The Boy Craftsman

ion of furniture for the various rooms, remain to be done. This requires as much care as the building of the house, and wh

have noticed he puts on the ceiling first, allowing the paper to run down the walls a little way all around instead of trimming it off. Then he hangs the wall paper, and if there is no border to cover the joints of the ceiling and wall papers he carries the wa

, baseboards, and picture mouldings should be varnished

the kitchen, bath-room, and hard

lmost any furnishing store where they make up carpets. Select pieces with as small patte

floors may be made o

ed to the top casing so that the bottom of the curtain reaches j

indows or hung upon poles made out of No. 12 wire, cut in lengths to fit the windo

made with beads and with the small hollow s

hem, alternating the colors in such a way as to produce patterns. Then tie the strings to

eres are ma

illustrations

elf. These may be mounted upon cardboard and have their edges bound with passe-partout paper to give the effect of fr

one corner an inch and one-half above the floor for the seat, and hanging draperies on

of the specimens to be found in the stores. These very often have parlor chairs larger than the mantel, beds that either fill two-thirds of the bedroom space

will no doubt require more time than to purchase the first sets you come across, but whe

e has been manufactured. Porcelain bath-tubs, wash-basins with real faucets and running water, gilt furniture, chandeliers, and such articles are temp

the cork furniture in Chapter XXVIII, should give you plenty of material for furni