The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-18
BY MARY MARGARET M'BRIDE
NEA Service Stat Correspondent


NEA Service Sta IF Correspondent
NEW YORK-Thc moderately
priced house of the not distant
future, according to the New Ameri-
can Home Committee, is to have
logical room sequences and arrange
ment, windows placed for interior
effectiveness rather than exterior
design, with Is per cent more wall
space as a result, year-round air
conditioning, scientific lighting and
a co-ordinated unit plan of fur
nlShlng that inSures comfort, econ
omy and good taste.
Sounds like the millennium, but
there is already such an architec-
tural and decorative phenomenon in
Rockefeller Center, and other SINH
lar houses soon are to be opened in
the country.
Outdoor Living Room, Too
The indoor living room (the front
yard is arranged as an outdoor one)
is not really large, but by careful
planning from the inside out. it is
made to appear much larger. Air
conditioning makes it possible to
put ali the windows on one side in
a group. This leaves more free wall
space. Doors are concentrated at
one end of the room to the same
end.
The living room mantel is about
half as high as the ordinary mantel
and the picture hung over it is thus
brought more intimately to the gaze
Of the beholder.
A glass brick half-partition is
used instead of the usual wall to
separate the dining alcove from the
living room. The glass hides the
kitchen entrance from the eyes of
those in the living room, and yet,
being glass, does not shut off light.
Flexible chair units are ar
ranged intellectually on two walls,
giving the space-saving advantage
of built-in furniture.
Only two of the four walls match.
These two are painted in putty COL
or. Another wall is tinted yellow.
The fourth is done with the glass
bricks. The floor is cork, easy on
the feet and easy to keep clean.
Closets Meet Special Needs
The master stroke in the bed
room is one closet for the mistress
and another for the master. The
masters is done with fleetwood walls
and a fine arrangement of tie rack,
shoe case, trousers bar and sturdy
hangers finished to match The walls
The mistress is a feminine af-
fair with fittings of every conceiva-
BILE sort-they can all be bought at
budget prices, incidentally - in
glazed chintz. Two bedroom walls
are painted, one is papered, and the
fourth is of fleetwood.
Two Types of Nursery Wards
Living room, bedroom and dining
alcove have sunken lighting fixtures
in the ceiling paced above the piece
of furniture which most needs direct
and reflected light.
The living room floor lamp can
be adjusted for three lntensities. A
chromium tube on a metal base
used as a desk light and very SINH
lar to the lights over the beds in
the bedroom. directs the light to one
spot when adjusted.
Even the nursery has the Varie-
gated wall treatment. Three sides
are done with a blue polka dot paper
The fourth is papered in plain blue
The chest of drawers has vari-
colored knobs which are matched by
the insides of the drawers.
The idea is that the child will
learn colors and neatness at the
same time. The practical crib can
be modified and used for bed when
the boy or girl grows older. There
is even a child-height window in the
toy closet.
The kitchen has all electric
equipment, red accessories, she'll
pink wall, a floor of black rubber
and a lighting system backed with
white metal reflector and hung
from the ceiling to avoid glare and
shadows.
The bathroom is made up of pre-
fabricated units. In one panel are
the sink, mirror, medicine chest and
clothes hanger under the sink. In
another are the tub and shower.