Own Your Own Home Exhibition.

Progress, Volume XVIII, Issue 5, 1 January 1923, Page 108

Own Your Own Home Exhibition.

The house shown in illustrations from perspective sketch and plans was designed by Dwight James Baum, architect, New York City, to be a feature of the Own Your Home Exposition, which is to open in the 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, April 22 to run until April 30.

"One of the most popular types of small houses to-day is the straight-forward houses founded on the precedent of the small-villas irf,northern Italy, says Mr. Baum. 'These houses give the utmost space, for they are usually economical in plan with a minimum of space lost, due to simple roof con-

struction and other ways where space is lost, as in the now popular English types.

"The detail is usually very simple, the amount of ornament is cut down to a minimum and the structural members can be simplified because of these straight lines and roof construction. On account of the foregoing the Italian type was the one selected as best suited to the desires of the committees cooperating on the building of the beautiful home convenient.

"The exterior is to be of creamy pink stucco, with an entrance feature of artificial stone made to represent the warm coloured Italian travertine stone. Over the main entrance there is a simple iron railing

foiming a small balcony from the owner's bed room. This can be made most attractive by setting red flower pots in this space with geraniums and English ivy planted in them. All of the trim of the house, as the window frames, the wood spindle grille and the gateway, is to be painted a greyish apple green. The heavy shutters will be painted a purplish blue, giving a couple of interesting spots of colour to the simple elevations. At the end of the house, the porch continues as part of the main building, with concealed flower boxes back of the simple parapet wall. Here geraniums and English ivy also give a colour touch to the straight elevation. The vines falling down break up the otherwise severe line of the top. The roof is to be of red and brown tiles slightly irregular in both colour and texture."

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