Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1925, Page 17

REAL ESTATE, THE EVENING REAL HOME CARE IN Suitability, Comfo REQUIRES FURNISHINGS rt and Cost Are Factors That Must Be Taken Into Consideration to BY JAMES FORD. ive Director, Better Homes in America, Exe Assuming that the arrangement of the rooms of the home is as it should be, the next important factor in mak- ing the house into a real home is its furnishing. There are essential rules governing proper furnishing and| decoration of the home which have been outlined by Mrs. Charles Brad- ley Sanders in a pamphlet “How to Furnish the Small Home,” distributed by Better Homes in America to its local campaign committees through- \out the country. Prelimin to a house there are four distinct problems for the, homemaker to face, writes Mrs. Sanders. First, the articles must suit the house in coloring, size and styls; second, the pieces must harmo- nize one with another and they must be well made and comfortable; third, they must suit the requirements of the family, and fourth, they must fit the family purs On the general subject of back- grounds, plain flat-tone paints, tints, wallpapers and commercial wall oil- cloths in a cloudy, “all-over” pattern are generally preferable. For rooms facing north the best colors are the| yellows, ranging from cream to a deep pumpkin vellow. For rooms facing south, which will get plenty of sunlight, use light grays, ranging to a deep putty shade. In sunny rooms, however, any colors many be used save those which Iy fade. A ®eneral rule to observe Is that warm colors should be used in rooms fac- fng north and east, cooler tones in rooms facing south and west. Care Ix Neeessary. The type and finishing of the floors of the home is of great interest and concern to homemake Therefore, the various treatments of hardwoods, #0ftwoods, linoleum and composition floors should be considered with care before furnishing. As for color, floors should have as mellow and in- conspicuous a finish as possible. Hardwoods make a better and more durable floor than softwoods. The hardwoods may be classed as oak, maple, birch and beech, while among the softwoods used for flooring ars pine, fir and red spruce. Hardwood floors are usually “finished” and only partially covered with rugs. A heavy-grade linoleum in any of the plain, neutral shades makes an excellent permanent floor for room in the hou If this is to be the plan, the linoleum should be laid | at the time the house is built. Tiled and composition floorings for kitchen, bathrooms and serviee quarters are preferred by some. They are fire- proof and waterproof, and have the advantage of requiring ne more c than washing with water, soap and mild disinfectants. Liguid Treatment Bew All hardwoods may be finished with elther a paste wax, or may be varnish- ed and then waxed, and kept in _con- dition by using a dry mop. Linoleum floors are best treated with liquid wax Floor coverings generally should be | several shades darker than the walls, | and should be in plain colors or have & small and indefinite “allover” de- sign. If the walls are plain, the all- over design is prefegable. If the walls are figured, plafn earpets or rugs should be used. - It 8 well for house- keepers to bLear in mind that plain rugs or carpets show _dust more readily than do those which are figured A wide choice of floor coverings is offered to the home-maker, including oriental rugs, Wilton rugs or carpets, Axminster rugs or carpets, chenille rugs or carpets, velvet rugs or car- pets, wool fiber rugs, linen fiber rugs, wool braided hooked rugs, rag rug rugs, linoleums, oilcloth, grass russ, fiber rugs, rush rugs, coco mats and matting, cork mats and rubber mats. | Must Consider Woodwork. The next question to consider in connection with furnishing the home is that of woodwork. There are numerous types of finlsh for wood- work, including paint, enamel. stain, waxed or rubbed finish. Each is in £ood taste if it is in harmony with the furnishings or the wall decora- tions. Where walls are lightly colored, elther painted or papered, it creates greater harmony to paint the trim white, ivory or cream. These colors Chevy Chase, D. C. Immediately west of Conn. Ave., attractively located on Harrison Street. Two-story and attic. Tapestry brick, spa- cious concrete porch, slate roof. Desirable new home, containing 10 rooms, well planned; baths; superior construction: hot-water heat. Built-in garage. Lot 60x125. 2 Open for Inspection Price, $30,000 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. Get Best Results. are suitable for colonial houses, and are agreeable in living rooms, dining roms and bedrooms. As a rule, dark woodwork and light walls are not in | harmony, except in the case of all dark furniture. Thus, if the furniture is dark mahogany or walnut, and the {house is not strictly of a period, it would be permissible to have walnut or mshogany woodwork. If the fur- | niture is dark oak, woodwork of the |same kind would be in keeping. | Highly varnished light oak and pine woodwork is the most trying to harmonize with either furniture or walls, and should not be considered. | 0ak, mahogany, walnut, in fact, all hardwoods, should be finished with | either wax, varnish or oil, and rubbed | down to a'dull finish. This is a help in blending the woodwork with the furhiture and the hangings. Advice on Hangings. | XNext we come to the question of curtains and draperies for the home. In rooms with plain wall colorings, | striped or figured hangings are best, | but in rooms where there is a figured | wall covering, the hangings should be i plain colors, repeating the color | note dominant in floor coverings and walls. The exposure of each room must be considered in connection with drap- eries. Windows facing north may be curtained with light, cheerful fabrics in warm tones, but for a room of southern exposure, somber, cool tones should be selected. To insure that the house shall ap- | pear from the outside to be well kent, curtains at all the windows—except | perhaps, the kitchen—should be alike and hung similarly at all windows. | For such curtains, the choice is wide including plain scrim in white or neu- overdraperies, the list of materials from which to choose includes dam- asks, brocades, tapestries, poplins, silk taffetas, velours, satins, Paisley cloths, armures, cretonnes, printed linens, cotton or silk repps and mo- hairs, For bedrooms, nurseries, kitchens and porches a number of inexpensive materials may be selected. The list includes unbleached musiins, cham- brays, Japanese or cotton crepes, zing- hams, Kindergarten cloths, sateens, mulls, Russian crash, organdies, cot- ton or silk seersuckers, dotted Swisses in plain white or colored dots, linen toweling, monks cloth and theatrical linen zauze. In the general selection of furniture Mrs. Sanders continues, it is a good rule to avoid anything which appears or elaborate or prominent. If a piece of furniture stands out while in a shop it may be taken for certain it will be even more noticebale in a house, Good taste must be the main guide in choosing furniture for the home. narrow pieces of furniture do not look well in long, low rooms, and short, broad pieces are just as out of place in h small rooms. Slender or fragile furniture and fabrics of delicate design are inappropriate in rooms with beamed ceilings or heavy woodwork. g A house is properly furnished only when it -meets the real needs of the ‘amily whose home it is. Comfortable chairs, sofas and bed good tables, soft carpets and rugs are the most (ST ' DESCRIPTION containing Il 8th & Emerson N.W. Overlooking Tilines Avenus Three Sold Before Completion 2 LEFT tiled bath, I i [ Realtor | 7th and E Sts. S.W. | M 353 homes. large rooms, spacieus _pantry, heat, hardweod ing ' porches. let in cetlar. Colonial six hot-water sleep- toi- oors, Servant's Sample House 4830 Eighth St. FLOYD E. DAVIS I RS SRS S | Main .1267 SR tral colors, marquisette, plain or | small figured nets, large or small | mesh filet nets, cross-bar batistes colored voile: cheese cloths, sun | fast gauzes, Japanese silks or r diums, and casement cloths. For | |Of Stone or Stucco to Fit a 50-Foot Lot If More Space Is Available. house is as gray and cliff. At other times it ence. The exterior is simple, as su |a material demands, full of digni yet not ort of a house t | generations of people A stone house, like an old stone all, is at its best when creepers climb over it, finding footholds to| the first floor used—that is, it’ the their liking in crevices and on un-|ramily is small enough to permit such surfaces. Like the boulders of [an arrangement. OF this room could the field, they are a perfect back-|pe yged for a library or studio. ground for flowers. Any color schame | 4 5 , [The entrance to this stone houss 1s| IN& room it has been planned to reac | throush & vestibule into a large hall,|Jt DY two steps down from the hll.| in'one end of which is ‘a lavatory.|THIS glvasalittle sense:of importanca | Many people like to have a bedroom | !0 the room and also glves greates on the first floor and for this reason | Nelght to the ceiling. Of course, i we have shown one in this plan. for the Winter, if desired, and on important objects, and these shon | be the best the family can afford definite rule can be applied to arran ing furniture, 'but the first consider: tion should be wall space and balance. Good taste should govern also the mattersof piotures;. lamps and oi naments. It too many ornaments, for Ornamen decrease in value as they increase number in any room of the house. IS This Plan Is Ideal? The House May Be Turned | This house is of the very popular | \ | material, stone, which changes color | with the different moods of the day and the different seasons of the year |and which ripens in beauty as the | centuries pass. Sometimes the stone impassive as a glows with color as though the sunshine had be- come part and parcel of its very exist- austere—a friendly, inviting at looks as though might be the happy home of many | This enables the upper rooms to be closed No is well to aveld having STAR, WASHINGTON, ch ty venience. the builder does not wish these steps, it is a simple matter to omit them, making all on one floor. The room, being lighted with three Jarge win- dows and a fireplace, Is interesting and ¢heerful. There. is a panir: tween the dining ropm and kitchen, and the kitehen is further supplibd with a service porch. Thus, as may be seen, the first floor plan is roomy and charmingly arranged, and at the same time ix condensed and sufficient for.the needs of a small family. Up- stairs are three bedrooms ,and a bath, besides large closets Though a house may be designed id in re ts in SIS RS AT 2SS Your Big Opportunity To Buy A Dunigan-Built Home $6,950 Our Terms Will Suit You 3 Come Out Today or Sunday - 5th and Ingraham Sts. N.W. Cbmp}ete in Every Detail TO INSPECT: Take 14th Street car marked “Takoma” to 5th and Kennedy Streets, walk one block to houses; or 9th Street car to Ingraham Street and walk east. D. J. DUNIGAN, Inc. N P T TSR AT TS IR Rz AR N e A\ T AT R ST A\ {ZATHIIIIR A ome i i Il 1319 New York Ave. MY themselves to most attractive furnishing. D. ¢, Tuwo steps down to a living room of unusual charm—and two steps back to a dining room and kitchen of great con- Then across the hall to a fine bedroom, or a library, if you prefer. And up the stairs to rooms that lend A house of many delights, indeed. beautifully and the arrangement of rooms made extremely practical, still SATURDAY, APRIL 11, REAL HEAVY GAIN IN BUILDIN | IN CAPITAL AND VICIN ESTATE. 1925. 17 their color draperies or all Kinds of or tan walls, getting i bright chintz or silk hangings. There are wonderful materials in. the market | . . 1 Middle Atlantic Area Increase for March for curtains, hanging=, pillows, ete . that are washable, which enable | Ovpr Fel)ru(lry Is 73 Per C("l’. : ' | Total $64,398,300. small expense. - Some women are| clever snough to buy some such mate rial as unbleached muslin, voile, ging ham or Japanese crepe, dyé it and stencil a patterm upon it, in this way creating rooms of great individuality | Apiren Luilding operations showed York State and northern New Jersey and charm at lit(le expense. Noth-|an increase of 11 per cent over the |amounted to $84,05%,600. Althongh tng 1. more charming for Sumimer|corresponding month of last year.|this was an increase of 32 per cent bedrooms' than-plain colored linen. If| Building contracts awarded last | over February, it was equal to fust this is too expensive, Bingham or|month in the Eastern States | half the amount reported in March crepe make fine substitutes. | Cabich include alhout seven-eighths |of last year. Total bullding contract In choosing' furniture thought|of the total construction volume of | for the first quarter of this vea should be given to its quality. Better|the country) amounted to $430,916.- | $258,410,800 in amount, show & have a few Rood pleeces that will|800, compared with $433340,300 in |crease of 32 per cent from the f please, always, than some ornate m..;xmx h, 1924. The Increase over Feh- | quarter of 1824 ect which will soon be out of date.|ruary of this year was 61 per cent Bt A s e ar o oefastowa: | scootaisie t5's surscy by B WiDodse Residences in Lend. ed and would look much better Ir| Corporation Last month’s record included the greater portion of the things| The most conspicuous feature of | 636,700, or 52 per cent of all const called ornaments or bric-a-brac were |the March record was the contract | tion, for residential buildings; $1% thrown away. By bringing the inter- | for a $30,000,000 electric power de- | 466,000, or 22 per cent, for commer est and finish of a space up to a|velopment in West Virginia. In fact, | cial buildings; $8,605,800, or 10 per well-chosen jar or picture, a room is | this one project accounted for most o caticetionil bitathek: 35 matle more restful and satisfying|of the increase over the previous 00, or 5 per cent, for social and thun when theteve is distracted by a | March. This project brought the to- | recreational projects: $3,200.100. or 4 number of ornaments placed with no | tal of industrial work for the month | per cent, for industrial buildings regard to the design of the rqgm. |UP to $53,133,000, or 11 per cent of all | and $2,991,200, or 4 per cent, for pul Women who are in doubt 4% to|new construction started during the |lic works and utilities what colors 1o use in their home |month. Public works and utilities Bullding contracts awarded in New might first select. the rug, the wall-| Projects continue to increase. Last |England during March amounted 1 paper and a Japanese print, and build [month they amounted to $67,931.000, ' $34,369,100. This was a 44 per ce the room up from the colors found |Or 14 per cent of the total increase over February and a 14 per in them, using the background color| FEducational buildings. amounting | cent increase over March of last vear for the walls and the spots of color | L0 $42.192,900, or 9 per cent of the to- | Construction started during tha first found in the design for the hangings, | tal, also increased over last March. | quarier of thix year has amounted t pillows and lamp shades. Residential buildings although | $83,427,800. The increase over the This house is 59 feet wide by 361 | amounting to 48 per cent of last |first quarter of 1324 is 18 per cent - | month's total, or $220.872,190, fell be- | Included in last month's record hind the previous March, and com- | were $18,312,400, or 52 per cent of mercial buildings fell behind, t0o, | construction, for residential build amounting to $54,871,100, or 11 per | ings; $8,156,000, or 23 per cent. cent of the total. i educational buildings: $4,682.9( 3 Increase In Recorded. 13 per cent, for commercial building Total construction started during |4nd $1.442,000. or 4 per cent, for the first quarter of this vear has |dUStrial buildings amounted to $1,076.569,300. an in- | Bla Gatas dn Phis, A | erease of 1 per cent over the first | e toe s quarter of laat year. The Xew York | o Lins hareny dn State and northern New Jersey ter- | the Middle Allaniic s : Iz ant: the Nortliweatern States, o de- | Maryland. Delaware District of Co- - csase GPE Dok ceut: siithipotlier dis- | IRBIS S84 _VirEInia) amounted to _ tricts show substantial increases. In | 30 i e B e ncie o or fact, the territory outside of New |33 per cent over Februar a York City shows a general increase | 75 Per cent over March of last ye: of 21 per cent over the first quarter | 10fai work started during the first SeiTare | three months of 1925 amounted t Contemplated new work reported | $120,107.400, an increase of 24 per cent in March amounted to $770.301,800, | OVSr the first quarter of last vear which was & considerable increass | . THe record for last month included _|over the previous month and also | $3%.602,000, or 61 per cent of all con- over the previous March. struction, for residential buildings “(Continued on Ninecteenth Page) March building contracts in X Massachusetts Park | feet deep. would be undesirablé unless one cared Therefore, a 50-foot lot the work of making a perfect home!to turn the house, letting the lving - 2 s not complete \lmul the fin[~||i|r(;g<}r0n:n end face the rodd. Informal Washington’s most beautiful residential section of detached and furnishings have been decided|paths would lead around to the en- - : . f PR Gt Upon. - An arehitect can arrange the|trance, and this arrangement might || homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, rooms because certain essential prin-|be made most attractive. On a 7 with six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of ciples “are involved, but he cannot|foot lot this design would be very| . . SUEmest s color scheime for the differ- | Jovely. ' Whe shuple’ aoilgity of tbe The Triangle of Increasing Values ent rooms because color affects people differently, and what ia harmonious and soothing to one is unpleasant to another. Some prople think that the oniy possible finish for the woodwork of a house is old ivory, because it looks fresh and clean. Others like wood stained gray or brown, and vyet others prefer it painted black. The modern tendency in wallpaper is for a plain surface or at least one that does not show censpicuous. figures, though there is always a chance to introduce bright flower patterns in the bedroom. Many people like to use plain gray LS $1,000 INSP ¥ y OPEN Best Home Values In City OVERLOOKING SAULS ADDITION 8th St. 17 BUILT Colontal docign. Large Celenial frent perch. Attractice entrance hall with Twe other commedious bed- i ~ g’ 3 b W.u‘n"n’d .l:d cellar with steel Unusually large living reem. Extreerdinary large s Pittoburgh instentencous Spacieus dining reem. perch. water heate Specially arranged hitchen. Tiled bath. Ceal bin. Well appeinted pantry. Buailt-in tub. Laundry trays. Built-in refrigerator with Built-in shower. Brick and Steel construction. reer icer, p An abundance of closet Spaciens lawns, beautiful Elegant breakfast perch. space in each reom. shrubbery. Herdweod floors. Glass dosrknebe threugheut. ~ Price; $8950 To Inspec 3 919 15th Street MEMBERS OPERATIVE BUILDERS’ ASSOEIATION- OF D. C. whole design suggests as ‘. setting a surrounding lawn with trees which time has matured. —between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues. Over 200 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- ).fltr;";h' ‘nr:'c‘:l-é ';:“mnltal;-n{ I"f struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed bo er so rially in differen ; - . localities, we do mot attempt to give || $8:00€,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and e hall homes, with lots from 30 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d St. and Cathedral Ave. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupent Circle, Potomac 2200 an estimate as to cost, but suggest that* you consult your local builder, who can give you detailed informa- tion as to the costs of your exact needs to be installed in this design. For informatior. as to procuring the building, plans of this design, No. 68, send 2 stamped and self-addressed envelope to ths Real Estate Editor, care of The Star. (Copyright, George Matthew Adams.) Between Farragut & Gallatin Sts. 8 SOLD Artistic electric fixtures and decorations. DESCRIPTION Master bedreom acress en- tire width of heuse. Numerous electrical outle Deep lot to alley. Hot-water heat. French doors. Workmanship and Material Best Obtainable Cash--$75 Per Month Including All Interest ECT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Exhibit Home 5015 8th Street Attractively Furnished FROM 9 A. M. TO 9 P. M. EVERY DAY t Take 14th Street or Georgia Avenue Car to Farragut St. and Walk East to House: CALTORS SE| S 0 BUILDERS Franklin 1140