Evening star., 1953-09-22
Elegance, informally Star in Model Rooms
By Betty Miles

They call them the rooms with
an elegant air.
Lois Faye Reed, AID, co-or-
dinator of home furnishings for
Woodward & Lothrop, combined
past grace with today'S infor-
mality and practically to create
the fall model rooms introduced
yesterday.
Very informal, ranch house"
modern is on it's way out, Miss
Reed believes. The modern
mood, however, has been kept
to good effect here in rooms
which primarily use traditinal
furniture. A symmetrical ar
rangement, rather than static
balance, is dominant.
The furniture has been scaled
down to fit today's houses, too.
Although simpler than family
heirlooms, the pieces count on
marble tops and metal touches
to enrich them. The woods have
been bleached to the warm, fair
ly light hues which are easier
to keep clean.
An object in era blending is
given by the Life in Your Kit
chen" room. a kitchen-bed-sit-
ting room in which comfortable
pine reproductions combine with
cleaning modern kitchen equip
ment in a casual setting. The
first kitchen to be shown in
these model rooms, it was pro-
duced at popular request.
Yesterdays Living
A room with a past as well as
q future. it is reminiscent of
the old keeping room," with
space for cooking and living,
which is being incorporated in
some houses today. 1t also sug-
gests a way Ito feature the kit
chen in a modern efficiency
apartment rather than apologize
for it," as Miss Reed explained.
If pullman kitchen that ac-
tually serves as the fourth wall
of the living room presents a
problem, "use it as the axis
around which the room re-
Volves," she said.
A pine bar suggests a Separa-
ton between the kitchen and
the bed-sitting room here. Pias-
ticized terra Gotta "brIck" wall
paper is used for the flooring.
The walls are citron yellow. a
fresh modern fabric, combining
terra Gotta, citron yellow and
parma violet, is seen in the floor
length drapery at one window,
and in the upholstery of the two
ofa-beds before the fireplace
in the living room area. The
window in the kitchen area is
covered With green roll-up
blind.
Braided rugs, copper utensils,
a mug rack, and a sophisticated
black and white coffee set are
accessories.
Mediterranean Series
Three of the eight rooms COM
prise the Mediterranean SERIES"
using a new furniture group in
spired by that area. Fruitwood
and lacquer finishes combine
with f1agstone and marble tops
here. Star of the dining room is
the grouping of six louvred- d-door
commodes as a solid unit in the
modern manner, providing an
interesting alternative to a
breakfront. Eye-catching, too,
are the two persimmon lacquered
benches, with backs, which flank
paired drop leaf dining tables.
Fashions top color, dark bronze,
is combined with cerulean blue
and accented with persimmon in
the wallpaper above porcelain
BLUE walls.
Miss Reed chose cardinal red
to add spice to the violet and
lilac tones of the elegant
"Directoire Series" The lux
urious dining rom in this group
of three features two marble
topped commodes side by side
under a huge antique gold
framed mirror. Sheer print
draperies at the bay window in
this room are repeated in the
matching chintz upholstery of
the curved sectional sofa espe-
cially designed for this window.
The living room features the
new sculpted Chevy Chase"
carpet in clover pink.
The colors featured in these
model rooms are those selected
by House and Garden for its Fall
color forecast.