Evening star., 1934-06-09
THOUSANDS VIEW
.S|LvERSTAR HOME
French Colonial Residence
| on Exhibit for Three
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Il Son. The builder was not sparing
in cost or care in his effort to pro-
duce a home of outstanding, artistic
design and INABILITY. 1t met and
passed with flying colors the rigid tests
through which every house must pass
before given the Silver Star award.
Y The house is believed to meet the
present demand for true home values,
and exemplifies the best in architec-
tural design and in actual construc-
ton.
Surrounded by Foliage.
Placed well back on a lot that Is
more than l22 feet deep. The Star
model home is attractively set on a
shghtly higher elevation than the
street level. 1t is surrounded by well
placed shrubs and beautiful trees, in
cluding two Towering japanese cherry
trees. The community. Kenwood, is
one of the most beautiful OF the higher
type developments about the Capital
City.
: The house is. of brick-veneer ex-
terror, with steeply pitched gray
slate roof. To give an appearance OF
age, the outside walls are whitewash-
ed. A one-story garage is attached
to the east side of the house, balanced
on the west with stone arch formed
by a continuation of the front wall.
Two semi-hexagonal oriel windows,
topped by sheetings of copper, adorn
the front. A broad flagstone walk
leads to the front door.
/ Entrance Is made to the home
Through a French-Normandy type
doorway. The door Is blue-green.
the shutters throughout. This door
has a small loaded window. Past
the door one enters a rather spacious
hall. An attractive stair to the second
floor leads of this hallway, as well as
entrances to the dining room on the
left and the large living room on the
right. The home faces north, and at
the far, or south, end of the entrance
hall is a den, equipped with lava
tory.
The first floor of the model home
has been furnished by George Buech-
ler, interior decorator, while the bed
rooms have been equipped with the
all-metal modern American furniture
apf the Simmons Bed Co. Mrs. Light
bown, wife of the builder, has con-
tributed to the artistic decoration of
the house.
! The large living room, with its fire.
place to the west, contains a variety
of French period furniture, with green,
yellow and brown the prevailing tones
This room is 2212 by 13 feet, and is
furnished in good taste with an eSpe-
cial effort made to avoid crowding of,
furniture. There Is a window south
OF the fireplace, facing the west, and
three other windows giving a modified
bay window effect to the front. These
windows are matched by a similar
group in the dining room across the
hall.
In the dining room, the decorator
has placed nine pieces of Sheraton
type furniture. This room Is the same
width as the living room and is IA
feet inches in length. A door con-
meets with the kitchen which is i'm
mediately in the rear. Likewise the
living room is connected with large
porch on the southwest corner of the
house. E..
Woodwork Is Ivory.
The entire first floor of the model
home is characterized by dignity and
simplicity of appointment typical of
French colonial design adapted to meet
modern-day needs. The living room
is papered in yellow and green, with
all the woodwork painted ivory color.
Two wall sconces and girandole mir
fn hn
Attractive features of the dining
room are two glass sconces, hand
made and imported from England.
The walls are unpapered and painted
green.
The den is papered with a fox
hunting design and is furnished in
way to suit the masculine taste.
An all-electric kitchen, ventilat-
ing fan and an abundance Of tables
and cabinets make the kitchen en-
tirely modern. 1t is finished in yellow
and black, with washable walls and a
battleship linoleum floor.
A broad stairway with wrought
iron rail leads to large hallway up
stairs. The three bed rooms open of
the hall, with the master bed room
to the west, directly above the living
room. It's dimensions are 13 by 19
feet. 1t is decorated in tones Of
peach, with yellow and black all
metal furniture The room has pri-
vate bath. To the rear Is sun deck,
finished in blue and white, with a
flooring of green mating to initiate
grass. It has a spacious closet, ade-
quate to care for the storing needs
of its occupants.
Across the hallway on the north
east corner and corresponding in size
to the dining room beneath is Sec
ond bed room. This is finished with
yellow wallpaper and blue figured
curtains and likewise has all-metal
furniture. There are windows to the
north and east.
A large bath room separates the
front room from the third bed room
On the southeast corner. Doors con-
meet the bath with both rooms. The
rear room is 13 feet by 10 feet 6
inches, and is done in pale green. It
likewise has windows facing two di-
rections.
The colors Of the bath rooms are
black, white and peach. with the
doors equipped with keyless locks
operated by push buttons. The floors
are of rubber tile and the rooms are
equipped with the latest type Of
plumbing.
The home will be open to the pub
lie under The Stars sponsorship for
80 days. It may be reached from the
downtown section by driving out Wis
consin avenue about half mile past
the District line to Somerset. Turn
left at Dorset avenue entrance to
Somerset and continue to Kenwood,
approximately a mile from Wisconsin