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Star Home (Continued From First Page.) •red linen of a ‘heavenly” blue shade. Hooked rugs, scatter size, are used on the floor and these repeat the flower motif in small patterns. The summer draperies are plain butter yellow sateen, pinch-pleated and finished at the edge with a deep blue and white fringed banding. There is plenty of wall space, due to •xcellent planning of the windows end doors so that there is room for rhairs with lamp tables on either fide of the fireplace, a sofa group with end tables and lamps at the foot of the stairs and a desk with an other large chair and stand lamp. The full-size windows in this house are larger than usual and the small ones on either side of the fireplace ere high enough so a small table may be placed in front of them. Best of all. from the housekeeping angle, they have those miraculous sash that may be removed readily, cleaned on both sides and replaced. Plan Adds to Roominess. The dining room accommodates • family size buffet, serving chest and Welsh dresser, as well as table *nd six chairs. Though the room Is not small it is carefully planned for window and door openings to give this bit of elbow room which makes a house so much more val uable. The kitchen is in two tones of •oft gray with a high gloss enamel that will make scrubbing easy. I The floor is a deep blue marbleized linoleum and the counter tops are red. Red touches appear in drawer pulls and in the dotted Swiss curtains at the window. There is a good working light recessed into the ceiling just above the sink, as well as adequate base outlets for electrical equipment which will de light the owner. Another point worth noticing is that window screens are nicely made with brass pulls and each one carefully num bered for storage. Also screen doors have neat brass door handles with latch built in and copper screen panels which may be removed for glass panels to make storm doors in the fall. Upstairs Is Efficient. Upstairs every bit of space is carefully worked out for efficiency and good housekeeping. Tire bed room at the landing over the garage is large and most attractive, wdth a delightful French paper on the walls, three-way ventilation, a nice closet papered to match the room and space for chests of draw ers. a dresser group and a big deep chair with room left over to move around in. This would be an ideal guest room. The little bedroom with its blue wallpaper and old fashioned spool bed would be a charming child's room. The braid ed rug, patchwork bedspread and a cricket chair are in keeping wdth the quaint chest of drawers and accessories and details in Colonial design. The master bedroom and bath are at the front of the house. The walls are in a soft chalk pink shade, wdth a delicate white pattern. There is plenty of space for twin beds with a night table between. The beds are distinctive in design, wdth 4 fluted legs and delicate turning sel dom seen in maple. The dressing table and mirror also are most un usual and the drawer pulls on all pieces are carved to look like pine- 1 apples. The bath, with inclosed shower, has tile floor and side walls. The large bath has a tub and most attractive soft blue tiling on the walls wfth a smaller pattern set ( in the floor. The bathroom fixtures and the hardware throughout the i iW ■■■■ HOME PLAN OF THE WEEK—This house was designed for The Star by Maurice S. May, Washington architect and member of the Washington Metropolitan Section of the Maryland Society of Architects, as another in the series of home plans. Colonial in design, the walls would be of red Colonial brick, backed up with cinder block. A full basement would include a knotty pine rec reation room, laundry and boiler room with an oil-fired furnace for either air conditioning or hot-water heating. Floors on the first floor would be of whi,te oak in random widths and pegged. , Features of the first floor include a sunroonvand a breakfast : room. The house, Mr. May says, can be built for $14,500. house are exceptionally fine. It is unusual to find so much attention paid to detail and so fine an under standing ol the needs of good Amer ican living as this moderate-priced house offers. There are no ostentatious frills in this house. No imposing recreation room—but a fine basement with ex AVONDALE the Ideal Community Architectural Character at Moderate Cost No two of the more than 70 homes in Avondale are alike. This restricted development offers Individuality, fine construction, com plete equipment—NO EXTRAS—at a price within your budget. Many houses under construction in which you make your selec tion of Fixtures, Heating Plant, Wall Paper, Paint and Re frigeration. $6,950 to $8,950 Exhibit Home 2018 Wordman Rd. Furnished by Hilda Miller Open Pailr and Sunday, 10 to 9. Out Michigan Are vast Catholic University to 18th St. S.E., turn left 2 blocks to Avondale. D. C. DEVELOPING COMPANY OWNERS-BUILDERS 1512 K St. N W. REALTORS DIst. 3830. Nearing Completion >» BARNABY WOODS I ' ' 6310 32nd St., Chevy Chase, D. C. Outstanding in design, appointments and neighborhood environ ment. Choose your own decorative scheme. % square from bus. Display Home, 6326 32nd Street OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY UNTIL NINE At Chevy Chase Circle turn right on Western Ave., driifc straight 5 blocks to Tennyson St., bear right and drive 2 blocks to 32nd St., turn left at “Country Life Homes” sign. Owntr CLAUDE G. JOHNSON Builder || Field Office on 32nd St.. Burnaby Woodi. Woodley 3238 Mr. Booth by Mr. Child _ SALES 73E 15th St.—Dl. 6130 ■—---—-_ * : cellent daylight provided by merely painting white the inside of galvan ized iron semi-circular window re cesses so that they reflect light into the room. If the family wants a game room, they may have all the fun of building it—if not, the area is neatly and compactly arranged • © FIRST-TRUST LOANS Construction loans and permanent long term financing for apart ment house and busi ness property develop ment or refinancing. I»_sj Tyler & Rutherford, Inc. 1512 L St. NA. 0475 — \ so that the ping-pong table may still hold sway with the furnace in one corner and the laundry tub and electric outlet way off in the further corner. There is light and electric outlet where you want it; there are all the good fundamental useful things, with no stage play. This house is carefully thought out from a standpoint of living, housekeeping and bringing up children. The backs of the houses in this whole area open onto a natural park with lovely trees. There are no fences or lot divisions. It is the most perfect sit uation for happy living, and as the community develops, it will be in teresting to see how it is used. Newspapermen Go To Fair as Guests A group of Washington news papermen, all members of the Na tional Press Club, left for New York by special train today for a two day visit to the World's Fair as guests of the chairman, Harvey D. Gibson. Aproximately 50 members of the club were on the trip, headed by the president, Dick Wilson. Entertain ment plans for the visitors are in charge of Leo Casey, chief of the fair’s public relations office. Cleveland Park 3406 Quebec Street N.W. *7,9.50 Excellent Value—Fine Location 4Vi % Financing Four bedrooms, sleeping porch, spacious living room with fire place, large dining room open ing on screened porch, seven closets; oil heat; built-in ga rage; garden, trees and shrub bery. Very convenient to schools, car and bus lines. NEW-HOUSE CONDITION. Open Saturday Afternoon and All Day Sunday Boss & Phelps, Realtors 1417 K Street. NA. 9300. Lighting Dark Stairs - Dark stairs can be improved by placing windows at the bottom, side, ar top of stairways if the construc tion of the building permits. Win iows may be installed with funds obtained from qualified lending in stitutions under the Modernization Credit Plan of the Federal Housing Administration. Colors and Weight . « Painting objects in certain colors ' gives them the appearance of altered weight. Red and orange, for instance, give the illusion of heaviness, while yellow and blue lend the appearance of lighter weight. And. of course, the same object appears larger when painted white than when It ia painted black. ' 1 "1 1111,11 fh 1 HHIMIPIJIP|I1 Mi 11 f LL $15,750 3 West Leland Street Chevy Chase, Maryland Between the Two Country Clubs THIS lovely detached center-hall brick home is being offered at substantially less than its true value. The construction is exceptionally fine and the plan both pleas ing and practical. The grounds are excellently landscaped and there are several large shade trees. THE second floor consists of four bedrooms and two com plete baths. One large finished room on the third floor, which is thoroughly insulated under the slate roof, also large storage room. All bedrooms have unusually large closets ... On the first floor, in addition to the living room, dining room, pantry and kitchen, there is a most attractive den. The kitchen is large and bright and splendidly equipped ... A two-car garage with overhead doors, is attached to the house . . . There is a game room in the basement. The heating plant is an oil unit of the best quality . . . The location is ideal—just a few steps west of Connecticut avenue. Open Sunday 10:30 to 6 Boss and Phelps, Realtors < Exclusively) 1417 K Street NA. 9300 _American University Park ’.jamHtor aitml'-jj ■■ in — - 4817 Albemarle—$12,950 (l Block North of Mass. Arc.) Today we offer a new Colonial center-hall hrick; convenient to through transportation; 6 large rooms. Breakfast room and lavatory on first floor, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths on second; stairway to floored attic; 2-car hrick garage; outside fireplace. | Open all day Sunday and in the afternoon on weekdays. NA. 4600 Phillips & Canby, Inc. 1012 15th St. N.W. | I SEE IT TODAY—28th ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION THE GARDEN DF BEAUTIFUL HOMES ■BnnriviiBiHiDKr' * 1 11 -> »•• ■ . - — —* &r TOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED T^«IT THIS®^£ r f FURNISHED EXHIBIT HOME AT 5058 SEDGWICK STREET ^P Combining the background of twenty-eight years’ leadership in building better class homes and the demands of modem living, the W.C. & A. N. Miller Development Co. - m Designed and Constructed by W. C. & A. N. MILLER nas created a dwelling at 5058 Sedgwick Street in Spring Valley worthy of the selection as its 28th Anniversary Home. OPEN 10 A. M. TO 9 P M. TO RF.ACH the 28th Anniversary home, drive oat Mapsaeh«> setts Avenue (past Ward Circle at American University) to Fordham Road, tarn left on Fordham Road to Sedgwick Street, and then right to No. 0058. g, Furnished and Decorated by J. HAROLD GOODING — | w. c. & a. n. mTTLER 'Development co. 1119 17th Street N.W. Dl. 4464