Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-06
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MODEL Home
PRIDE SOURCE
Ralph kunsch, Design
er, Says Structure Is
Built For Permanent
cy and Beauty

an their quest for beauty and
nodernity some builders lose sight
entirely of durability which IS the
thing of prime importance m build
ing" said Ralph Kunsch. designer
and builder of the Model Home IN Los
Ebanos subdivision which IS 10 De
open for inspection Sunday.
"There is a strong tendency. Is,
pecially in a new country. to build
for the moment and let the future
take care Of itself. This is the proper
viewpoint for the building man in an
oil boom or mining town but IN a
country that has a soiid basis sueh
as the agriculture Of the Valley, per,
manency must be thought OF as wen
as beauty.
at il for this reason We built the
model home Of such 4 construction
rs will stand the wear and weather.
ing Of decades instead Of years. IL
il for this reason we, for one tnlng'
built all the structure work OF yeiloW
nine. one of the hardest and most
durable woods for the purpose. IL Is
A wood that has proven itself IN early
Eastern building. having been useu
in homes and buildings that are no"
historical"
Permanency Revealed
Insuection Of the house, according
10 Mr.. Kunsch, will disclose such per,
manency features as oak floring emo
and side matched, a%ll-copper weather
a~trinninr around all windows ana
doors. heavy copper valleys under
the roofing tiles, and copper door
and window screens.
.Ths reason We are calling this a
MoSsl Home. instead Of a model house
is that a structure built LOT tehpoI
arv rpos is not usually a nome
PeonIe don't become attached to
houses as they do to hcmes and per-
manency is one thing that helps eie.
vate = house TO the classification OF
the home" said Mr.. Kunsch. 1T Is
the home. not the house that n
children grow up in and love. IL Is
the home that they can return to In
after years and recall the incidents OF
childhood with delight. All houses
should be built with a view OF max
ing homes but it wouldn't take mucn
looking around to discover many that
were built only for temporary shell.
ter. I believe that putting up a good
home is one Of the greatest factors
in binding n family together and IN
bringing them back after they
have grown up and Il cir interests
have separated"
House Beautiful
Among the many features when
will attract the visitor Sunday Is the
fireplace. II is an unusual one: IL
looks as though it were built from
stone straight from the quarry. MIN
ute examination will disclose plaster
for which the trade name is Iextone.
Mr.. Kunsch says it was laid directly
over the friedrich.
The kitchen will delight the woman
visitors. Ii is white throughout. "A
wainsccating extends about shoulder
high all around the room and IS
made Of pure white kAenes cement
blocks. Textone in the smooth finish
here again appears to great advan-
tage covering the plasterboard above
the w~ainscoating with a solid blanket
of whiteness throughout which no
seams can be detected.
The other rooms are also finished
with plasterboard and the rough fin
ish Textone, each room tinted diff
ferently to harmonic with the fur
nishing scheme.
j. ne front uOOF Ia
bronze straps and knocser Of Spanish
design. The interior door furnish
ings are Of brass with dull nickel
finish and glass knobs.
Visitors Sunday will find through
out the model home evidence of good
materials that have been placed in
good hands who put them together
for -permanency, convenience and
beauty.
Mr.. Kunsch came 10 Brownsville
from Minneapolis about five years
age. He has been combining his
work almost entirely to residences
and has built a great many IN
Brownsville and the Valley.
He is his own architect and the
plans for all the new and beautiful
Gestures IN the Model Home are en-
tirely his own. His efforts are not
confined TO drawing but 10 contract
ing and building. and when an esPe-
cially delicate piece Of work is to
be done in wood hsndiwork or in
almost any phase Of building he can
take the necessary tools and do
things that make the eyes of the
ordinary craftsman bulge. He also
has some very decided ideas about
1sndseaping which he works out as
q hobby.
Mr.. Kunsch has many original
ideas that he expects to work out
IN future building.