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"`Challenger brig; 450 tons; softwood built, iron-fastened, sheathed with zinc; nine years old; well found in sails, ground-tackle, and all necessary stores, ready for sea. Price 1800 pounds. How will that do? She is really a very decent vessel of her kind, and exceedingly cheap at the price." "We might take a look at her," remarked George, "but her description does not sound very inviting."
A Suggested Color Scheme Walls Papered in a soft gray-rose, allover design paper. Woodwork Cream paint. Floor Hardwood Rag rugs, with rose stripes or a gray chenille carpet. Softwood Battleship gray paint, with rag rugs or rose chenille carpet. Suggested List of Furnishings Bed Single Painted ivory or cream four post, or with some low, simple headboard.
Floors Hardwood Stained antique oak, finished with wax or varnish. Floors Softwood Painted a deep yellow, or gray, or stained to represent hardwood. Floors Linoleum In a tile pattern of black and white, provided the living room is not directly connected with the hall; in such case use only plain brown, grey, or Jaspe linoleum. Below is a Suggested List of Furnishings Which the Hall Might Contain
All these form a high roof, under which younger and weaker plants lead a skimped life hardwood trees on thin trunks, with small, unassuming leaves, and vulgar softwood with large, flabby foliage.
In the hardwood business, we have only a limited number of rivals. With the exception of a small section of eastern Europe, our hardwood forests are the finest in the Temperate Zone. We export hickory, black walnut, yellow poplar, white and red oak even to Russia and Sweden, countries that are our keenest rivals in the softwood export business.
It climbs, by shreds of bark, the trunks of old dead white-box and blue-gums solid and hard as cast-iron and cuts off the limbs. And where there's a piece of recently ringbarked country, with the dead leaves still on the trees, the fire will roar from bough to bough a fair imitation of a softwood forest fire.
Walls A soft, misty, gray paint, tint, or plain paper. Woodwork A dull white. Floors Plain hardwood, with a rag or braided rug in sapphire blue or softwood, entirely covered in taupe Jaspe linoleum. Below Is a Suggested List of Furnishings Which the Nursery Might Contain A Crib White iron or wood, on ball bearing casters. Bedspread of yellow and white seersucker, or a silky yellow sunfast.
This rocker, or cradle, may be made of half-inch softwood, and consists of a trough 10 inches deep, 18 inches broad, and 4 feet long, closed at the broad end, and open at the other; with a transverse bar at the upper part, two feet from the broad end, to receive the tray.
Floors Hardwood Stained antique oak, with wax or varnish finish. Floors Softwood Painted a deep yellow, or covered in plain brown, tan, or Jaspe linoleum. Suggested List of Furnishings for the Bedroom Bed Full size, or twin beds In mahogany, walnut, ivory paint, or enamel. Box or wire springs. Mattress and pillows.
Tan or ivory is good in a room which is inclined to be dark, or gray and gray-green in a room inclined to be bright. A Suggested Color Scheme for Living Room Walls Ivory, cream or gray paper or paint. Woodwork Ivory paint dull finish. Floors Hardwood Stained antique oak with wax or varnish finish. Floors Softwood Painted a deep yellow or gray, or stained to represent hardwoods.
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