Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1926, Page 22

2 REAL ‘ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, .YOVEMBER 6, 1926 REAL ESTATE. FURNISHING THE HOME Conducted for The Star BY ELIZABETH STETSON AND GENEVIEVE HENDRICKS will be convenient for books, ash trays and other small objects. Either one would make a good place for a small, table lamp, which would throw its light over the shoulder of the per- son sitting on the sofa to read. on our fireplaces entirely for heat, as |~ Few rooms are large enough to ac- 2 did our ancestors. Until a few gen-|commodate two sof: ed in thi erations ago every room in the Well | anner, nor 18 this always an inter: built house had its fireplace for Sup- | esting treatment, for It is apt to be plying the only heat that could be us. If, however, the bulk g oves later supplemented the fa is balanced by a group of | as heat givers and reduced | chair: ables facing it on the op- the number of fireplaces. Their suc- «pl i d g e, a delight- cessors, our modern furnaces, have | {ul composition is fl ved. Place a made fireplaces no longer absolutely | large, comfortable chair nearsst the these new necessary adjuncts, but delightful and | fire, with a floor lamp back of it, or : . As you enter one of these homes in Cleveland | decorative luxuries instead. have a table close at hand with a : g - Park youll immediately sense that friendly, bappy Only One in Homes Today. table lamp on it, ‘and you will make A spirit_ which is characteristic of homes of true another perfect reatling place. For Spanish architecture. | Few houses today boast of more| conversational purposes it would be spac; wrougl | than one fireplace, and this, of course, { well to placs another chair, not so 2 e b [ e e ‘hhrvn tile open is generally in the living room. Ordi- | lar8e and more easily moved about, 38th St. N.W. between fixtures, Tiffany-finished walls and Spani near and allow for a pleasant group- ing of furniture nearby, as shown in| | HERE’S HOW TO FURNISH YOUR LIVING ROOM | : the plan. A small table at either end ; Questions Answered Miss Stetson and Miss Hen dricks will be glad to any questions pertaining t« home furnishing and decorat- ing. Tnclose a 2-cept stamp and address: Home Fumnishing Department. The Evening Stor, Washington, D. C. BY GENEVIEVE HENDRICK of ad great No room in the house is narily it is the predominating feature, ‘,‘nf,'}“t:{‘,,',’,‘?m';’;zd hu‘w‘e"”’;‘ o s Van Ness and Veazey Sts. fireplace; in the dining room, with its built-in corner family importance as the 1iving room. | ang in the ordinary small or medium R e 0 pla(e cabinets—as you pass from one charming room For here the entire family gather to- | i ) get the impression :m life I articles, and may hold a | not been placed | sized room Is the center of greatest gether for study and. reading and|;niorest. about which we may group|!2Mp if one h che’e*er 5 wwldbebngflu in a home like this, eommunity life, and here they meet |bur furniture. rer the fireplace. " and entertain thelr friends. So let| Since we come to the fireplace for| . SUCh a grouping insures comfort 4 Some of th % Complete, wdl-hfltél artistic, these homes sre re- us begin our study of the furnishing | heat and cheer, we must arrange our the seats are conveniently placed me markable values at the pm;“’ghere are just l[l‘.f s beg! r study of the furnishing o s 7 Gonv conversation and the tables and : them—two priced at onl 50. We advise im- furniture so that we may conven n " ly $14; of the home with the treatment of the | ey o I P Extra Features: emd - | lights are close at hand for read. o é | iently see it and feel its giow as w or ready use. mediate inspection. Mving room. And since nothing worth | sit about it. We will probably want ,‘_,‘)‘;’:l“’hsi‘;é‘fl a fecling of repose to a while, either in life or the furnishing | to read there, and so we will want our for it expr perfect balance. it is a workable pl he: Breakfast Room " books, good lights and convenient tz plan when pen from 9 A.M. to 3 PM. Drive out of houses, is evolved without thought | POk, 007 LEBIS ald convenient to rhnu‘a'ht of in relation to the other Furniture used in above plan—1, mantel; 2, sofa; 3, 7'al|tl 3 St claiRan claiots OM Ave. and turn west et Bureau of and consclous effort expressed in a|want to gather close to it for conv u;‘r;]shlguix of the room. lamp; 5, chair; 6, foat-stool or low table for tea.h'la.l .sztl:.hlir table ’ 5 A Stenderds. Or out Wisconsin Ave. to Van plan, let us look to making a plan of 'itiunmwi(h our famil 3n1d r.;en;b, e nce, ;:{ dl’l:v“ ml 'a"m‘"\‘dh ll;: (optional); 9, screen; 10, tnble with ":&::i;g“;"k';fl_ ianos 17 : upstasrs Ness St. and eaat one block shing the living roc | we will want our seat placed tha: | {2C0MA cussed in a * 5 . Eutalshing She 8 ivine moom we can talk without feeling the need | 271k malf Cedar-lined closet in First of all, we must get in mind| ;¢ ¢houting at one another. For those every bedroom what we want our living room to be.| of us who have the leisure and can e RSP . 9 If we are to enjoy it, we must make | enjoy a cup of afternoon tea we must 4 8 \ . [wo baths, one with it comfortable, tru! to live. To mak ce in which | provide a table as well o - ‘ g > buslt-is > 5 B % in shower rtable and| " In our modern houses, cramped for ¢ i b inviting it must . resulting ce, we are often compelled to use : ? P N Large upstairs porch . from good color IR | ik dneh o il so Tt it e 3 5 . ; args M est, from our decorative objects, and | tage. The practice of building in X Spanish Balcony comfort from well built furniture well | chelves on either side of the fire- placed. It must have for easy access | place is often good from a decora : S g - Casement windows the things w e 2 rf Ime as well as a practical standpoint 3 X G ¥ A : Servants’ Toilet Sth as lights, tables, - 'his is especially true when the roon Ve : ¢ > s s i 919 15th St. N.W. Throug 3 s enough to permit thes: 3 : . » S f i . Laundry Trays Main 8949 centered shelves being built up to the ceiling & b men and, lescendants, the The books, with their red and greer B 5 ’ sl . EXCLUSIVE ages of all . squatted about an | and gold colorings, are in themselves s { - open fire in the center of their caves | decorative, and when extended to the or tepees. As culture increased and | ceiling give an added sense of height architecture developed, and man lived | to a room. Then, too, they are con not in caves or tents but in houses. | veniently placed for the readers. by this central fire was moved from the | the fireplace, . center of the living quarters to the | A sofa is one of the essentials for slde of the room. ‘This fireplace, at | the comfort of a living room. It first only a niche in the wall, through | should be so placed that one can lie ages has been built and decorated in | down on it to read or nap, or 5o tha* & thousand different ways. it can accommodate several people Fireplaces Improved wishing to sit together for easy con TR A versation. If space permits and the L som balances with it so placed. what better place for it than by the fireplace? AGENTS and the s were de If this is placed 8t right angles to Prseriin o the fireplace, it will be conveniently it served to m: E i — tor the fireplace. Francis the art-loving monarch, | y ggerating the Italian :ls he saw during his expeditions Chevy Chase, D. C. Italy, was one of the first to 3802 Gramercy St. ex:lt the fireplace as an architectural decoration, and great stone mantels, Detached Center-Hall Plan Stuceo finish, tile roof, 7 rooms, carved with his salamander and ini- ([l §iucco finish, ile root. 7 roome. u in France [ll° rior finish, “modern appointments. perhaps, servants' quiarters in basement. buill: - 3. in_garage, location unexcelled. date our modern decorative over-man- telpiece from the epoch of this mon- Price Is $25,000. arch. and is well_financed. entfally a fireplace is for heat. Merchants Bank and Primarily it w o for cooking, but Trust Company thanks to modern architecture and 2425 “Inis NW. modern appliances, we no longer roast 429 Street N.W. our meat or cook our vegetables in Main 9400 the living room. 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