The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-21

peoaivs Ars New Nodes 1Nrse Pans Wored
By NEA Service

New York.-The new Brides House has the distinction of being not merely one home, but three con1- plete and charming ones under g single roof. They comprise a beau- tiful, consistent group affording a separate decorative scheme for nearly every taste.
 First there is the modern apart ment-sophisticated enough to hat- ter the most confirmed young mod erns, yet homelike and inviting for all its smartneSs.
 Entering the front door, a striking living room spreads before the eyes. The decorator has woven Oriental colors and accessories into scheme essentially modern-an unusual and fascinating idea. Dramatic contrast is the keynote. Furniture is all in blond wood with the exception of the dark walnut piano and bench, which because of their size and bold difference easily dominate the room.
 On low blond bookcases which oc- cupy the entrance wall, row of f1gurines repeats the Oriental theme. It is introduced by a large Chinese portrait painted in brilliant colors upon silk, and hung above the fire- place against the soft gray-green painted wall.
 A tiny library which connects the living room and dining room is also blond room. The color notes are supplied by dark green desk fittings, several oddly shaped boxes of dark walnut and by books in bright colors.
 The dining room is a monotone ensemble in beige tones used for walls, rug, curtains and seats of the chairs. The furniture is walnut and quartered sycamore. Or the low con- sole against the beige side wall stands the famous torso done in sugar-pine on a solid walnut base.
 There are two bedrooms. One is modern with furniture in bleached maple mysterious and elusive against pale gray and coral walls, with yards and yards of sheer gray gauge hanging full from one side of the windows.
 The other is French bedroom, where Provencal furniture in beau tifully grained walnut is polished to a soft old lustre and combined with ivory painted pieces, in a setting of gray-blue and off white. Beds in this room have headboards of ivory and blue striped moire; the chairs are of blue satin; taffeta bedspreads combine gray-blue with the off, white of the draperies.
 A small terrace leads into the sec- ond home-a two-room apartment. There is a pleasant Regency flavor to its 18th century English living room. The dull gray-blue of satin draperies edged with wine-red fringe is repeated by the blue ground of white-flowered ppaer in the dining alcove, where the seats of the chairs are in wine-red.
 Modern from stem to stern is the adjoining kitchen. Its walls are of black rubber, and the marbleized floor is black and white-a stylistic background for the pure white of cabinets and cooking equipment
 Third is the five-room traditional house, also 18th century English, with dominant colors of cool greens, beige and white.
 Bathrooms in all three houses are gems of color, and 50 are the closets. The modern bath off the French Provencal bedroom has walls of cool clear gray structural glass, 8 ceiling painted blue, shower curtains and window shade also of blue. In the two-room apartment, the bath is in shades of peach; the five room house has bath with solid wall of glass brick-the other walls are covered with marbleized glass.