Evening star., 1924-06-28

Dutch Colonial,W With
Home.iness and
Old-Time Charm.

The most popular house in the east
today is unquestionably the modified
colonial, especially the Dutch colonial
Ideal. and the popularity of this type
OF architecture is spreading through
out the country. One would make no
mistake in planning a modified CO.
lonial anywhere.
In this house the hall is put at one
side, which gives a living room at the
right and dining room opening
from it by wide door to furnish
larger sense of space The sunroom
can be treated in many different
ways. The division indicated between
dining room and sunroom can be left
out entirely or made of glass or
grille, as desired. Or the sunroom
could be converted into a conserva-
tory if preferred, or the dining room
extended in straight line with the
end of the house-which would save
trif1e in the cost of building, but
would not be SO picturesque. This
sunroom gives a small desk space"
can be used to air blankets or con-
VerteQ into a little SarQen-
The kitchen has been planned for
convenient houSeWork. 1t has its
own service porch. and the pantry
between the kitchen ana dining room
facilitates serving and helps to keep
the odor of the cooking out of the
rest of the house. The cellar door is
close to the kitchen. There are many
dreSSers for dishes as well as dry
foods or kitchen utensils, and they
are placed in the most convenient
places.
In the front hall by turning the
first riserS of the stairs sidewise, you
make a place for small lavatory
and the hallway is made more at
tractive. There is f.rge opening
between the hall and the living room.
of the house when entering-and, in
deed, almost the full width, for one
has to take only step in to the
living room to get the vista through
the dining room or the sunroom. Thus
the house would seem much larger
than it really is.
Upstairs are four bedrooms and a
small sewing room, each with ample
closet room and an abundance of win
dows. If. when this house is built, the
owner does not want a maids room,
her bath could be eliminated, making
the room much larger.
This house is Al II feet wide by SO X
feet deep; therefore. we would need
at least a 50-foot lot on which TO
build. But to do itself justice, with
it's old-fashioned dignity, this house
begs for a much larger lot-a lot
with dignified old trees thickly set,
few matured evergreens and then
some of the flowers that our mothers
loved and would have planted in their
gardens and around the house, and
the charm would be complete.
There are many effective ways of
painting this house. The most popu-
lar, perhaps. is to have the house
white, the shutters forest green and
the roof a slightly darker tone of
the same green.
We have seen this house with the
lattice and shutters a rich peacock
blue, and the fence and birdhouse in
the garden painted the same shade of
blue. This strikes an unusually mod
ern note and brings the house and
garden into close sympathy. If so
noticeable a shade of blue is used,
great care should be used in the
planting. All reds and pinks should
be avoided and rich shades of blue
and yellow used instead, with many
white flowers and evergreens. The
coloring of this house can also be
worked out most satisfactorily in
shades of gray.
In selecting stones for the chimney.