Evening star., 1942-09-26
Fourth Silver Star Home of ~
Has Many Attractive Features
House in Spring Valley Combines
Both Country and City Living
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

The fourth Silver Star Home Of
the year, located at 1000 Fordham
road in Spring Valley, will be much
of a surprise to visitors. Completed
at time when we had almost for
gotten homes of this type could ex-
ist, it is desirable in every way.
Though it was started long before
freezing of materials terminated
building, its completion at a time
when labor and fine workmanship
are at premium speaks we'll for the
high standards of building of the
w. c. e. A. N. Miller Co.
In this house are all the perfect
appointments and high-quality fin
ish on which this company has built
its reputation, as well as spacious
planning and immense charm.
The wide center hall with its in
teresting staircase has a scenic wall
paper in rich cocoa color on white.
This introduction to color scheme
is followed in the living room to the
left with a beige and white narrow
striped paper and continued in the
dining room beyond with one of
beige background high lighted with
fruit motif in rich red and green
tones.
Color Scheme Followed.
On the other side of the hall is a
charming library, as large as the
living room. 1t has mantel and
paneling antiqued to a rich creamy
beige tone against green wall
paper
Throughout the whole first floor
the red tones, from rose to deep
plum, and the greens, from a light
yellow green to a deep hunter
green, are set against this creamy
background.
1t is tastefully furnished by the
Hall of Fame" furniture from the
William E. Miller Furniture Co. and
skillfully decorated by j. Harold
Gooding, who has done many Miller
houses.
This English-type house has many
of the gracious conveniences which
we all associate with the large coun-
try house in spite of the fact that
it is close to town.
The wide hall makes the reception
of guests most pleasant. A door
from the hall to the rear of the
house makes it possible for the maid
to get to the entrance with very
few steps. Nearby is a large closet
which would care for wraps of so
people with ease. The Large living
room at one side and charming IL
brary at the other, each with glow
ing fire, would be equally inviting,
so that many guests could be re-
ceived without difficulty.
Adequate Dining Space.
Though the dining room is COM
Portable family size 1t opens onto
a porch at one side and into a
charming breakfast room on the
other so that actual space for en-
tertaining is adequate.
From the generous windows on
all sides of this house there is a
view of the garden, the valley and
hills to the west and the imposing
oak trees for which this section Is
famous. The house has all the pre-
requisites for fine living of fam
lily, but may be adapted to official
entertaining typical of Washington
Upstairs, the master suite includes
a large bedroom, bath and dressing
alcove. This is the full width of
the house, with many windows which
fill the room with sunshine. The
famous wardrobe closets which the
Miller Company establish in most of
their houses are installed in most OF
the bedrooms. These are dustproof,
filled with cupboard and drawer
space and a most satisfying. luxury
At the rear of the house are two
rooms with connecting bath which
would be ideal for the small child
and nurse, and on the southeast
side is another large room with
private bath. All baths are beauti-
fully tiled and equipped with minute
care. The hall has large linen
closet and other space with deep
shelves which is ideal for extra
blanket storage.
The top floor has a charming