The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
|ITTs ON GOOD
home BUILDING
L,,iiset Clausen Advises Peo-
!, 10 Avoid Small Vesti-
bules in Homes.
SHOULD BE ,
pOONY TO BE ATTRACTIVE
Dignity in Plainness,
Elsrs Quality and Proper
ton Are Evident,

..r 10 be quite the popuia'
" y, drsmatists to place the darl
i - domestic life in vivid form
.ss public, with the idea OF i'm
nnou the audience the folly
= hind of waywardness, write:
..;,..t Arthur c. Clausen in an e1
- With something of this idea il
! ,be writer desires to call the at
Y, Of the prospective homebuild
a. few common errors OF incon
..;;ss made in the construction OF
Z. ~ seyampIes Of which can be seen
- - neiohborhood, but which are
4 'ibouehf of when observed, ex'
/, - architects or other observing
VTbsrc is an old, but always true
= that first impressions are last
u,ts tho Entrance Attractive.
IA is the real reason for making
! inout entrance to a home as at.
~, Ne, as possible; keeping out
=. and weather, il should also in
{. r,ests The entrance to home
n key to its interior, a sort of in
a 10 what is to come. If the
4 door IS badly marred, contains a
[,s LIGHT of glass, is hard TO open
4 trimmed with lock out of or
,sd causes the hostess some confu.
/ While trying TO open the door TO
n guest, tho impression which n
3 sets under such circumstances is
4 be entire home is one of disorder,
c,ly in its furnishings, but in the
.stie relations of the family.
8 the other hand, if the door is
j attractive, is neat in appearance
/ DDS not swing into a crowded YES
4. which looks as if it had been
/ On as an aftertbought, the impress
received cannot help but be IA
atle
R.fined Dignity in Plainness.
b entrance need not be ornate. In
i there is a refined dignity in
mes where quality and good pro-
boa are evident. In tho northern
i Of the country, when the en-,
d. faces in any direction except
:, yestibule is almost n neces.
/: .but to be practical, n vestibule
~ be at least four and one-half
batwsen the doors and about
Ie Is vide A small box-like vesti-
sn Of little practical use and a mar
: kdne.
B lss been said that architects are
l rMt observing of all professional
Z However that may he, there is
|t'1bi but that a successful designer
iaaps must mentally live in the
= be plans while designing them.
Were the Baby Catches Cold.
aze IS, ! believe, the usual modus
sndl of q hostess welcoming a
q through q small boN-ike Vesti-
Z In order to back in while she
falng The outer door, the entrance
Z nuSt, OF course, be left open. Her
3, who Is so glad TO see her. must.
e7ne, shake hands. The hostess
q INTO the hall. her guest in hand.
Hus, leave her guest abruptly TO
y close the outer door. In the
..ins both doors have been left
/: iol a minute or two and the baby
- cold.
Ves'ibnle which is not large
" ior both hostess and guest to
= and close the entrance door after
Is not practical. When vesti.
~ 'ols size cannot be provided
Iesl 70 have n storm door on the
1 & Not cheap contraption. but
'ns exact counterpart Of the en-,
door.in all its details. except
little thinner TO reduce its
!his outer door would, OF
sslhg outward, the same as q
a9or; should have spring hinges
= loek or knobs, there being
handle on the outside. Tho
ssu closed acts on the same
IVY as storm window