The Interior Woodwork. Cigar-boxes make excellent hardwood floors. Fit the pieces close together and fasten with small brads.
Make the door and window casings, picture-moldings, and base-boards out of strips of cigar-box wood.
After completing the carpenter work of the house,
Set the Nail-Heads,—that is, drive them below the surface of the wood,—putty these holes and all cracks and other defective places, and sandpaper rough surfaces.
Paint the House a cream color, with white trimmings and a green roof. Stripe the foundation walls to indicate courses of stone work. Paint the front door a mahogany color, with panels indicated upon it, and make the rear door white. The painting of the chimney has already been described.
The inside walls should be finished as suggested in Chapter XIV. The woodwork may be oiled, or painted with white enamel or any other color desired.
A Colonial Doll-House with a number of features not included in this house is described and illustrated in Chapter V of "The Boy Craftsman."
