnace—Direction ofheat—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—Missionfurniture—Comfort, aesthetic and physical—Older models infurniture—Mahogany and oak—Substantiality—Superfluity—Hallfurniture—The family chairs—The table—Thedavenport—Bookcases—Sundries—Willow furniture—The diningtable—Discrimination in choice