Evening star., 1940-07-06
Life House Boasts
Neat and Practical
Recreation Room
Many Problems Solved
In Ingenious Way to
Make Spot Attractive

There are several noteworthy
items in the 'livability" of the Pam
American Life House at ALL Res
ervoir road NV. which many of us
might incorporate in our own homes.
This house was erected by Wa
verify Taylor, Inc, in cooperation
with Life magazine.
You have probably wrestled with
the problem of covering the walls
and ceiling of your recreation room,
where pipes, heat conduits and the
electric meter all jut out into the
room at different levels. If you
covered the walls with wallboard
or paneling they still had many
jogs in them, and there were sew
eral places left open so that work.
men might have access to trouble"
in case of emergency, and always
there was the item of expense. This
has been solved in an ingenious
way in the playroom of the Life
house
Bamboo Screens.
The ceiling has brilliantly paint
ed bamboo screens which are held
in place by bamboo poles, in ap-
pearance much as they are in a
South American market place.
Walls are lined with hand-woven
grass mats interspersed with post
ers and drawings of the Central
and South American countries. The
furniture is of hand-carved nat
ural finished wood, as simple as old
monastery pieces and very attrac-
tive and comfortable.
Combined with turquoise and
brilliant blue Mexican glass, primi-
tive hand-woven wall hangings, the
natural wood colors and plated
mats are most attractive. The fact
that the mats may all be removed
easily and the effect changed with
little expense and for various
seasons of the year makes this ar
rangement practical. For instance,
the wall treatment is most inter-
esting around the fireplace for sum-
mer, but the mats would be a fire
hazard when the fire was lighted
and they would have to be changed
in the fall.
Delightful Porch.
The delightful porch Just off the
dining room is one of the most
attractive features of the house.
Considering that this house is con-
veniently located on one of Wash
ington's arterial highways, it is
joy walk up the front steps, through
an attractive living room and turn
ones back on noise and traffic and
recline on cool porch overlooking
green garden with a forest at its
back. The iron furniture in palest
pink Is cool and comfortable and
the grass rugs, glass-topped tables
and even the fish bowls all carry out
this idea. The white wire, flower
stands and the clever hall window
treatment of white wire with trail
ing plants brings a definite touch
OF summer into the house.
The practical idea carried out in
the little study upstairs is attrac-
tive. The sectional cabinets which
line the room under the windows
hold any number of things. Their
tops unfold to give table space. One
section is shown opened and used as
q desk.
Attractive Color Scheme.
The color scheme might have
come from the picture on the wall
where the turquoise, brown and yell
low notes with spots of bright red
are all combined. The furniture and
the couch cover are rich deep
brown. The swag over the top of
the window is plaid glazed chintz
of lemon yellow brown and red.
The shaggy rug is deep red and the
walls are a nice turquoise blue.
This might be a study for the
whole family, or big brothers room,
as it has a nice closet and plenty of
drawer space. Mother might use 1t
for a sewing room or it would pinch
hit as a guest room as the bath is
just next door.