Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1950 — Page 31

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FRIDAY, APR. 21, 1950

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES.

Family Needs Makeup of Bathroom - Key Sales Point In Dwellings

Space in today’s homes must be designed for needs and activities of the entire family, "This is the secret of economy as well as'the larger, suburbantype home. " And one of the chief selling points in every type dwelling is the makeup of the bathroom. This room draws as much plan comment as the kitchen among Visualize Quick Shower - Potential home owners always visualize the quic’: morning] shower, the make-up chores and the face-and-hands scrubbing of children when "iy eye the bathroom. All these essential oneroom duties can be accomplished with ease if the bathroom is wellplanned.

Here are seven major design,

considerations to weigh the next| More than pleasing . . . "The Midwest House," bold Hoosier lines with Sienna Sandstone and California Redwood, blends into its : time you go home-hunting and) natural landscape in the Manufacturers Building at the State Fairgrounds. Mrs. Robert W. Fackler, hostess, will show school children £

peek into the bathroom: |" through the Sve Anniversary home this week: ONE: Minimum space for real comfort in the bathroom is 5%

fost ty 7. A larwer sie, may 3 Model House FSotores Here Are Your Home Show Facts

WHAT-—The Silver Anniversary Home Show. WHERE — Manufacturers’

for dressing and for muchneeded storage space.

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which won’t be damaged by either]

hot or cold water are essential in| Neutral Background Accents More the bathroom. One of the most] | satisfactory is tile, since it is. Brilliant Shades of Green, Red, Yellow, Blve | also color-fast and durable, By JEAN TABBERT Make Room Harmonious There's a shade of brown in every corner of the Indianapolis

Home Show model house. It shows up in the gray-brown walls and cocoa rug in the living room, is repeated again in the cocoa walls and carpet of the Sng room. The den uses the color in its deepest tone—chocolate. But the home isn’t drab. High shades of green, red, yellow and| blue effectively play against the, — — ho He a 2 3 hooret neutral background. A quick tour at night for ventilation, Cyclamen |

[through the house would give you is the accent color; it’s in the picaks the oom harmonious. [this co, of impression. tures above the bed, handpainred|

FOUR: Plenty of towel bars “my, tiers of imported Peruvian on glass’ with oak frames to In the bath — preferably one {OT |i en form the window conversa- match the furniture. each member of the family, and|, piece. The vegetable market. The deep chocolate brown of one for guests — save confusion... or the material is sketched the den crops up in the twist and minor family crises. lin citron and tomato réds. carpet. The oak finished walls, FIVE: A tub-shower will be Ventilation With Privacy fireplace and bookshelves give Used by every member of the - yypner section of the draperies the room its literary air. Tanfamily, and will greatly speed peng for ventilation, the lower re- gerine printed linen draperies | up bathing. Walls around "the pn ,ine shut for privacy. One of the etched in a tree pattern add a shower should be finished to the |. 4 gefinite accents in the room, tonic touch. height of the shower curtain with 4}. 4ranery covers a huge win-| The den doubles as another | clay tile, to make them water-\ 4, 12 by 15 feet. . bedroom and a social room. Hide- | proof. | Second important grouping is a-bed and tub chairs increase bed | SIX: Storage space for IOWelE | he fireplace wall. Included is a and seating space. Color scheme |

THREE: Fixtures in color dress up the bath, and the little extra cost is more than justified by the long-range satisfaction] they will give the family over the |

and cleaning supplies is a bath-|,, . ,c0 and cabinet containing of the room was suggested by. the room essential. Don’t neglect to, 4, , ison set. A circular section- Pheasant - and - her-brood picture plan for it in designing or re-|,,",., upholstered in desert red on the wall. modeling a home. jvenyon cloth swings into the cen-| Magnolia white carpeting and SEVEN: A built-in vanity or| =o") 0 room, making an arc honey beige draperies and walls Sounter surfaceq with clay Hie aly, », imum television viewing. form the monochromatic color] a perfect spot for making up.\ "in tne video scheme of liv- scheme of the guest bedroom. Spilled perfume or nail polish | ing are two swivel chairs in avo- Curtains are practical puckered

won't damage a tiled surface, cado green. Another chair isnylon. Item of fop decorative instriped, combines all the colors in terest is the Seouping of i pieYe ~ |the room. ‘tures tied together in a single 4-Inch Concrete Citron and white sailcloth frame that matches the furniture. y int : drapes one entire wall of the din-| Rattan covered in a South PaFloors Minimum ing room. It hangs below a lighted cific fabric furnishes the porch. Don’t stand on thin ground. cornice. Furniture here is butter- The print is rust, yellow and Your house might sink on your nut brown. green. money saving efforts. Kitchen Color Scheme | Harry Lindstaedt of the Rai-

Concrete basement floors should| U-shaped for convenience, the inier Furniture Co. is the decoranot be less than four inches thick, | kitchen has yellow cabinets, warm tor: builders warn. dove gray walls and a marbleized TTT This is especially true if the gray and coral linoleum floor. A Give Range Room loads are unusually heavy and the|fruit design in coral and robin’s pressure of ground water heavy.|egg blue on a gray background Steel reinforcements are often distinguishes the chintz curtains. | recommended -to--strengthen--the{ A deep piled” modern shag rug’ slab. |in pottery blue underlines the When the aggregates are damp, | {master bedroom. Alabaster oak proper mix is five and a half gal- twin beds flanked by matching, lons of water per sack of cement. commodes and a 60-inch wide! When aggregates are very wet, dresser are the main furniture| builders recommend four and a | pieces. Color scheme is green lav-| half gallons. |endar and delphinium blue. PO A .When built on water-logged soil], Windows here are distinctively there should be a cinder fill four treated. There are two above a PHONE six inches thick and properly, |five-foot square mirror that hangs drained to provide a dry base. _ directly above the dresser. Dra-| | For a n RED CAB . SR FT I ARE SE SN EC IESE pe Wises a ec tiY. AP. hey weeping in. the windows along . .4 de bok ie

If you are installing a range in {the corner-of the kitchen, be sure that. the .cooking. units. are. not. immediately adjacent to the side wall. There should be a 15-inch counter between the wall and the unit side of the range. This facilitates cooking and protects the wall against spattering grease.

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