PAINTING YOUR HOUSE How to pic & f/ie Co/or t/ie Paint and t/ie Painter C. A. SIMPSON & SON Painters and Decorators 25 Madison Avenue Flushing, N. Y. Phone 338-M Flushing AVERY COLUMBIA L!3:/: UNJVt nsn y Painting- Your House The Straight Road to Satisfactory Painting D OESN’T your house need painting? Look it over. If you decide that it does, you may just as well make sure of a painting job done with well-known materials of the highest quality, in a way that will make you proud of your home, and that will give you your money’s worth in protection and long wear. There are numerous reasons for good painting. Most important, perhaps, is the feeling of satisfaction in knowing that your place looks well. It helps your standing in the community; it shows thrift and self-respect. The people who care how their homes appear are the ones you want for neighbors. They are likely to be good citizens. Every well- kept, well-painted place improves values. Such property sells better and is worth more as possible security for a loan. The only excuse for poor painting may be low first cost, but a thing with low first cost often comes high in the end. Three things, all mentioned in this booklet — The Color, The Painter, The Paint - — will give you the open secret of paint satis- faction. The Color T O name the three things in the order of their importance might place color last, though it is for looks, chiefly, that most painting is done. But a good reason for men- COLORS SHOWN ABOVE— Body, White; Shutters. No. 644 ; Chimneys, No. 641; Roof, Weathered. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION — Body, No. 625; Roof, No. 644; Trim, White. four 625 644 641 PAINTING YOUR HOUSE COLORS SHOWN ABOVE — Sidewalls, No. 657; Trim. No. 665; Ceiling, Cream White. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION— Sidewalls, No 664; Trim. White; Ceiling. White. tioning color first is because color-help forms so large a part of this booklet. You will see that the houses shown are of different styles. One is English half-timbered; another, Dutch colonial; another, a cottage, and so on. The color recommended for each house is considered the best combination for ve 657 665 664 PAINTING YOUR HOUSE that style, though there may be other com- binations that are excellent. A great many houses combine different J types of style. For such homes the choosing of a good color scheme is especially important, because they may have no distinctive archi- tectural features to help them out. Small COLORS SHOWN ABOVE— Body, No. 648; Roof. No. 635; Trim, White. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION Body, No. 622; Trim and Roof as above. 648 635 622 PAINTING YOUR HOUSE houses should have light colors, except that a bungalow is often painted dark to preserve its low appearance. Roof shingles may be left to weather or may be stained or painted a dark color, preferably red, green cr brown. For wall decoration, use tints that are COLORS SHOWN ABOVE— Sidewalls, No. 670; Trim, No. 656; Ceiling, No. 656. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION — Sidewalls, No. 663; Trim. No. 656; Ceiling, White. ;even 656 670 663 PAINTING YOUR HOUSE soft, and that blend with the color of the woodwork. White wood-trim, light cream ceiling and deep cream sidewalls make a simple but dignified combination. Try to select for all the rooms on the same floor color schemes which will harmonize with each other, so that there will be no clashing COLORS SHOWN ABOVE — Body, No. 621; Roof, No. 650; Trim, White. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION— Body, No. 642; Trim and Roof as above. ! I eig 621 650 642 PAINTING YOUR HOUSE of colors between rooms which communicate. Color for the living-room should be simple, for the dining-room cheerful, for the bedroom dainty. In rooms that have plenty of sun- light, soft tones of gray, green, brown or blue are usually preferable. For northern or poorly-lighted rooms, sunny colors, such COLORS SHOWN ABOVE - Sidewalls. No. 659 ; Ceiling, No. 660; Trim, White. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION— Sidewalls, No. 669; Trim, White; Ceiling, White. nine 659 660 669 PAINTING YOUR HOUSE as delicate yellow and neutral tans, are better. It is a good rule to avoid dark colors for walls. White-leaded walls are recommended be- cause they are so durable and sanitary, and because nothing but tepid water and mild soap are needed to make them fresh as new. COLORS SHOWN ABOVE — Concrete, Natural; Roof, No. 650; Trim, No. 636. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION— Trim, No. 620; Roof as above. 636 650 620 ten PAINTING YOUR HOUSE The Painter I T takes more than a pot of ready-made paint (ingredients unknown), a brush or two, a pair of overalls and a ladder to make a real painter. In painting, more than in almost any other COLORS SHOWN ABOVE Trim and Upper Sidewalls, No. 625; Lower Sidewalls, No. 661; Ceiling, Cream White. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION— Upper Sidewalls, No. 625; Lower Sidewalls, No. 667; Trim, No. 625; Ceiling, Cream White. 625 661 667 leven PAINTING YOUR HOUSE trade, results depend upon knowing how. By all means entrust your job to an experi- enced, reliable painter; one who knows the difference between a porous, absorbent wood and a hard, close-grained or sappy wood; who knows what each building and each side of a building require; how many coats are COLORS SHOWN ABOVE — Body, No 642; Roof, No. 644; Trim, No. 629. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION Body, White; Trim, No. 629. 642 629 644 Iwelvj PAINTING YOUR HOUSE to give best results. National Lead Company, whose experi- enced and practical men are constantly studying all sides of the painting problem, say that three coats on new work are far more economical than two, because the wood COLORS SHOWN ABOVE — Sidewalls, No. 666; Trim, No. 668; Ceiling, Cream White. ALTERNATE SUGGESTION— Sidewalls, No. 662; Trim, No. 656, (see living-room); Ceiling, White. 666 668 662 lirteen PAINTING YOUR HOUSE is more thoroughly covered, the coats wear longer and are likely to be in better condition for repainting. Our shop employs skilled workmen who are under our personal direction on all the work we do. They are the kind of men who respect the value of property and do not leave walls, floors, furniture and grounds more or less damaged. We try to please you so well that you will want us again. Our prices are reasonable. We ask only a fair profit, but we do charge enough to give you honest work. We can’t bid against the day-wage man who doesn’t know enough | to prepare his materials, but we will come ! nearer than he possibly can to giving you good value for your money. The Paint W E use only pure white lead, its quality, guaranteed by the “Dutch Boy Painter” trade-mark, standing for nearly a century’s experience in the manufacture of white lead and linseed oil. Not only the white lead, but also the linseed | oil, the turpentine and the tinting colors are [ the best we can buy. These ingredients make the paint that i wears smooth, doesn’t crack and scale off, and will not require, by and by, an expensive job of scraping or burning off before you can repaint. *V£RY LIBRARY COLUMBIA UNIVER-iTTf Jourtet PAINTING YOUR HOUSE Besides looking better, good paint is like insurance. It protects your buildings from decay and from the ravages of the weather. Let us figure on your painting house (in- terior or exterior), barn, garage, fence — any- thing that needs decorating and protecting. AVERY c0 lUW8' A U&RAI VI university 2 13 een F 54-15 ■ ■ ■