Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1940, Page 23

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1940: REAL ESTATE. H 14th century which had been los~ Stucco Easily Patched e b Small holes or cracks in crum-| The “Leaning Tower of Pijnacker” |awakened the population for miles bling stucco can easily be patched | in Holland, & structure of the around when it collapsed. by filling with a stiff mortar pre-|< pared on the job from one part cement to three parts clean sand. Before filling fissures, roughen sil edges to assure a firm bond for the || Low-Cost Equipment remove Joose particies. Pinavy, wet For Cooling Bedroom - : — k Cal S T e e nder. betor At Night Available . . ; P i By LAWRENCE CROLIUS. E 3 It would take a smart air condi- tioner of a few years ago to even recognize this industry’s 1940 off- spring. If you haven't looked at eooling devices for quite some time ‘Leaning Tower’ Falls Big Improvements In Air-Conditioning Machines Reported Personally Con- structed by Owner *10,950 A Real Value in a Lovely Natural Setting. you will be surprised to find how compact and efficient-looking the units of today are compared with the bulky, unwieldy machines which were brought out four or five years ago. You may remember that those original units, which were as “port- able” as a grand piano, required elaborate plumbing and electrical installation work and still had only enough capacity to cool a rather small room. Nowadays it's a different story. A large number of well-designed air conditioners are now on the market which not only fulfil a large majority of the requirements for “true air conditioning,” such as cooling, dehumidification, filtering and air circulation, but do so out of a box which is a fraction of the size of their gigantic predecessors. With really hot weather hard upon us, your home will welcome one or more of a new line of air condi- tioners recently brought out which are designed to do specialized jobs. If you want to cool only your bed- room at nighttime, you can install a small conditioner with a minimum capacity to do the job, and at a lower cost, naturally. If you want to cool an average-sized room during the daytime, such as a living room or office, you can get a larger unit of similar design and construction but of added capacity. Larger rooms in your home or office also can be adequately cooled with a still larger machine of somewhat dif- ferent design. The first two of these new units | are made in the popular self-con- tained style for mounting in a partly opened window. They contain a powerful hermetically sealed cooling unit complete with the necessary fans for the circulation of outside air through the machine for fresh air supply and heat dissipation. Their cabinets are made of attractively designed sheet steel decorated with handsome wood graining or solid colors to match room color schemes, and according to the manufacturer they may be installed in an ordinary window in the brief space of five minutes. Unit number three also is a good- looking piece of comfort equipment and is similar to the others except that it is a floor model to be placed in front of a partly opened window and connected to the outside air by means of a small connecting duct. All of these units require no plumb- | ing connections of any kind since | they are air-cooled and the con- | densed moisture is blown out of the | window in a fine mist. Nor do they require any special wiring because they may be plugged into an ordi- DiinG Room 11o'x 10°6" Livine Room 18-4" x12%° FOR THE SMALL FAMILY—The house planned this week for The Star by the Washington Metropolitan Section of the Mary- land Society of Architects is one in which the outward forms are based on early American precedent, but with a plan based on the needs of a contemporary small family. The design is the work of Joseph J. Schlosser. prominent architect of Silver Bep Room 4w 1650 5‘12 ROOK 4w 12-0° Spring, Md. As shown in the plans above, the first fioor.con- tains the living room, dining room, kitchen, porch and attached garage. On the second floor are three large bedrooms and a bath. The master bedroom is of the same size as the living room. Ample space is provided for indoor pastimes in a recrea- tion room in the basement, which also contains lavatory, laundry room and boiler room. Construction: Concrete basement and footings, brick bearing walls, selected brick facing. Entrance details—cornice, porch, etc.—are of cypress painted white and the windows are of double hung wood. The roof is of slate. The architect estimates the construction cost at $6,800. A House by Edwin L. Taylor 6630 31st St. N.W. mantl losets, eiectris d box, tis _ecabi Ged siate ‘rast, ‘Iatee weoded: fonced to with stos Open Saturday and Sunday LESLIE D. MEASELL Woodley 4733 OLD DOMINI 3205 Washington Bl 5804 CEDAR PARKWAY OLD CHEVY CHASE, MD. The beautiful wooded grounds have an area of about a quarter of an acre The house has great charm and rooms.of generous proportions. 2 tile baths, bullt-i . black marble hearth with er Wit Ve sbraye. Tole Erichen. breskiust mosk. ward: To reach: nut Nepraska to Utah, left to 3ist St. right to 6630. 3432 Conn. Ave. The wide center hall exfends straight thru to the spacious rear porch, which overlooks the gorden and Chevy Chase Club grounds. There are many individual features, which combined with the very practical floor plan make this an outstanding offering. There are 5 bedrooms, 4 baths and a 1st floor lavatory; Ist floor den, pantry; automatic heat; garage. The first floor is exquisitely decorated with a dainty Japanese silk fibre of o neutral tone. On the wide landing on your way to the 2nd floor, there is a lovely boy window, strikingly visable from the entrance hall. OPEN SUNDAY 11 to 6 To Reach: Drive out Conn. Ave. to Irving Street, turn left 2 blocks to Cedar Parkway and lejt Refinancing and Construction Loans 4'/2% INTEREST NO COMMISSIONS to corner of Hesketh St. and our Open Sign. BOSS & PHELPS, REALTORS 1417 K St. (Exclusively) nary floor plug for the electrical supply. . and Lois B. Taylor * x k% 1 i ; 5 Here is another type of fence ma- terial which can be used not only as a road-edge barrier, but for making wells around trees, hiding the gar- bage can, preventing trespassing and keeping animals from beating paths to their doors via your grounds. Because of its extreme flexibility it can be worked around into all sorts of shapes and designs for your | flower garden beds or along the edges of the most circuitous drives. Known as an interlocking drive- in fence, this new steel product is | certainly of clever design and should be very easy to put in place. The fence units consist of double-arched sections about 4 inches wide, which have interlocking joints on both | outside edges. They are available | in lengths, or depths, of 4 or 6 inches | for borders, and 12, 24 and 36 inches for deep fencing. On special order | they may also be had in lengths | of 5 feet for use in protecting a flower bed from hedge roots and acting as a wind break. | To install your fence, all you| have to, do is drive one unit after another into the ground with an| ordinary hammer, inserting one in- terlocking edge into the next as you go along. This forms an endless | pattern which will remain strong and firm regardless of the type of ground you are inclosing. It can be obtained in a number of dif- ferent materials, depending on how much you want to invest in per~ manence. A hard cold rolled zinc fence has a bright silver finish, which is especially good for mark- ing out roads and will never rust, or you can get it in & hot galvan- 1zed copper bearing steel, which is| rust-resisting and will cut through | small roots with the greatest of ease. For the last word in this type of fencing you can also get it in everlasting stainless steel. NA. 9300 Country Life BARNABY WO0OODS Albemarle Street $16,750 7 Rooms and 32 Baths Living room 17 ft. wide; walnut plank floors; all twin bed size bedrooms, library, space for rooms in attic, game room, 17x28, with fireplace; maid’s quarters; 2-car garage; cedar fenced yard; moss-covered rock garden and pool. Open Daily and Sunday Directions Drive out Mass. Ave. to Westmoreland Circle and Western Ave. through Witherill Road one block to Albemarie St., right to house. Wisconsin 2688—W isconsin 6481 7305 Bradley i Boulevard New brick home on lot 70x165, containing seven rooms, 2 baths, oil-fired air conditioned heat, built-in garage, metal cabinets in kitchen, elec. refg. and range. Someone is going to get a bar- gain as this home Must Be Sold To reach:® Drive west on Bradley blod. from Wisconsin ave. 2 miles to 7305 Bradley bivd. (just beyond Wilson lane). Open Sunday R. Bates Warren Wis. 6009 Oliver 3159 * ok kX If you would like to know the names of the manufacturers of the products described in this column, Just send the column to Lawrence Crolius, 51 East Sixty-seventh street New York, N. Y., together with a stamped, self-addressed envelope, 6330 32nd St. Chevy Chase, D. C. STATELY WHITE COLUMNS—rambling white fences—the wide Colonial hall and crystal chandeliers—each bedroom for twin beds and in the study a long wide window seat and book shelves. The recreation room opens above ground and far down in the valley is an outdoor fireplace and terrace for moonlight summer evenings. OVER TWO HUNDRED Washington families enjoy this thrilling < gountry life every day, here in Barnaby Woods, Y2 sq. from the bus. OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY UNTIL NINE At Chevy Chase Circle turn right on Western Ave., drive straight 5 blocks to Tennyson St., bear right and drive 2 blocks to 32nd St., turn left at “Country Life Homes” sign. owner CLAUDE G. JOHNSON suitder Field Office on 32nd St., Barnaby Woods. Waoodley 3238 THoNAS J isHER S QUNpANY Mr. Boothby SALES Mr. Child 738 15th St.—DI. 3830 Sun Screens “Shades as well as Screems” KEEP OUT 80 to 85% OF SUN'S HEAT* Filas ribbons of bronse set at proper angle to cut off sun’s rays—yet allow ample glare- less light and clear pleasant vision with cool comfort. . ALL TYPES OF SCREENS STORM WINDOWS AND COMFORT COOLING SYSTEMS For Free Estimate Phone HObart 8300 i 4301 47th Street—$11,500 two blocks north of Massachusetts Avenue ONE OF THREE COMPLETED HOUSES IN LOCUST HILL, A COMMUNITY OF DISTINCTIVE HOUSES Prices $11,500 up COQOPER LIGHTBOWN & ASSOCIATES Designers & Builders Woodley 1059