Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Sep 1928, p. 56

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--- .. ----- -.,.... . ' .... .... ·. ·W'ILKETTE · 0 · -:-- ~:I .rw ·· · September 21 .. '192R . Y ··ity ·Dre11et ·11 . PORCH REAL PUZZLE ~Shri··-Peatureof Smartest'/Vecessity ~ for G·est B~Jroom a... · a-l'to HO...Deeip eo,. willa ia Good Two Lawns, \ l . I side by side--QNE costing $95 a front footthe ·other $2 55 a front .foot. Why the difference? Six years of bailding fine homes in the neighborhood increased the price from $95 to $2 55 a front foot. This rapidly 'is happening in ln~ian l;ill Estates Discerning North Shore people who are planning ahead for a large home or lawn or~ pr~fit-ta.king -~nvestment already have purchased 6o% of our available lawns~ LAWNS ARE LARGER AND PRICES ARE LOWER IN The vanity dresser ha~ become a The sleeping porch', open on three necessity in the home. Whether it is sides and screened only is impractical for the guest room or has been taken for the northern climate. Farther into the dr~sing room· of the mistress south, a sleeping porch is unheated .and of the qott.se, it has becQ}lle an im- sometimes unglazed, heavy awnmgs being lowered in rainy weather. In portant item of ··furniture. Most of the tables seen in . shops this climate it is necessary to add the along the · north shore are unpainted glazing and radiation to· satisfy the pieces, a little stand underneath some desire to sleep out the year around. It has been difficult for the architect with a drawer and some without, with a flat top cut in a liver shape, oblpng; to adapt the sleeping porch so that it or an oblong wi.th the corners cut off, becomes an integral part of the house anything to please the individual The design rather than appearing as an stand and .separate mirror are then after thought. The· greatest benefit painted to please the decorator. is derived when the porch is open on Sometimes the mirrors are made three sides, a solution to which has with a beveled edge and an etched de- been found in placing the porch over sign and hung with a cord above the a back porch. Another solution has table. A metal frame is often pro- been found in substituting the sleepvided for the small mirror. ing porch for the loggia. The porch is almost always J!laced h d The next thing done is to ress t e to the rear of the house to msure table. So far, it is just a painted ·skele- privacy and quiet from the noise of ton. For the ruffly sort of boudoir, a the street. A closing of some sort, a taffeta "skirt" can be made for wall or balustrade three feet high d · the table, and instead of a top made of plate glass, the top may be made of will insure more privacy, an curtams a mirror and a dresser box of taffeta, which may be draw~ will keep out the Dresden ·candle sticks. and wax tapers curious eyes as well as the early morning sun. may comp1 ete t he ta bl e. The decoration of the sleeping porch A pleasant change for the person should be taken as seriously as that who likes. tQ .,do over~' a room with of any other room. Too often the the changm~ st:asons t.s to make t_he . sleeping porch is the catch-all for old cover of cab co m a bnght colo~ wtth and discarded furniture. Needless ·to a small. pattern. . Very smart ts the say, taffeta and velvet would be inaproom w1t~ the ~mdow sh~des made propriate for decoration, but gaily of. rubbenzed chmtz. the ~~Jl.~Ow cur- colored cretonnes and rubberized tams to be of net. . The dressmg table chintz are durable materials which ma_y be covered w1th the ·.s.ame mate- weather will not hurt and which ma~<e rial an.d. the scarfs for occasional tables ~ lovely porch. . or be~is1de t.ables ma~' be made of the . If the beds are made up with covers same matertal. of attractive durable material, with a ~ttraetive easy chairs Such a room is not intended to be few pillows decorated in this manner for the de- about, the room may be used in sumlight of generations to come. The mer time for an upstairs sun porch sun will bleach the window curtaiJ}s as well as sleeping porch. Such a sun and the occupants of the room w1ll porch will give the privacy not found . grow tired of it in time. but one can elsewhere for the afternoon siesta. afford to change when the initial outThe floors may be covered with lay i-s not so great. cork or composition and rag or grass The bench or chair which will be rugs used to relieve the bareness. used with the table should be uphol- What wall space there is must be stered in the material used to · decor- weather proof, as the sleeping porch ate the table. is apt to be damp. and 1ubiau JIUl 1Estatt!i ·85THAN IN ANY OTHER FINE COMMUNITY .ON THE NORTH SHORE. DIRECTIONS: West from Sheridan Road on Winnetka Avenue to its junction with Ridge R~d; North . one-half block to Hill Road; West to Locust Road and South along West boundary of Indian Hill Club to Indian Hill Estates. DOVENMUEHLE, INc. 73 Years of Safety 105 South Dearborn, Chi c,t;.;o Phon e Ccntr .1l 6393 ln~ian ·i;Ul · Jlanagttl ~ £states . Ample funds at . 5~% inter~ for loans on.·homes 5, 10 and 15 year plans, straight or with pre-payment privileges BILLS REALTY, Inc. Loop oticn. 208 Sourb La Salle Street--State 0266 lacliua Hill Estatea 08icn, Locust ancl Asblanci- Oar'--~~67 WiL 2692-~79~ Sbtricbn Roacl 08icea, Del La1o District-Wit. 3 7-40

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