Evening star., 1938-09-20


bath, kitchen, closet and hall. This /:
suitable for business women or bache-
lors, who, for every day. must have
housekeeping hours reduced to a mini
mum: on holidays they like to enter
tain their friends, serve their own
small dinners and do it all with a GER
tain amount of pride, on small in
come with limited time and effort.
This is by no means one Of the eX-
pensive. modern apartments designed
for just this type of living. but rather
the usual. inexpensive one that you OF
might find for song" and make
our own.
1t has several difficulties to be over
come, and several good points The
two large easement windows are de-
hghtful because we love sunshine and
two-way ventilation. and they look
out upon wonderful view, but they
take up most Of the wall space. which
makes it impossible to use the usual
type of furniture Another wall is
taken up by three most ordinary doors,
to the bath, the closet and the hall
way, which certainly do not add to the
beauty of the room This leaves but
one wall space for furniture, and
though We know we need storage space
for the thousand and one things that
60 to make home, we refuse to have
q f1lled-up, cluttered aspect to the
room.
We like feeling of clean space and
plain surface. but we still must have
a bed to sleep in, table for food, a
deep chair TO rest in and read, desk
for writing, and all of this so ar
ranged that friends may drop in at any
time and find a charming, attractive
living room.
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OUR only possession is very lovely
America modern desk in a light
fruit wood with a grayish cast. For
this we have exquisite crystal and
black writing accessories. AS this is
something very fine in design and
workmanship it seems good plan to
build the room around it.
We decide to build in utility space
TO get streamlined effect and avoid
breaking up the wall area. After max
ing a detailed sketch We call in a
carpenter. He builds a continuous
shelf from point A to E around the
room. This is % inches wide and
just to the easement sill in height. At
point A between the bed and the bath
room door he puts deep drawers under
the shelf for blankets and linen. B.,
behind the bed has little cubby holes
for favorite books, telephone, and the
at hand. At c, under the window We
have ample space for books From
D to E is we'll designed bank of
cupboards, open shelves and drawers,
below and above the counter, which
hold the necessary equipment for the
table and the service of dinner.
After this is installed we have the
whole room painted soft, warm gray
with the inside of the open shelves
black and the inside of cupboards
and drawers clear coral color.
HEN We are ready to buy furniture.
We insist upon good bed, not a
couch, but it must be used as a sofa
by day so bedstead will not do. We
decide upon q size mattress on a
box spring, the finest that we can buy
guaranteed to keep its shape and not
break down at the corners. We have
the carpenter make frame for this
to rest on and we place it cater
cornered" at point B. At the foot of
this We place one of the beautiful new
glass coffee tables. Then we get two
comfortable modern chairs, deep
enough to be restful but not too clumsy
or heavy to be moved easily.
We buy dining table in light wood
to match the desk, small enough to
be set against the wall when not in
use. which will seat four comfortably