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The Complete Home By: Clara E. Laughlin (1873-1941) |
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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 furniture Mahogany and oak Substantiality Superfluity Hall furniture The family chairs The table The davenport Bookcases Sundries Willow furniture The dining table Discrimination in choice CHAPTER V HOUSEHOLD LINEN By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Linen, past and present Bleached and "half bleached" Damask Quality Design Price and size Necessary supply Plain, hemstitched, or drawn Doilies and table dressing Centerpieces Monograms Care of table linen How to launder Table pads Ready made bed linen Price and quality Real linen Suggestions about towels CHAPTER VI THE KITCHEN By SARAH CORY RIPPEY The plan Location and finish The floor The windows The sink The pantry Insects and their extermination The refrigerator and its care Furnishing the kitchen The stove The table and its care The chairs The kitchen cabinet Kitchen utensils CHAPTER VII THE LAUNDRY By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Laundry requisites The stove and furnishings Irons and holders Preparing the "wash" Removing stains Soaking and washing Washing powders and soap Washing woolens Washing the white clothes Starch Colored clothes Stockings Dainty laundering How to wash silk Washing blankets Washing curtains Tidying up and sprinkling Care of irons How to iron CHAPTER VIII TABLE FURNISHINGS By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Dining room cheer Stocking the china cupboard The groundwork Course sets Odd pieces Silver and plate Glass Arrangement Duties of the waitress The breakfast table Luncheon Dinner The formal dinner The formal luncheon Washing glass Washing and cleaning silver How to wash china Care of knives CHAPTER IX THE BEDROOM By SARAH CORY RIPPEY Light and air Carpets versus rugs Mattings Wall covering Bedroom woodwork Bedroom draperies Bedroom furnishing Careful selection Toilet and dressing tables Further comforts The bedstead Spring, mattress, and pillows Bed decoration Simplicity Care of bedroom and bed Vermin and their extermination CHAPTER X THE BATH ROOM By OLIVER R... Continue reading book >>
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