Evening star., 1940-12-21
Last Silver Star
Home Of 1910
Open 10 Public
Visitors Continue
In Steady Stream
For Second Week
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

The final Silver Star Home of the
year, the attractive Georgian-type
dwelling at 4737. Reservoir roao
NV, in Dumbarton, tomorrow will
enter the second week of its eXhi-
bition period A huge crowd at
tended the opening last Sunday, ano
a steady stream of visitors Con-
tinued to inspect the home all week
The new home was designed AND
built by Waverly Taylor, Inc. 1t is
constructed of brick, painted white
and contains seven rooms and three
baths 1t has been tastefully fur
nished throughout by the Palais
Royal studio of decoration. under
supervision of Miss Geraldine M
Park This home will be open each
day from 10 am until 9 pm
through Sunday, January 5.
Endorsement of the Silver Star
Homes Committee, a group of five
housing experts, was given the Dunn
barton house. The committee is
headed by James S. Taylor of the
Federal Housing Administration
Other members are Edwin H. Ros-
engarten, builder: Irwin S. Porter
architect; John Nolen, jr, of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, and Fred A Smith, i'm
mediate past president of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board.
House Ideally Planned.
The final Silver Star House of
1910 closes the year with a distinc-
tive house ideally planned for liv-
ing In Washington. In appearance
il has the dignity of the formal
town house. which one expects in
the Nations Capital, but within it
has all the spacious. livable quality
Of a gracious home, including a liv-
ing room above street level a Sc
cluded living porch and small formal
garden.
You may drive the car into the
garage directly within the walls of
the house, or enter from the street
level into a small stair hall Imme-
diatelv to the left is a door to a
-paneled lounge room which
might be secluded study, play
room or extra guest room. as it has
complete bath adjoining. To the
rear of this large room is the fur
mace and another small room which
has been suggested as hobby
room, maids room or storage. and
has an entrance through the kitchen
areaway. This below-ground space.
which has full window height in
the front, adds greatly to the in
formal INABILITY of the house.
House Well Decorated.
Up the stairs, one enters the liv-
Ing room, which, with glass doors
to the porch and f1oor-length WIN
dows. has an effect of spaciousness
and light. The room has a useful
shape and has been exceedingly we'll
decorated and furnished by Miss
Park. She has placed two matching
loveseats in front of the fire with
two smaller chairs and a tier table
with backs to the stair-Well, a grace
full and workable grouping for con-
versation at the most interesting
point in the room. Another group
close to the front window and still
another near the back makes the
room most pleasing. One goes
around the corner" of the stairway
to the dining room, which has no
doorway to impede vision. In dec
Grafton it also is an integral part
of the living room.
The soft blue paper in the living
room is wise selection, the color
giving an effect of spaciousness and
the wide stripes in two shades with
dainty lacelike pattern giving an
effect of height. The woodwork is
the merest shade paler than the
paper so that the room is not cut
up in any way and the ceiling is
tinted just off white also. The din
ing room paper is designed to go
with the other having the same
stripe and lacy motif with the ad-
dition of a white floral pattern.
Deep garnet red and plum shades
are very nice with the pale blue
and the two rooms are nicely ar
ranged to give a feeling of seclusion
and comfort Furnishings and
draperies have a lot to do with the
success of this room, as the empty
room, with floor-length windows
and pale blue walls seems very cold
as you will notice when you see the
other houses in the group, but their
good proportion and excellent de-
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