Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-18
Peepin'
into new homes IN
Ell Centre this week,
this is what Marguerite
Brooks Of III e Post
Press staff saw:

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youngsters say, but peeks
into houses just new enough
to be intriguing yet old
enough for the owners to
have made them really their own
are a peekers' paradise.
An unlived in new house is only
cleaning object to be admired
for its very newness But a lived
in new house is a creation to be
loved for its comfortable, heart
warming signs of some Mr.. and
Mrs, their children, and all their
human trappings. j..
Take a peek, for instance, into
the grand new home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Scheniman on Sandal
wood drive its plan walls are
perfect background for paintings oil
hills, oceans, and floWery meadows
in contrast to the houses desert
setting.
There are telephone connections
in every room In the house
a telephone beside the davenport
In the living room F.. a daven.
port, by the way, made especially
for Mr.. Scheniman . a four
cushion model with plenty of
room for a tall man TO stretch
out on for 40 winks or more.
There is another telephone in
a.. l.tt tnl,
another in the combination sun
room and library for whoever is
being lazy there . all the draw
ers in the enclosed bookcases in
the Sunroom. library have sliding
tops which convert them into little
writing desks in case the yen to
scribble should arise q. 8. that room
has comfortable chairs they
actually fit the human form. .
Cupboard, closets, drawers, and
shelves are snuggled away in every
bit of stray space all over the house
and even in the garage the
guest room, its bath and powder
room are tucked away in a secluded
corner so guests will be well out of
the way of the household and the
household activities will not intrude
on the guests.
The master bedroom is done in
daring dubOnnet and a pale, vel
vety gray :. it is a dream of
room for dreams.
The bathrooms (all four of them)
are 1895 contribution to comfort
and luxury E. they are papered ir
wall linoleum and are so smooth
washable, and neat as a new pir
they have glass shower cur
tains. The soap dishes fold into
the walls out of the way. Gma-
CINE having a dental bowl, so teeth
| brushing is a sanitary riteD. Al
the light sockets have noiseles'
snappers.
The dining room is gorgeous in
long, trailing dubonnet draperies
against dull, silvery walls. the
chairs are really comfortable,
strange to say, and are upholster.
ed in dubOnnet satin striped with
The kitchen has everything .
an electric smoke and smell carrieI
outer a gadget for grinding W
garbage (even the bones) anC
dumping it down the drain al
electric diShwasher the circula,
bench in the breakfast alcove il
upholstered in bright red for NOR
ming cheerfulneSs the table i
round stationary one with a blacl
chromium top.
Even the service porch (Which
isn't a porch at alb is SO neat ant
all-out of -sight-looking h i
makes housewives green with envy
=. it even has a tool closet.
The patio is snuggly embraced by
the arms of the house and walled
away from the world . the bar
becue arrangements are unique
complete with grill and oven
incidentally it is lowly incineratol
when not officiating at barbecue.
French doors may be opened
between the sunrOOm and the
patio porch to make a ballroom
:. imagine dancing out of doors
with shining red tile underfoOt
and desert stars OverheadM!
1t takes deal of peekin' to get
even a birdseye view anyway
the Schenimans forgot nothing.