Fig. 254.—Details of Mantel.
A Fireplace must be provided for the living-room, and one easily constructed out of four pieces of wood is shown in [Figs. 253] and [254]. Cut blocks O and P of the same thickness, and make the shelf piece Q of the proper size to project an equal distance over the front and ends. Fasten the pieces together, then glue red paper to the wood, and when this has dried mark off brick courses with a pencil. The joints may be accentuated by striping with white or black paint.
Lighting Fixtures, simple to make, are shown in two splendid forms in [Figures 255] and [257]. Small brass screw-hooks such as are shown in [Figure 256] can be pur chased at any hardware store, and a couple of dozen of these, a lead pencil, and a number of large beads, will furnish you with enough material for making fixtures for every room in the apartment.
Figs. 255-258.—Two Lighting Fixtures and how to Make Them.
You will see by [Fig. 256] that the lighting fixture shown in [Fig. 255] consists of a screw-hook with its hooked end stuck through one of the little brass plates removed from another screw-hook, and then pushed into the hole in the end of a short piece of lead-pencil. Cut the pencil end about ½ inch long, push out the piece of lead, and if necessary enlarge the hole to accommodate the hook end. If the piece of pencil comes apart where glued, re-glue it. Glue the little brass cap to the top. Paint the pencil end white, to represent glass, and indicate metal division strips, or leading, with black paint or ink.
The lighting fixture shown in [Fig. 257] is made in the same way as the other one, except that a bead instead of the pencil end is used for a globe ([Fig. 258]).