Evening star., 1960-10-09

Color
Versatility Is
SpotIiehted in
New Community
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN
Star Home FURNISHINGS Writer


Star Home FURNISHINGS Writer
Both rooftop T'V antenna
and a hodge-podge Of outside
window-box air conditioning
units have been eliminated in
the new Levittown COM
munity Of Belair in nearby
Prince Georges County.
Automatic year = round =
heating-cooling systems and
a built-in master antenna
are included in all of the
homes.
Seven model homes of the
type to be built in the future
community have been furn-
ished down to the last detail
by Mayer & Co. under the
direction of Decorator Bob
Berry.
Houses on the model street
range from the lowest priced
(under $15,000 Cape Cod
model to the largest of the
homes, the Manor House
($27,000) at the other end.
Mr.. Berry'S handiwork in
decorating the interiors was
opened to the public yester-
day and will be on view for
an indefinite period.
Shades of lavender en-
hance a living room in the
Cape Cod model from the
subdued velvet throw pillows
on a formal sofa to a deeper
wall-to-wall carpet and a
light lavender print on floor
to ceiling white silk draperies.
Kitchen Counters
AS in most of the houses,
the open kitchen counter is
handy to a dinette center,
this one furnished in white
wrought iron with a glass-top
round table. Sliding glass
wall doors open directly onto
the back yard area.
A little extra sitting room
in this house uses small scale
fruitwood pieces along with
shades of beige and a tex
tured beige carpet.
Bedrooms and baths have
been finished down to the
tinieSt details from gold
towels hanging on racks
blending with zodiac small
pattern wallpapers in bath
rooms to the smallest ashtray
in the extra large bedrooms.
In the Colonial" model
with four bedrooms, two
baths and a powder room,
Mr.. Berry has furnished a
cozy family room in the open
kitchen area.
Reminiscent of the big,
old country kitchen, Mr..
Berry chose an enormous
oval braid rug as the focal
point. There's a huge pine
breakfront. a seating area
and again, window doors be-
hind ceiling-floor draperies.
Colors used in the all
Westinghouse kitchens are
correlated with breakfast
counters, colored stoves and
refrigerators. and boundless
cabinet space both overhead
and below.
Shades Of blue and white
augment decor in the "Coun-
try Clubber" model with its
four bedrooms, three full
baths, and 23-foot long liv-
ing room with paneled fire.
place and bay window.
''- Laundry Rooms
All of the homes from the
largest to smallest have sep
arate, equipped laundry
rooms, attached garages with
opening to laundry or kitchen
and double closets in nearly
every room.
Roomy bedrooms in all of
the houses are done in fash
ionable colors, the latest in
furnishings from the newly
tall, narrow scaled, hand
rubbed pieces to those with
waterproof tops and fitted
drawers.
A sweet little girls room in
the Colonial" style house is
decorated in pale pinks with
white French Provincial fur
niture created in a special
undersize for children.
A boys room for two, at
least Is by 18 feet, in the
Country Clubber" makes use
of an oval braided rug in cor
respondingly deeper shades
from apricot to dark melon.
There's a tile floor through
out the room. bedspreads in
a melon shade, two chairs,
double dresser, desk and still
room in which to play.
One house uses all Baum
ritter Ethan Allan furnish
ings in an Early American
setting. while another, the
"Rancher" one-level home, is
done in a Danish modern
style using Drexel furniture
in nearly every area.
Each model house has been
individually styled both in
side and out, illustrating that
non-conformity in a planned
community can be accom-
plished through advance
planning.