Evening star., 1925-08-29

Such a House as
You've Dreamed OF
A Rarely Beautiful Design
for a Small and Not Ex-
pensive Home.

There are very few people, indeed, to
whom real beauty does not appeal.
They recognize 1t at once and they are
few who do not desire it. Beauty is,
nine times out of ten. the result of
thought and study. The jeweler OBJ
tains his exquisite designs only after
weeks of study and work on each one.
This is the story of all beauty. Poor
design. whether it be in a house or an
automobile or rug, is the result OF
hurried. thoughtless work.
The architect today, however, has
more to do than to create beauty. The
jewelers. work is finished when the ar
ticle is carved but the architect must
struggle to obtain convenience, too, IN
the layout Of the room-otherwise the
beauty is valueless. The old English
homes are very lovely as to exterior,
but there Is not particle of the CON
venience that the American home de-
mands in the rooms
Such home as the accompanying
cut illustrates is one of the finest eX-
amples of what the modern architect
is doing for the country home of to-
day 1t would be difficult to find any
one who could not recognize this de-
sign as being among the aristocrats of
the small house. Not an Item of con
venience has been neglected or left
or not. il will be interesting to study
the plan as well as the exterior.
This would be a very lovely design
for a matched roof. although multi
Colored shingles have been suggested.
Let the stones of the porch be of the
beautiful pinks and green's and tans
that one can so very often find In the
fields. Split these stones and you Will
discover all the tones in nature. Above
! ~ I,t 1acf frxa
would be ruined by the use of a cob
hlestone porch. Cobblestones lack so
lidity in appea ra nee. they lack color
in fact there is no beauty in any way
about a cobblestone house. Tint the
cement a light tan and let II be a
rough coat. for a rough coat reflects
the light and gives color.
If one likes contra SITS. the woodwork
may be of a brown tint, but we would
prefer a tone far different from the
tone of the stucco. Then the soft
tones of the beautiful rough edged
shingles, and you have a house that
would be difficult to duplicate.
1t Is a f1ve-room cottage downstairs
with huge storage space and a study
! on the second floor. There is a ter
race a the back of the house and a
view OF the garden may be had from
here. You will note that the fire
place and the kitchen range will have
the same chimney-not a little saving
in construction. The service entry
leads directly TO the kitchen and TO
the cellar. Vegetables. fruit and coal
go to the cellar without entering the
house.
The stairway to the study from the
living room may be made feature of
the rooms. Stairways in olden days
were more carefully treated than they
are today. 1t is perhaps a mistake
to neglect their beauty and make
them as inconspicuous as possible, for
they may be made such lovely fea-
ture that they enhance the beauty of
the whole room.
You will note that we have sus-
gested a wall extending along the gar
den side with a carefully made gate
entering the garden. This should he
made of stones the same tone as the
porch and will have the appearance
of that wall extending on and on.
Choose your planting Of the trees