Evening star., 1939-07-29
Study Of Ideas
Advised Before
Building Home
Experience Proves
1t Is Wise to Plan
Furniture Placement

Some wit has said that a man
should build three houses in sue
cession. The first will be worthy
only of his enemy, the second of a
meddlesome mother-in-law. The
third, however, will-through expe-
rience gained-prove satisfactory to
his own needs.
Of course, the more houses built
on paper, the more perfect will be
the ultimate construction of the real
house. But first of all, it's we'll to
establish good idea department.
Tear out pages from magazines pre-
senting architectural plans to your
liking and keep them all in one place
where you can study them at Will,
deciding which to discard and which
to retain. Because it Is now pos
sible to build homes and pay for
them on the budget plan. monthly
out of income-many people who
felt they must save for years be-
fore owning home are now going
ahead with their building. Any 10
cal bank or financing organization
Is able to arrange the matter.
Give Thought to Color.
When making architectural plans
give the color element due consid-
Grafton. Learn to think of the house
as whole and consider interroom
harmony when you choose your
paints for walls and woodwork. It's
never pleasant to look from room to
room and see conflicting colors.
A third and equally fundamental
step is to consider furniture ar
rangement. There has been much
weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth over trying to chase furni-
ture into corners reluctant to re-
ceive it, over finding that the only
wall space suitable to accommodate
a writing desk brings a direct glare
from the window into the writer's
face, or that you can't arrange bed
and bureau advantageously without
the bureau eclipsing half the win
dow or the bed being banged by a
flung back door. Nor is it merely
movable furniture that requires pre-
arrangement. Built-in bookcases,
china closets, desks, even beds are
becoming deservedly popular.
Provide Storage Room.
Aside from allowing for ample
closet space you should also plan
a storage room-whether it's an at
tic or basement location. To be
practical this room must be well
lighted. If not with windows, then
with well-placed electric bulbs. And
to help with this lighting-as we'll
as with easy cleaning-paint the
plaster or wallboard lining the room
a bright, light tint, trimmed with
vivid touches-such as contrasting
shelf edges, drawer handles, even
the inside of the door. A storage
room should, of course, be moth
free. Going over the walls occa-
sionally with a fresh coat of paint
will help to spoil these "varmints'"
fun. Moth-repellent paints with
cedar oil content are also procurable
to put such pests to rout.
The color schemes of your house
will naturally be influenced by the
style trends prevailing at the time
OF construction, though basically
they may be settled on some years
ahead. Here is where the new paint
styling comes in-also the practice
OF taking account of architectural
features of house, both exterior
and interior, and applying color to
accentuate the good points and OBJ
scure the bad ones.
Color schemes, however, always
can be changed. So attend to it that
your structural foundations~are cor
rect, and allow for the alterations
you will want to make from time to
time. Meanwhile, with the aid of
paint pot and brush, it would be an
excellent idea to try out, in your
present surroundings, some of the
color schemes you have in mind.
This will help you to decide whether
they are the ones that should deco
rate the walls of your dream castle
when it has finally crystallized.