Evening star., 1940-03-09
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See Star Home
House in Bethesda
Will Be on Exhibit
Through March "a
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

The second Silver Star Home Of
the year, a moderately priced dwell
ing designed along Colonial lines at
670l Fairfax road, Bethesda, tomor-
row will enter the second week of
its exhibition period. A large crowd
attended the opening of the home
last Sunday, in spite of unfavorable
weather.
Built of brick and stone, the new
home occupies an attractive corner
lot in the Bradley Village develop
ment. 1t was erected by the firm
of Bowling & Gardiner. E. Bur-
ton Corning designed the house,
which contains six rooms and bath,
and has a living porch at the rear.
Members of the Silver Star Homes
Committee, all experts in the plan
ming, designing and building of
houses, approved the Bradley Viii
lage dwelling unanimously. Com
mittee members inspected the house
thoroughly and were enthusiastic in
their praise of it. They found the
construction work unusually good for
Q house built to sell at a compare
lively low price. James S. Taylor
Of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton Is chairman of the committee.
On Exhibit Through March "a.
The house will remain on exhibi-
ton through Sunday, March "a. It
will be open daily, and may be
reached by driving out either Con-
necticut or Wisconsin avenues to
Bradley lane. Turn left on Brad
ley from Wisconsin avenue. and con-
tinue to Fairfax road. the first inter-
section past the railroad underpass.
Then turn right on Fairfax road
about four blocks to the property.
The second Silver Star house is q
small family dwelling, and in plan
ming, construction and interior de-
tail richly deserves all its honors.
The location is ideal, the grounds
ample. with space for lawns and gar
den and the possibility, by proper
landscaping at the back, for outdoor
living with privacy on the screened
porch
The front entrance is gracious and
dignified, and, though the hall is
small, there is a convenient closet
for wraps just inside the door. With
Q break in the stair giving vision
above stairs and the vista through
living room, dining room to the
porch beyond, there is a nice spa
ciousness that hardly seems possible,
considering the actual dimensions
of the house
Warm Gray-Striped Wallpaper.
The hah and living room are
papered in a warm gray-striped
wallpaper and the woodwork is off
white. The dining room paper is
the same shade of gray, but me-
dallion motif which gives interest
to the further wall. This is used
above a chair rail with a plain gray
dado paper below. The Hecht Co.
has furnished the house. The deco
rators have used admirable taste
and brought out all the best points
of the house. They have carpeted
the floors of the dining room and
living room alike with a soft green
pebble-weave broadloom and used
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muted plum shade. Handling the
two rooms within the same color
scheme pulls them together without
sharp breaks, giving at the same
time an impression of more space.
The furniture is mahogany, 18th
century for the most part, though
the comfortable plum -colored sofa
Is a low-backed Lawson-type placed
under the windows. The draperies
are lovely shade of butter yellow
chintz with an all-over design rem
lniscent of crewel work with rose,
plum shades and green's. These are
used over tailored, straight cream
colored glass curtains. There Is
comfortable deep gold chair, an
other with green and cream uphol-
stery and two side chairs, with light
mahogany frames in the Duncan
Phyfe style with small-patterned
plum seats that match the dining
room chairs in upholstery and might
(See STAR HOME, Page B-2)