New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
How TO Make Moderate
Price Home Look Attractive
Care Should BE Given to Arrangement of Rooms.
Selection of Woodwork and Color Scheme
in the Laying Out of a Suburban. House

should be placed, f possible, so as to
receive the morning sun.
Inc Kitchen becomes smaller for the
same reason as the dining room; also
because modern methods and arrange
ments have smplihed or eliminated
many OF the drudgeries. The placing of
the stove, sink, cupboards should be
carefully arranged with the view of
saving time and energy AS most
TINS room Will be pleasanter if it re-
celvcs the morning sun. The pantry
should be considered as a part of the
kitchen, acting as vcstibule between
1T and the dining room.
W nile the cellar is not as interest
ing as other portions of the house. still
vt is important that it be light and
dry, and that there be sufficient space
Tor the laundry tubs, an extra closet.
the heating plant, coal bins, etc There
should be an outside entrance either
in connection with the kitchen stairs
by grade door or by separate stair
way to the open air.
The arrangement of the second floor
IS quite as important as the first. The
number and size of the bedrooms
should be determined by the REQUIRE
ments OF the family and be planned
so that the furniture may be rear
ranged from time to time. They should
nave windows on two sides to insure
good ventilation The closets should
be proportloned to the needs of the oc
cupant.
1t is not advisable to have the maids
room on TINS floor. In fact, with the
present high price and scarcity Of helm
most houses of moderate cost make no W
provision for this room However the
attic should be OF sufficient height. With
enough windows, so that at any time
TINS room could be built at small cost.
circumstances and conditions NAV
change, making this room necessary or
advisable "
The hall should give entrance 70
each bedroom, a lso TO the bath and to
the linen closet, and should have an
outside window for light and air.
Inc 1lnlsh of the interior of the
nome; as we'll as the decorations. is
largely matter of taste. and it is
saie 10 say that most houses suffer
rom TOO much window and door trim.
paseooafa' cornlce, beam ceiling, etc
III other words, too much architecturo
Whether the living room and din;nr
room are finished in oak. chestnut or
white enamel with mahogany doors
does not matter much, so long AS thcre
Is no more OF it than is absolutely nee
essary' depending on the decorations
ana FURNITURE to give the desired effect
Inc handsomest room the writer ever
saw mad white enamel woodwork. ma
isogany doors, old blue decorations and
hanglngs and mahogany furniture.
Color Scheme for Bedrooms
The bedrooms should have white
enamel woodwork with mahogany doors.
as TINS treatment lends itself more
gracefully TO the delicate decorations
ana furni shings of these rooms. The
bath and kitchen should be white
enamel, the walle as we'll as the wood
work.
The modern home should have hard
wood floors throughout, finished with
light yellow and waxed. The kitchen
and pantry Will be more sanitary and
more comfortable to work in if Gov.
cred with linoleum, and. of course, the
bath should have tile floor and base
with keen's cement wainscot.