The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-12

Picturesque Homes Being
Built Along Streets of In
O.
dianapoIis-Give Greater
Pleasure = No Heating
Problem.
BY Molly Elliott

Problem.
BY Molly Elliott
The little house that says
Stay - is rapidly gaining in
favor, both fashionably and
economically speaking, these
days Indianapolis is building
along it's new streets rows and
rows of picturesque houses Of
FIVE or six rooms, usually all on
one floor, and designed after
the more pretcntious English
and Colonial models that are
alluring in their attractive sim
plicity
These quaint little places
with their gay rows of petunias
and flower boxes in window
sill and porch ledge fairly smile
at passersby.
And there you are-smaller houses
for greater pleasure. For there is
no doubt but that both householder
and housekeeper have infinitely more
pleasure in one of these small, con-
veniently arranged homes than in
the old-time "three-story" of no END
of rooms and alcoves, hard to heat
and a perfect bugbear to keep clean
and attractive
The woman who lives in one Of
these smaller new homes says:
why, yes, keep house but l de-
clare I can clean the whole place
from tip to toe in a day and there
just isn't enough to do around the
busy" What fairy tale that would
have been to the brides and house
keepers Of twenty-five years ago!
No Heat Problem
So compactly arranged and scien.
tff1cally built are they that the heat
ing problem ceases. A small fur
mace sends to all the rooms at once,
practically all the heat that can be
comfortably used, and a pleasant lit
tie fireplace that is essentially part
of each living room does more than
the customary amount of service.
Then there are numberless ways
to modify these homes to make them
more or less pretentious and to suit
the individual needs of the occu-
pants. Often a sun porch is added
tiny, Of course, in keeping with the
dimensions of the rest of the house,
but a sun porch nevertheless. This
often give opportunity for a sleep
ing porch which. increases the posi-
bilities for overnight guests. Occa-
sionally there may be found a way
to cut off or add on a small room
somewhere to be used as a den or
studio so that the lack of occasional
privacy is avoided
Ingenious Arrangement
An ingenious arrangem ent for the
connection of the two bedrooms by
the bath has the double advantage of
doing away with wasted hall space
that may well be used on the rooms
an dallows the bath room to be en-
tirely invisible from the other por-
tons Of the house.
Now, of course, there arises a
cry from the large family, whose
demands are for more bedroom space
and little more formality. One Of
the most perfect answers to this is
a charming little house at Fifty-third
St. and Washington Blvd, that is
jus nearing completion. Approach
ing this little stucco bungalow you
are charmed with it's quaintness and
compactness But when you learn
that there are nine rooms, two
porches and a studio you are against
There is even a reception hall, three
large size bedrooms and a living
room that reminds one of the pic
lures of Old English lodges with
it's appearance of Gpaciousness, to
say nOIHlIlS VI DISdhldSL lOOllA %
we'll a large dining room.
Like Old England
Which all goes to prove that we
are coming around to the point of
view that our English ancestors had
in their country places built for in
timacy and comfort Many of these
new places are following the ten
dency to even do away with the
dining room entirely and put the
extra space on the living room
where many congenial meal is
served before sparkling fire.
True enough, there is still great
need for large homes of pretentious
proportions. But the small house
is in tremendous demand these days
and is filling need for developing
the home loving instinct.