■* 0 ’ PAPERS Franklin Vaint Cb., Cleveland ^ ~ ~ ~ Ohio. on the / Y ou will find this book more helpful and more convenient than any wall paper book which you proba¬ bly have ever seen before. Each miniature of wall paper all through this book shows both the border and the paper printed together in one piece to reproduce the actual appearance of a finished wall. In this way you can see, instantly, and in advance, just exactly how your wall will look with whatever paper and border you select. You will appreciate how useful this is in helping you to choose correctly just the right wall paper to be the prettiest and most appropriate for the type of room which you plan to decorate. These wall paper miniatures make g^uesswork unnecessary and they prevent mistakes. Whether you select wall paper for one room or for many, you can be absolutely sure that there will never be any disappointment. This book shows you beforehand exactly how the pap>er will look on your wall, and after your room is papered it will look just as attractive and pleasing as you picture it now. Choose from the Very Latest, Most Beautiful Styles T his book of FrankUn De Luxe Wall Papers brings to you the best 50 designs selected from the newest and most beautiful pat¬ terns this season. Every design represents the judgment of our skilled experts. You will see for yourself what a wide variety you have, not only in color and artistic patterns, but also in range of prices. Ordering your wall paoer from this book will prove a big satisfaction. Your paper will be the very latest, most beautiful style, and you will make a worth while saving besides. AVERY LID, COLUMBIA I in I^sEasytoflini^lillRiperYoiiiself and Save'Monejf SEE SAMPLE ON PA6E46 Beautiful Dining Rooms Artistic 'wall paper adds so much to the dining room. It never loses its popularity or goes out of style, and it is a matter of real importance because appetite and digestion are stimulated by pleasant surroundings. There is more good fellowship, and good food tastes better. Like all Franklin De Luxe Wall Papers, our Dining Room Selections cannot be surpassed from a decorative standpoint—or for appro¬ priate excellence in design and real artistic merit. Whatever _ rooms you decide to decorate you will have the satisfaction of knowing in advance that your walls will fulfill your expec¬ tations,—that you will be proud of them and that you have |aved more money than you could possibly save in any other way. Beautiful Rooms for Little Cost T he art of home making is a deeply founded sentiment which exists in every human heart. Whether your home is elaborate or simple, a mansion or a cozy cottage, this money¬ saving book of De Luxe Wall Paper can mean to you a truly wonderful source of inspiration, delight and economy. Here is a book which is DIFFERENT from any other you have ever seen. When you use this book it is impossible to make an inartistic selection of wall paper for your home. No matter how many rooms you paper, or what designs you choose, this book gives you positive assurance that your decorations will win the complete approval of the most artistic people who will ever enter your door. For your LIVING ROOM here are beautiful soft velvety effects which you will really enjoy living with, and which give just the right atmosphere of comfort and friendly feeling. Notice how every selection for the Living Room is in colors so soft and grateful to the eye that the whole effect is rich, quiet elegance of which you will be proud. In your HALLWAY Franklin Wall Paper will transform cheerless gloom into bright, cordial welcome and grateful remembrance. Study the wonderful patterns especially designed to make dark halls more cheerful, narrowness seem wide, and small halls seem more spacious. For your BED ROOMS look through the pretty patterns suggesting brightness and sunshine, rest and happy relaxation. Here are the floral stripes so stylish this season. Here are the delicate floral patterns as graceful backgrounds for the popular painted furniture, and light and dark appointments. Every one of these beautiful papers you can hang in just your spare time with real, fascina¬ ting fun. It is all so easy that you will be truly surprised. Read on the following pages our amazingly simple, easy way to hang wall paper yourself and save money. e^SEE,:.. SAMPLEON f^6E22 Save Big Money All Franklin Wall Papers can be put up with equal satisfaction by the professional or by the inexperienced. Selecting from this book you can never choose a wrong wall paper to spoil the effect you hope for. Your selection will be absolutely RIGHT in every respect. You will have the satisfaction of being your own decorator and seeing the work grow to beautiful results under your own hand. You will be proud of your rooms, and you will save a lot of money. PAGE 1 By Following these Instructions How to Prepare Your Walls for Papering NEW WALLS AND CEILING never before papered need a thin coat of sizing;, easily made by dissolving a pound of ground glue and a tablespoonful of powdered alum in a 12-quart pail of hot water. Spread the siz¬ ing while warm in a thin, even, smooth coat. Before spreading the sizing make sure to rub over all rough surfaces with a block of wood to remove projecting grains of sand. On very rough walls apply a thin coat of wall paper paste after the sizing is dry and let this paste dry thoroughly be¬ fore papering. PAINTED WALLS should be gone over with a solution of one part ammonia and six parts of water, or a solution of 5 table¬ spoonfuls ordinary washing soda in one 8®llon of water. Either solution removes all grease and oil, and helps to make paper stick. Allow to dry thoroughly and then apply sizing as suggested above. KALSOMINED OR WHITEWASHED iVALLS should be washed off with warm water using a sponge or heavy cloth. Allow to dry thoroughly. Fill up holes with plas¬ ter Paris, then apply sizing as above. STAINED OR DAMP WALLS should be covered with a thin coat of orange shellac, then apply sizing. BOARD CEILINGS AND WALLS should be covered with cheese cloth or muslin. Tack it at the edges and apply siring. This shrinks it tight to the wall. At the corners and around the casings place the tacks 2 inches from the edge of the cloth, and paste the edges down. GLOSSED WALLS, which means walls that have been previously sized with gloss oil, should be treated in the same way as a painted surface, otherwise the wall paper will come off. No Experience Is Needed TT IS real fun hanging wall paper yourself. You don’t need the ^ services of any outside help. Just read over the simple, easy way described in this book and you are all ready to hang your own paper just as satisfactorily as an expert paper hanger. You can do it in your spare time, and not only save money but also have the satisfac¬ tion of proudly showing your friends how you have transformed a dull, gloomy room into a bright, cheerful one, all with your own hands. You will take pride that Franklin De Luxe Wall Paper has beautified your home with the latest styles at lowest possible cost, because Franklin “Factory-Direct-To-User” low wholesale prices give you more for your money than in any other way. Pasting A lways paste before you fold or trim. First mix your paste thorough¬ ly. Then cut a roll of paper to length of ceiling or height of wall as case may bo, allowing extra for matching patterns. Lay pattern side DOWN on your pasting table, letting ends hang to prevent rolling. With a flat brush start applying paste halfway between the ends and work to one end. Spread paste evenly without lumps or thick layers. Just a thin layer put on smoothly is the easiest to handle. Folding A fter you have applied paste to one-half the length of paper, then fold over (without creasing) the part that is pasted, and bring it back to the center so that the pasted surfaces are flat together and the edges are ex¬ actly even. Then apply paste to the other half and fold it back in the same way. Your entire strip of paper is now pasted and folded, and the sides of the pa¬ per perfectly even and ready for trimming. Remember to hang each strip as soon as pasted and trimmed. Then paste the next. Trimming A fter you paste and fold each strip, then trim through both thicknesses with a large pair of sharp shears, or a razor blade which will make a clean cut. Trim only one edge, leaving the other edge to lap under the adjoining strip when hanging. Trim straight and even, and right to the edge of the printed pattern. Narrow laps can be made by trimming two-thirds of the oth¬ er edge, leaving one-quarter inch for lapping. Be sure never to trim your paper before pasting and fold¬ ing. BEFORE STARTING Have These Things Ready Uie any Urge tzbie for pasting, or if you have no large table, you can easily make a good table vith three smooth boards 6 to 8 feet long by 8 to 10 inches wide. Use a long strong plank to stand on to reach up. You vrill also need paste in a pail, flat paste brush, razor blade or pair of shears, smoothing brush (a whisk broom will do), and a bed castor to roll the seams. Get everything ready before you begin— then it is all stmple and easy. PAGE 2 You Can Hang Ourll^ PaperYonisen Hanging Your Ceiling A lways hang your ceil¬ ing first so that any spattering will do no harm to side walls. Cut your paper slightly longer than the ceiling length. Now paste, fold, trim and HANG each strip BEFORE starting the NEXT. Work from right to left when you begin to hang. Unfold right hand end of paper, and allow other end, still folded, to hang over a roll of paper held in your left hand. Commence to apply at corner of room and if there is no molding allow both end and long edge of paper to come down two inches on side walls so that aide wall paper will later fit smoothly. Guide, hold and press the paper flat with your right hand. Use your left hand to unfold and to smooth the surface and corners with the smoothing brush. After the first strip is up watch to match your patterns. How to Make Flour Paste ^1^0 MAKE enough home-made * paste for a medium large room rub 3 pints of flour smooth in 2 quarts of cold water. Remove all lumps. Add 8 quarts of boiling water. Boil mis* lure slowly 10 minutes, stirring cimstant* ly. When cool add 2 lablespoonfuls pow> derod alum, and stir in well until paste runs otf the brush easily ard spreads smoothly. Our Prices Save You Money D id you ever stop to think that when you buy wall pap>er from a decorator or a retail store, that included in the price you pay are the profits of 3 to 5 middlemen? The wholesaler, the jobber, the salesman and the retailer all add their separate profits to the price you pay but do not add one cent to the value of the paper you get. This unnec¬ essary expense almost DOUBLES the cost you must pay. But when you buy direct from our factory you save every unnecessary cost. You pay only the factory cost plus ONE small profit. By this plan we are saving hundreds of thousands of dollars every year for others—send us your order and let us save money for you. Hanging Side Walls \^HEN ceiling is done, start * * papering side walls. Begin at door or window because cor¬ ners are seldom straight. Cut strips of paper 4 to 10 inches longer than the height to be papered. This extra allows for waste in matching pattern. See “HOWTO MATCH PATTERNS” on this page. Paste, fold and trim as before. Hang by holding top corners, with both folds open, and let swing against wall. Now smooth with whisk broom. After 10 minutes gently run a bed csftor elon, the seams. I( patterns fail to match, quickly remoae atrip, and try again be* lore pasta dries. Then trim bottom end without delay. Mark with back al a knila. Raisa hot* tern, cut along mark, and apply again. Hanging the Borders A LWAYS hang the border last. ^ The easy way is to cut lengths 3 or 4 yards long. Avoid getting paste on printed side as it may rub out the colors. After pasting and before hanging, trim off the cut portion of bor¬ der with scissors very sharp to make a clean edge. Begin hang¬ ing from corner of the room, allowing the end to lap over a few inches on the adjoining wall. Brush the border smooth as you proceed. If your ceiling is uneven, measuring from the flooTp appearance ia improTed by atarting tbs border from ceiling'a loweat point and running U parallel to the floor all the way around, letting the lapping down ceiling paper flU any apace a^ao border. ^ AVERY ir COLUMBIA iWr How to Match Patterns PRANKLIN De Luxe Wall Paper will A match patterns mrfectly with just a little ordinary care. Depending on whether the design of the pattern is small or large each strip of side wall paper should be cut 4 to 10 inches longer than the distance between floor and ceiling or baseboard and molding. The extra long strips allow you to raise or lower each strip of paper as the pattern may require when hanging. The top of the side wall will be uneven, but this will not show when the border is on. The lower end is trimmed oif by raising the pa¬ per and carefully trimming with very sharp scissors, and pressing the paper back in place. Be sure to do your trimming at once before the paste dries. If, after hang¬ ing a strip you find that the pattern is not satisfactorily matched, it is a simple mat¬ ter to remove the whole strip and hang it again before the paste dries. Examine all the rolls for a room before cut¬ ting into strips. Do this for the reason that all wall paper Is likely to vary In shade. If any variation in color Is noticed, sort out the lighter rolls from the darker rolls, and hang all the lighter rolls on one side of the room and the darker on the other. In this way a slight difference In shades will never show. MATCHING PLAIN PAPERS DLAIN paper, sometimea run a trifle darker on one ,ide than on A the oppoaite aide, and yon should hang tho light odgoa togathor and tho dark edgoa togethor. Simply revorao every second atrip when hanging, and then the appearance will be juat right. Re* f eraing each atrip will make it ireceaaary to trim both edgoa instead el one, and to butt tho edges. IN RE-ORDERING PAPER I N ORDERING more paper to iiniah a job, please send a amall sample oi the paper you are using so that we may match aaaclly. This will sava lima and ayoid possibility el- error. iiilf 1 : PAGE 3 'I Bow to KtoQnantityofWallFiipcrNeeded See How Easy It Is To Do It This Quick Way J UST follow this simple way to figure, and finding how much paper you are going to need for any size room is easy. First, find the length and width of the room by measuring the side wall and the end wall. Then find these same dimen¬ sions in “size of room” column in handy table at the right. Second, find the height of the room by measuring from ceiling or molding to floor or baseboard. Next find this measure in one of the “height” col¬ umns in the table. Now the table will show you how many double length rolls of Side Wall are needed; also the number of double length rolls of Ceiling; also the number of yards of Border. Re¬ member to deduct ONE double length of Side Wall for every FOUR openings (doors and windows) in the room. And do not forget to order an extra two yards of border to allow for waste when you match the pattern. In case the size of your room is not exactly like the sizes given in the table, then be sure to use the next larger size which is shown. It is wiser to have a little paper and border left over than to have to send for more. And Franklin “Factory-Direct-to- User” prices are so low that to have one double roll extra is always safer and better than to run short. Be careful to order by the NUMBER of the paper you select. Find this number on the back of each sample. Do not tear out the samples. Simply give us quantity wanted and the number. Shipping weights and parcel post rates are printed inside the back cover of this book. Remember that all Franklin De Luxe Wall Paper is put up in DOUBLE ROLLS. In this way you are sure of receiving not only the rrvpst beautiful and stylish designs, but you also get 16 YARDS of wall paper in each roll to save you money. IF YOU WISH ANY SPECIAL INFORMATION, BE SURE TO WRITE US. And if you find it neces¬ sary to re-order extra paper to complete a room, always enclose a sample from your first order so that we can match it exactly. The table cannot be used to figure the ceilings of long hallways. To find the quantity of double rolls of ceiling paper for long hallways, multiply the length in feet by the width in feet and divide by 60. PAGE 4 Size of Room Double Length Rolls of Side Wall Necessary, According to Height of Room Yards of Border Double Length Rolls of Ceiling 7 Feet 8 Feet 9 Feet 10 Feet 11 Feet 12 Feet 8 by 8 4 4 5 5 6 6 12 1 8 by 10 4 5 5 6 6 7 13 2 8 by 12 4 5 6 6 7 7 14 2 8 by 14 5 6 6 7 7 8 15 2 9 by 10 4 5 5 6 6 7 13 2 9 by 12 5 5 6 6 7 8 15 2 9 by 14 5 6 6 7 8 8 16 2 9 by 16 5 6 7 8 8 9 17 3 10 by 10 4 5 6 6 7 7 14 2 10 by 12 5 6 6 7 7 8 15 2 10 by 14 5 6 7 7 8 9 17 3 10 by 16 6 6 7 8 9 9 18 3 12 by 12 5 6 7 7 8 9 17 3 12 by 14 6 6 7 8 9 9 18 3 12 by 16 6 7 8 8 9 10 20 4 12 by 18 6 7 8 9 10 10 21 4 13 by 13 6 6 7 8 9 9 18 3 13 by 14 6 7 7 8 9 10 19 3 13 by 15 6 7 8 8 9 10 20 4 13 by 16 6 7 8 9 9 10 20 4 13 by 18 7 8 8 9 10 10 21 4 14 by 14 6 7 8 8 9 10 20 4 14 by 15 6 7 8 9 9 10 20 4 14 by 16 6 7 8 9 10 10 21 4 14 by 18 7 7 8 9 10 11 22 4 15 by 15 6 7 8 9 10 10 21 4 15 by 16 7 8 8 9 10 10 21 4 15 by 18 7 8 9 10 11 11 23 5 15 by 20 7 8 9 10 11 12 24 5 16 by 16 7 7 8 9 10 11 22 4 16 by 18 7 8 9 10 11 12 23 5 16 by 20 8 9 10 11 12 13 25 5 S- Per SINGLE Roll (Sold Only in DOUBLE Length Rolls 16 Yards Long, 18 Inches Wide) IMPORTANT W HEN comparing our prices with others, remember we sell in Double Length Rolls only, which are twice as long as a single or 8>yard rolL The FRONT side of this sheet shows an actual sample of the side wall paper for this pattern. The border that matches this pattern, is reduced to about one-third actual size and printed right on the side wall paper to “Show You Just How It Will Look on the Wall.” The border is printed and furnished in separate rolls fr<»n the side wall paper. 82 Will buy enough IfS paper of this pattern ^to paper an entire room 10 X 12 X 8 feet high. This price covers 5 double rolls of side wall—16 yards of Border and 2 double length rolls of ceiling. ECONOBIY KING This is printed on the BACK of an Actual Sample of Franklin De Luxe ECONOMY KING Wall Paper T his » our cheapest paper for ytra to buy, and while it is inmcpensive enough for your kitchen, bathroom