Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-24

Il. Willard home, sos West Main street,
Sa turday evening they will be well
coined into the most beautiful resi-
Eence tn the city. Richly furnished.
handsomely decorated, and completely
equipped, 1t has 10 equal among local
dwellings. Good taste, care, and a
large sum Of money have been law
fshed on the interior TO make it de-
iiShtful to look at and good to live in.
Much attention has been paid 10 all
the minor details OF furnishings-fur-
Iiture. decorations draperies, lighting
fixtures and arrangement-to make a
harmonious whole. The effort has
been an artistic success. Such will
doubtless be the opinion Of those who
are to be entertained in it when it is
thrown open for the first time.
House Of Many Rooms.
Not only is the Willard home the
most com modious IN the city. but 10
otner house has had the amount of
money expended in its building that 1t
has. Little has been overlooked that
would have added to the appearance Of
its interior. Many electrical and other
appliances have been installed to make
IT convenient and comfortable and TO
save time and steps.
Its three floors above the ground
have nineteen rooms. exclusive Of
baths. halls. sleeping porch. conserva-
tory and smoking and other basement
rooms. Altogether it has thirty nine
rooms. The first floor is divided into
seven rooms. the second into eight, and
the third has four, not including those
excepted.
Most Of the Ars. floor rooms are
large. Almost all OF the bed chambers
Of the second floor are Of good size
and In addition to small ball room on
the third floor, there are three bed
rooms for the servants.
Halls Suggest Colonial Interior.
The two large halls, which extend
thru almost the entire depth OF the
house on the first and second floors,
suggest a colonial interior. The To-
cation and plan Of the stairs and some
of the rooms themselves add to this
suggestion. Almost all CT the rooms
of the first two floors open directly
from the halls. Wide openings con-
meet the large downstairs rooms with
1.-THE hall, so that the total floor space
! thus thrown together is large.
Harmonious contrasts have been
worked out in the decorative scheme Of
these rooms. These contrasts hold true
also Of the furniture and furnishings.
The colors used range from browns,
fSds, and greens 70 dainty blue, graz.
rose and yellow. The furniture grades
from massive colonial pieces to light,
!. richly carved chairs and tables, copied
from styles of the time Of Louis XIV.
Each Room Complete Copy.
Each Of the first floor rooms is com
plete In all its details of the time.
period or country from which 1t is
copied. There is colonial room of
the Empire period, with it's massive,
plain furniture and deep-toned color
scheme. Contrasting with 1t is Louis
XIV. room. with its delicate carved
chairs and brilliant wall tints.
Louis XVI. room. with lustrous
mahogany and dainty frescoes. furn-
!shes contrast for Dutch room, where
blue and white walls relieve somber-
aued wainscoting and beams.
Walls Frescoed on Canvas.
The wallis are canvassed and frescoed
In oil. some Of the ceilings being free
hand work. Sidewalks bear stenciled
patterns, which. II soma of the rooms,
were copied from the design OF the
up1olstering of the furniture.
variety OF expensive woods in
GLIDING oak, Circass1an walnut, ma
hogany and birch, were used for the
wood work. Lighting fixtures were Sc
lected that would harmonize with the
decorative pattern of each room. The
same is true of fireplaces, things. floors
and ornaments.
Hail Done IN Brown,
The front entrance opens into the
hall. To the left a large opening.
thanked by fluted columns. admits tn
the big living room. To the rear Of il
is the dining room, which connects
thru the buffers pantry with the kitch-
en-. The first room to the right of the
entrance is the, reception room. the
next is the music room, and separating
it from the breakfast room is a hall
which leads to an entrance on the east
under the porte-coehere. Two tones of
"A warm brown We're used to give the
mottled effect on the walls of this hall
and the one above. The woodwork is
white oak. tuned. The same wood
with the fumed finish is used in the
living and dining room and the upper
hall. The brown rug, like all the large
Jugs OF the lower floor, is hand tufted
ID imported from Austria. From the
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