PAPER HOUSE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17116, 23 November 1929, Page 10

PAPER HOUSE

OLD DAILIES USED PRESSED INTO BUILDING MATERIAL. \ hom-c made <>f old newspapers, Hitn ked with furniture of the same material, is the result, of eight years’ patient work by Elis F. St on nuin of I’igcon r.tve, Mass., who, 'with the

i.'eip of Mrs Stennian and two other menthol's of the family, has succeeded in showing that there are constructive uses to he made of this waste

Imoressed by the wastefulness of large number-, of newspapers blowing about the streets, he began a series of experiments, whb-h finally led hint to the conclusion that the paper house, was a possibility. (Some ti.'i.OlH) old dailies were used, he stilted, besides several thousand rotogravure sections, which form a deep colored border around the top of the rooms. The widls are made of I•> thicknesses of newspapers pasted and folded, and subjected to a pressure of about two tons, the surface being strengthened with three coats of varnish. The roof shingles also are made of compressed papers. The house is entirely of paper except the floors, the ratters, the window and door sills. The furniture, made of newspapers largely in cylindrical form, is singularly perfect in construction, having somewhat the appearance of bamboo.

In one room the pieces are octagonal; ii. charming settee with eight legs, a beautifully finished octagonal table, a tall floor lamp, chairs, a bookcase and radio. Mr. Stennian states lie is now working on a piano. One desk- is made exclusively of old dailies that printed stories of Lindbergh’s flight to Paris and of the. later flight of Colonel Lindbergh to Smith America. The papers formiifg the desk have been rolled up into cylinders, varnished on the outside, and assembled into desk form by gluing. By breaking the varnish seal, these papers may be unrolled, and tlie story of the flights read again.