The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-27
ARCHITECT TELLS
USES OF SOLAR|UM
Arthur C. CIauSen Describes
Benefit of Plenty of Sun
and Fresh Air.
GOOD PLACE TO SMOKE
EVERY MEMBER OF FAMILY
WILL ENJOY SOLAR PARLoR.

I'VE should be moderate in the use Of
all things except sunlight and fresh air, /"
writes Architect Arthur C. Clausen of
Spokane.
Fresh air can be distributed indis-
criminately through every part OF the
house, but 1t is neither possible, prac-
teal nor desirable to have the direct
rays Of the sun flooded through every
room, especially IN the summer time,
when the sun is very hot. 1t is a splen-
did thing, however, to have one room
devoted exclusively to the raising of
plants and the admission of the solar
rays. thereby linking fall with spring,
with a bit Of indoor summer time.
There are a number of family uses
to which the soIarium can be put. 1t
| is a splendid place for the children TO
play in when the ground outside is wet
with melting snow or even in the sum-
mer time during the rainy weather. The
windows can be opened, and it provides
an ideal room partially protected from
the elements. The man of the house
| delights to sit in the sOlarium on Sun
day to chat, smoke and read his papers,
this being one place in the house in
I
and papers without being frowned upon
/ by the feminine head of the house.
/ Every woman who has a sun room
/ knows what a convenient place 1t is in
which to sit and dry her hair after
shampooing.
TWO Kinds of sun Rooms.
sun rooms are divided into two
| classes. One is sometimes called a So
larium or sun parlor, the other is a
conservatory A conservatory, properly
speaking, should have glass not only
on the sides, but on the top as We'll,
and is intended to be used exclusively
for the raising of plants. A solarium
is a room sometimes placed In one
corner of the house with windows on
two sides, but more often projecting
from the house with windows on three
sides, having a roof over it, with cur
tains on the windows and only a few
choice plants set on stands or brackets
in appropriate pisces.
'"The ideal solarium is room about
nine by twelve feet, containing ten
windows, three OF them being on each
Of the nine-foot sides and four on the
long side. This should be connected
with either the dining room or living
room by two wide sliding glass doors
The floor should be OF tile and the wall:
should not be papered. but tinted will
a very rough plaster finish. The wood.
work is usually something out Of thS
ordinary in finish.
"A practical arrangement for the
windows to to have them slide full
length down into pockets completely
out of sight, the same as street cal
windows in large cities. Owing Il
the windows being large and the sasl
heavy. they should be placed on bal
ance weights. When these Windows
are entirely out of sight the solariun
becomes an open porch.
Pretty Combinations.
"A very pretty treatment for tn,
woodwork is to use Guarter-saweC
oak stained a light copper green. Rex
oak treated in this manner produces
the best effect. Light green willow
porch furniture should be used in tn
rooms in combination with woodwork
of this color. A very pretty combina
ton is obtained by plastering the room
with rough cast cement. with a littk
lime in the mortar to tighten thu
color and leave it unstained. Bircl
woodwork, stained a dark mahogany
looks well in combination with TIL
cement interior. The border of the til,
|, floor should harmonic with the colorl
predominating in the room.
1.-The sliding glass doors between thu
solarium and the adjoining room
should have glas panels the full
length, the same as French windows
These should never be plain. but SHOULD
, be either divided or art glass. Will,
some simple design in loaded glas.
looks we'll, they could be made yer,
attractive by dividing the glass int
squares with loaded bars to simulat,
vine trelIis. Then, in colored ar
glass run leafy. vine up the outsid,
OF both glass panels, bringing them to.
ward the center at the top. will
branches laden with grapes, droopins
down for about one-third of the wa,
. from the top of the door.
Leave the balance clear glass. TIL.
combination of green and brown leave,
and the purple grapes seen against tn,
strong light Of the solarfum is yer,
, pleasing The only object in havins
these glass doors is to close the so
larium off from the adjoining room dur
ing the few days in summer when IN.
: heat coming from this room would b,
/. somewhat cppressive.n