Evening star., 1936-10-31
my HOME VISITED
BY NEARLY 1900
Model Structure at 49th
and Upton Opened
With Ceremony.

A crowd of nearly 1000 persons
visited My Home for 1885," located at
.Forty-nir1th and Upton streets, Wes-
terleigh, last Sunday, as the house,
built from plans which won the design
contest sponsored by w. C. g. A. N.
Miller, realtors, was opened to the pub
lie with ceremony.
w. c. Miller of the sponsoring firm
presided at the ceremonies which pre-
ceded the formal opening. Speakers
included j. Reilly Stanton, in charge
of the District Office of the Federal
Housing Administration, and Roger
Whiteford, attorney for the Washing
ton Real Estate Board. Guests in
cluded Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, presi-
dent of the Washington branch of the
University Women's Club; Mrs. Lynn
r. Edminster of the American Asso-
citation of University Women; Irwin S.
Porter and Arthur B. Heaton. former
president of the Washington Chapter.
American Institute of Architects, and
F. Eliot Middleton, immediate past
president of the Washington Real Es-
tate Board.
contest winner PRESENT.
William F. Tapp of Arlington, Va,
winner of the contest, who drew the
original plans for MY Home" and
Leon Chatelain, architect, who put
finishing touches to Tapps plans, also
were in attendance. Tapp was de-
clared the winner over more than 400
contestants.
The new home is English provincial
in design. 1t Is constructed of brick,
painted white, and is set among a
group of trees on a large corner lot.
The house has been completely fur
nished by Woodward & Lothrop.
Chinese Chippendale features the
attractive living room, with warm
accent colors of copper, blue green
and cocoa. Blocked linen draperies
form the key from which the colors
in the room are taken. The dining
room, with its wide bay overlooking
the living room terrace. is furnished
in French provincial, with an unusu-
ally attractive wall paper in Empire
design in tones of wine, placed above
q dado of oyster white. Visitors will
be particularly interested in the guest
room. 1t has been furnished IN the
decidedly new blond maple which has
created much interest in the field OF
decoration. Although it is modern
in color and finish, it lends itself
admirably to the classic lines so pop
ular in home furnishings. The two
additional rooms of the second floor
are furnished as masters bed room
and a nursery. The latter has a
color scheme of green, yellow and
white, with furniture of maple. The
principal bed room is typical eight
eenth century with blue and apricot
as the predominating colors.
Living Room Reproduced.
During the progress of the building
of MY Home" another phase of the
home competition was in progress at
Woodward & Lothrop. The living
room of the house was reproduced by
the stores studio of interior decora-
tion and displayed for a month on
the sixth floor. During this period
the women of Washington were
given the opportunity to study the
room and to indicate on a specially
prepared ballot their personal idea of
a manner of decorating the room
After careful consideration by the
judges. the best design was selected
and the living room at MY Home"
has been furnished as nearly as pos
sible according to this design. The
winner Of this phase of the contest
was Mrs. L. M. Pettis, 1899 Irving
street.