Estimated Cost, with Bath and Furnace, $5,000 to $6,000.
Roof to be covered with 10 × 14 Galvanized Tin Shingles; porches with
same; tower with 7 × 10, same quality; use attic vents on main roof, and
No. 1 Six-foot Finial on apex of tower.]
[Illustration: _First Floor._
_Second Floor._
_Design_ I.—(_Elevation, page 8._)]
COLORS.—For Exterior and Interior.
As your house nears completion, it is well to decide upon colors. That
is a distinctive feature which is to give tone and beauty, and make
your house in some respects different from all others. The question of
painting is often a mere matter of preserving the structure, and not a
question of beauty or harmony of colors, or what would be best suited
to the surroundings; it is too often the case that but little regard is
paid to those nice perceptions that make one man’s work many times more
valuable than another. Strong contrasts of color should be avoided. Light
tints are preferable to strong colors. Think of a house painted black,
red, yellow, or green.
Let the surroundings suggest what the exterior colors should be. A house
surrounded by trees and shrubbery will admit of white, with white tinted
trimmings, such as cornices, corner-boards, window and door frames; but
for half the year the green foliage of the trees is turned to brown,
which but partially relieves the glaring white. This is why that color
is not a favorite for exteriors. As a rule, select a light color for the
body of the house, and darken that for the trimmings.
For interior wood-work select light wood colors; let none be darker
than walnut. Oak, chestnut, ash, white walnut, maple and cherry make
a beautiful finish by simply oiling, and varnishing if a gloss is
preferred. Very light shades of ochre make beautiful ceilings which
can be ornamented with suitable designs, using darker but delicate
shades of other light colors. Here is where the taste and skill of the
painter comes in, and unless you are an adept, don’t fail to consult an
experienced decorator for your inside walls.
For houses of moderate cost we think nothing is equal to solid colors
for inside walls. Let the colors be light and cheerful, and the rooms of
different shades. (See page 48).
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If you are interested in _Roofing_, send for our Price List and Discount
Sheet, which is special to the trade. We are pioneers in the introduction
of practical metal shingles, and no imitator has yet produced their
equal. Our goods are largely used throughout the United States and
Canadas; are used by the Government and Railroads; approved by the Fire
Insurance Companies, and many leading Architects and Builders. They are
lighter than slate, and will last longer without repairs; and the low
rate of insurance on our roofing will, in a short time, more than balance
the difference in price where wood shingles are cheaper.
As seen by the cut, our shingles are the same to-day as when first
introduced. Remember, no cleats or springs are necessary in using our
shingles. The lock is simple and perfect, with corrugations across the
top, and bracing corrugations across the exposed end of the shingles,
which stiffen and hold the shingles firmly to the underlying courses.
They are easily applied, and any one who can lay a wood shingle can lay
these. We furnish them in four sizes, made from charcoal roofing tin,
painted both sides and unpainted, galvanized tin plate, which is superior
to galvanized iron, cold rolled copper, and steel plates. We keep on hand
a full line of roofing sundries.
[Illustration: Fac-simile of beginning of first two courses.]
Our Shingles received the highest and only award for metal shingles at
the American Institute, held in this city, October, 1886, and New Orleans
Exposition, 1885.