Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1940, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. Tilelike Board Makes Modern Wall Covering Comes in Colors And Without Scoring For Panel Use By DOROTHY DUCAS and ELIZABETH GORDON. Modern walls in kitchen and bath- room commonly are made with a shiny-surfaced, colorful board, which goes under the name of “tile- board.” That is because it is avail- able and popular in a scored-off pattern which looks like glazed tile. But this same material can be used for the surfaces of walls in kitchens and bathrooms without the scoring. . Indeed, many interesting treatments are possibie without un- broken surface—horizontal panels, plain walls above scored-off wain- scotings, contrasting colored large panels running from ceiling to floor. ‘We bring the matter up because we have been looking at some de- signs for bathrooms and Kkitchens suggested by one maker of this kind of board. One, a bathroom, is treated with pale green and peach vertical panels with chromium molding strips. Very good looking. Another uses black horizontal panels for the lower part of a wall behind a re- cessed tub, with white panels of the same size on the upper part of the walls. Some of these horizontal panels have scoring on them—indentations of contrasting color, usually black or white—but they run horizontally, not in squares. Sometimes the scor- ing lines are at regular distance all the way up the wall; others are made with a series of three lines every two feet or so. You'd be sur- prised how unusual and handsome the effect is. The board has a lustrous water- proof finish which is not damaged by steam, hot water, fruit juices, fats or oils, household acids or alco- holic beverages. It feels just like tile. And it comes in 16 standard colors, which include lively rich shades of yellow, red, blue, purple, green and buff. You can get the usual scored-off tile effects, too, of course. New Paint for Masonry. Perhaps your house doesn't need | a new coat of paint this spring. Yes, | of course, you would like to put a fresh face on it, change the color | scheme perhaps, do something to make it perk up and face the sum- mer and winter ahead. But the paint you put on last year, or the year before, looks all right. Only some- thing is wrong; something has been | overlooked. Could it be the chimney? Could it be the foundation walls? Paint for these two masonry parts of a frame House is of different kind than | that used on wood. Maybe last time the house was painted you forgot | about getting masonry paint and making the chimney and foundation | ‘walls as clean and bright as the rest | of the house. And maybe these forgotten parts of the house spoil the whole effect. But luck is with you. You can do the two neglected parts this year, when the walls themselves do not | need painting. There is a new resin paint made expressly for outside use over masonry materials. It is in- expensive, easily mixed with cold water, usually does the job with one | coat, can withstand the weather with the best of them. It may also be! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, IN WOODLAWN VILLAGE—This attractive small home at 4908 North Sixteenth road, Arlington, Va,, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8. Borum, through the office of B. M. Smith." —Star Staff Photo. applied to old or new surfaces, wet or dry. This new paint, which brings the popular member of the paint family, resin, outdoors, can be used over cement block, concrete, brick, sand- finish plaster, stone, unglazed hollow tile, asbestos siding and stucco. It comes in white and in eight colors: Ivory, cream, buff, tannish brown, light blue, gray, light green and brick red. It is made as a paste which is thinned with water so that one gallon, costing about $2.75 or $3, makes one and one-half gallons, to be applied with a large brush or sprayer. There is no reason why masonry parts of a frame house should be neglected. Cheap paints for these surfaces sometimes have been in- efficient in coverage. Good paints often required a good deal of pre- paratory treatment of surfaces, such as acid washing, sand blasting, siz- | ing and priming. But a resin ex- terior paint covers well, dries under normal conditions in about an hour and can be applied to a wall which | is merely brushed or wasned down to a surface free from loose par- ticles and oil or grease, How is your chimney? How are your foundation walls? And inci- dentally how is your brick or stucco house? Material and Budget Meet. Flashing, that necessary part of a | well-built house, which carries off the rain so it won't leak through walls, is -available today, inexpen- | sively, in lead. That is news to many people who have believed that lead flashing is a medium for expensive residences only. But it demonstrates the fact | we have been heralding for a long ime, that manufacturers, through | the last 10 years and more, have been experimenting to bring mate- rials within reach of modest budgets, so that we can get old materials in new and cheaper form today than ever before in housing history. With lead it was done through the development of hard lead, which is pure lead alloyed with between 6 and 712 per cent antimony. This increases the tensile strength of YORKIOWNE VILLAGE —adapts true Williamsburg design to Modern Living eautiful architecture is combined with the most modern appointments and select environment in Yorktowne Vil-" lage homes. This exclusive community offers quality and character at surprisingly moderate cost. Two awards for out- standing architecture were given these homes in a recent competition sponsored by the Washington Board of Trade. 23 Worthington Drive Beautifully Furnished for Your Inspection Here, we have on display a unique Williamsburg type home with furniture of the Colonial period. You are cor- dially invited to in- spect this home today. Open Daily 10 AM. to 9 PM. To Reach: Drive out Massachusetts Ave. 1 black beyond the District Line to Jamestown Rd.. right to Worthington Drive. LG Prouningers Soms 1730 K Street N.W. NAtional 2040 Rock Creek Fforest A RESTRICTED COMMUNITY ADJOINING ROCK CREEK PARK Exlnblt Home, 2725 Blaine Drive Furnished By Hilda Miller F YOU'RE seeking & home ot distinction—a fashionable environ- ment—and real quality in construction—then come to Rock Creek Forest! The four new homes now ready for your inspection present the ultimate value for your housing investment. Four bedrooms and two baths—some featuring first floor bedroom and bath. Excep- tionally large living and dining rooms—de luxe kitchen with break- fast nook—paneled recreation room with fireplace—and many un- usual built-in features, Real Value $12 750 w - To Reach: Drive out East-West Highway to Meadowbrook Riding Academy, turn right at our signs to Rock Creek Forest and homes. 1515 K St. Dist. 3100 sheet lead, so that the weight of material necessary for flashing is reduced by about one-half. And an increased use .of lead has brought down its cost a pound. Lead flashing has certain advan- tages: It is easily worked and formed into the wide variety of shapes and designs necessary for proper flashing of windows, doors, roofs and chimneys. It resists cor- rosion and does not stain adjacent masonry or paint whenever rain water runs down from the lead to the other surfaces. Hard lead chimney caps are es- pecially popular. Chimneys are vul- nerable parts of any house and de- terioration due to weather can set in at the top of a chimney when moisture penetrates its joints. Base flashings and chimney caps of lead are not expensive. They can be in- stalled by any sheet-metal worker or building contractor. The caps make a metal top for the chimney, like the ferrule of a walking stick, except that there are openings to | let out the smoke. | Lead also can be used for um- | brella roofs over entrance doors, window and side wall flashings and for linings of hanging wood gutters. For further information about products described here, write the Misses Ducas and Gordon, 230 West Forty-first street, New York City, and inclose stamped, self-addressed envelope.) LOOK—ONLY $9,850 NOTE THE LOCATION 120 Worthington Drive (MASS, ‘4" lxmnln AT OPEN TODAY AND ALL DAY SUN. ed brick. = Ultra modern. . Lavatory en first ith fireplace. seen WALTER A. BROWN 1115 Eye Street. NA. 1652. $4 990--‘5 1390 Bl 5-ROOM HOMES HIGH & Elevation Exhibit Home 3936 Blaine St. N.E. Furnished by Hilda Miller Sflnl-dellched community bt Eled bathe with jhower, sir-conditioning. large hrl[ht dining _room. uxe kitchen P 2 reai bedrooms. with outside entrance. Monthly Payments Less Than Rent TO REACH: Out Benning Road N.E., cross Railroad Bridge, turn right on Minnesota Anz 2 Ddlocks to Blaine St., left to home. You will see our sign 2 blocks up. WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. Sales Representatives 1224 14th St. NW. DI 3346 HN living _room, modern de basement Linen Window Shades Linen window shades from Italy on which colorful designs are hand painted have struck the popular fancy as exhibited in a large New York store. The designs are so ap- plied as to show on both sides of the shade. Seek Color Harmony In Garden Furnitcre, Householder Advised Study Paints of Home Before Deciding on, Shades for Pieces Give as much thought to select- ing harmonious colors for your gar- den and porch furniture as you give to choosing the right accessories for your new summer ensemble. So advises Lenore Kent in an article in the current issue of Better Homes and Gardens. “If the furniture will reside close to the house on porch or terrace,” says Miss Kent, “study the colors you see on the outside of the house between the various pleces of furni- ture of your most cherished flower “Place furniture of the wrong hue near your prize flower bed and the Jaring colors will ruin the picture you so tully complement your blooms, repesting their finest colors. If you use leaf greens and wood browns they'll blend softly with the background, acting as a subtle fofl, flattering rather than competing. “Suppose your pride and joy is & bed of velvety, ruffied petunias. Probably you plan to have an out- door living room nearby. Could anything be more attractive for its chairs and tables than petunia col- ors—each pilece different? Or are mass plantings of clear yellow mari- golds and ageratum yoyr especial favorites? Furniture nearby would be especially pleasing, with some pleces in soft blue to-match the ageratum, others in rich, vivid blue, pale vellow, soft green and deep —roof and body, trim and doors— | wine. even the shades and curtains in the windows. “Suppose you live in a house with a gray roof, white body and trim and lettuce-green shutters. You've all sorts of color possibilities for outdoor furniture. Primrose yellow, dark blue, pale gray, white and lovely lettuce green are only a few of them. What’s more you'll enjoy your pieces doubly if they're not all painted the same color. “If your house is of unpainted red brick with a slate roof and cream trim your choice is a bit more limited. But cream, green or dark wood browns would all be pleasing to the eye.” Avoid Discord With Flowers. Speaking of the outdoor furniture that is not so close to the house that its color harmony is impor- tant, the suggestion is to let your conscience be your guide—as long as there are no clashing discords Pre-Showing 2402 Tunlaw Rd. N.W. 7,250 6 Rooms—1 Bath e Air Conditioned o Stippled Walls o De Luxe Condition o Convenient Location A VALUE WORTH SEEING Open Daily and Sunday To Reach: Out Wisconsin Ave. to Reservoir Rd., north on 37th St. to Tunlaw m DI. 3100 1515 K St. Rd. and house. HIGHWOOD - Chevy Chase,D.C._= A Community of Fine Detached H;mes Exhibit Home 3367 Stephenson N.W. Open Daily & Sunday ~is of the Colonial center-hall design having a living room 13x24 opening onto large screened side porch. and 2 baths. Ist-floor lavatory, 3 bedrooms Finished and heated attic. Random width oak plank flooring. Beautiful lot 87 feet front with several large oak trees. Other homes of 3 and 4 bedrooms, some with first floor dens and lavatories. Moderately Priced Near drade, Junior, Senfor High & Parochial Schoois Directions—Drive out Conmecticut Are. Chase Circle. turn right on Western Ave., ranch Road, fo Broad B to Chevy § squares turn right 1 square to Stephenson, then left to property. G F. Mikkelson & Son BUILDERS MXLTON F. SCHWAB, Sales Curtis Millwork and Lumber by W. T. Gallther & Bro. 609 East Leland Street, Rollingwood CHEVY CHASE, 'MD.-$16,500 Overlooking Rock Creek Park—150-ft. Frontage High, wooded lot—in a carefully planned community, second to none in Washing- ton. A most impressive residence, styled for those demanding the best. leaving city, has priced this beautiful home far below real home value. Owner, Spacious rooms of refinement and character—an excellent blending of brick, stone and timber—rolling grounds, with evergreens, flagstone walks, rock garden and lily pool. Two colored tile baths—complete electric kitchen—ample closets—mirror doors— oil burner—two-car built-in garage—12x1 8 concrete side porch overlooking the park. FURNISHED. OPEN FOR COMPLETE INSPECTION TODAY AND SUNDAY Call Us for Further Particulars numu—.-M ETZLER— e Developer of Rollingwood at Rock Creek Park Dist. 8600 1106 Vt. Ave. Nights TA. 0620 _The Better Homes and Gardens 3202 19th St. N.W. Mt. Pleasant— Near Rock Creek— Where Prices Range $10,250 to $14,500 (.?zj'r ‘Ml“ sood only until Sunday Furniture $9,950 [nnis 12 rooms, 2 tlled baths, ront and rear porches hlumem ‘door o out_into_lov rden overlookin park. o heat. “"A lovable, Twable cation, popular to paying guests. Immediate Possession—Open Kelley, Steele & Branner Di. 7740 A Home Built As You Want It! pe of home your personality. Wi‘ ot eall on us or inspect new houses. which are examples of “Better-Built” Stone Homes: 7829 Oldchester Rd., BRADLEY WOODS A most charming Colenial home, [ arge lot with 1 Al ned oil heat. To inspect: Drive out Wis- i to Bradley Bivd.. on right In Chevy Chase Western Ave lmuhit‘ New homes, just with 7 rooms, 2 coi 1st _floor Iavatory, matic air-cond! Drive out Conn. Aw . te Chevy Chase Cirele, right on Westorn Ave. 113 blocks to ‘Paul T. Stone, Inc. 927 15th St. N.W. NA. 0856 REAL ESTATE. article is encoursging with its sug- gestions about the furniture that is not all the owners might wish it to be. ‘“Don’t he distressed,” it says, “if you haven't the very latest and loveliest lines, in your out/oor fur- niture. Just remember that pleces not so well designed or propore tioned should never be painted in very light colors. Darker tones are kinder and help conceal the defi- clencies. Fine chairs and tables, on the other hand, welcome light tints which show to best advantage their graceful lines. You can sometimes add apparent height to pleces toa . | low and squatty by painting certain BEACH Construction country atmosphere. homes within the “Village.” Only 12 Minates from Downtown Before you proceed any further with your search for a home of your own, come out and discover how much more Brentwood Park has to offer. Here, in lovely surroundings, on wide boulevard streets flanked by colorfully landscaped lawns, you will find a wide selection of distinctive detached Colonial homes at very attractive prices. This 45-acre community beckons you with its high, healthy elevation, its marvelous I's homes offer such plus featu: . automatic oil heat, three bedrooms and tiled bath, built in garages, modern ap- liances, smart decoration. It's a set-up worth looking into. Prices begin at 1990 Matthew K. Stevens, Builder-Developer Mason W. Long, Sales Manager PRING—and the world has awakened! In this lovely season we long for a home set amidst trees, where we can walk upon fresh earth, have our flower garden and see nature thrill with life. Village to those who find themselves happiest in an urban Here your natural, social, and archi- tectural environment is assured thru imposed restrictions. Here there is instant accessibility to tennis courts and golf courses with numerous bridle trails winding thru the park where you can relax or indulge your taste for sports. Place your dwelllng on a site surrounded by beauty, where your “home value” will increase. Edson W. Briggs, Inc., acts as building and financial counsel to buyers and builders of SPECIAL Corner site—100 ft. frontage, fine view, $2,450. Drive northerly on Beach Drive through Rock Creek Park to Western Ave. or East on Western Ave. at Chevy Chase Circle Edson W. Briggs, Inc. Developers OFFICE ON PROPERTY. PHONES: SHep. 3430—EM. 7801 vertical lines in & contrasting color. High pieces may be made to seen lower and more stresmlined if we paint their horizontal sections in # different shade from the up- rights.” About the mixing of special col- ors the story has this to say: “If you can’t find just the tint or shade you're seeking on & color card don't give up the ship. It's a simple matter to mix exactly the color you covet. Your dealer will be glad to advise you about the tube colors to get and you'll find the actual }nlxln( of them & great deal of 35 WOODED ACRES Fronting DRIVE Over one half mile along Rock Creek Park Featuring Real Architectural Character and Enduring in Dwellings We suggest Ridgewood SPACIOUS WOODED HOMESITES—$2,250 UP Wise. 9781 TO REACH!: Drive out Rhode Islend Ave. N.E. to Montana Avenwe at Fourteenth Street, thenee right into Brentweod Perk.’ Exhibit heme, fure DECATUR 3200 fla weel—dowlt s Brentivood [ark ' RHODE ISLAND & MONTANA 'AVENUES, nished by Palais Royel, ot 1460 Channing 98 HOBART 6958 AT 14th ST. N.E