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      The Complete Home

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664600844

Table of Contents

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

       A $3,400 House. . . . . . . . Frontispiece

       THE COMPLETE HOME

       CHAPTER I

       CHOOSING A PLACE TO LIVE

       TASTE AND EXPEDIENCE

       RESPONSIBILITIES

       RENTING, BUYING OR BUILDING

       LOCATION

       CITY OR COUNTRY

       RENUNCIATIONS

       SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES

       TRANSPORTATION

       THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, AND THE CANDLE-STICK 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

       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 CORDOMAN CLOTH

       CHILDREN'S ROOM AND "DEN"

       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