Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 29

C-7 OAKLAND TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, APRIL1 11, 1937 KAHN'S TRIBUNE DISPLAY HOME OPENS IN CLAREMONT CIRCLE HOMES III 'HOME OF TODAY' OFFERS CHARMING INTERIORS Tradition Is Blended With Modern Home Furnishings VIEW II Today marks the formal opening depart from period influences, being strictly modern, with color notes of I cream and blue, accented witn rea, a cheerful combination. The mechanical appliances are complete in number and diverse in their utility, I including the range, dishwasher, refrigerator and ironer. The kitchen i remark he in its thouchtful ar- I I Jesassss rangement and the manner in which needless steps in the performance of household tasks have been eliminated. Slightly elevated above the rooms nt th main floor level, a studio or Visitors to the Kahn's-Tribune "Horn of Today" wUl have ample opportunity to inspect other fine homes, complete and under eon-rtfcjction, today, according to Gull- ford W. Koch, sales manager for the E.

B. Field Company, developers of Claremont Circle. "Wide Horir-ona," the display home named by hundreds of people during a recent priee contest, and the "Bridge View Home," are both open for inspection. Within Clare mont Circle itself there are 14 homes either complete or under construction, according to Koch. "Visitora to the 'Home of Today will find a real 'home ahow' goinf on in Claremont Circle," Koen added.

"They will have an unusual opportunity to see homes of varl ous designs, room arrangement! anrf finishes, and to comnare oricea Of the Kahn's-Tribune furnisnea exhibition home in Claremont Circle, overlooking the rireat new bridges in the wide vista San Francisco Bay. Furnished in eighteenth century theme but exhibiting a virile, modern influence, the home retains the dignity of the earlier period, though softened and less rigid. For this reason we have named it 'The Home of with an assurance that our guests will find in it a combination of tradition with the more livable standards of modern America. DECORATIVE KEYNOTE In the living room the glorious view window supplies a decorative keynote in the floral design of the linen hangings, the colors of which seem to fjqw into the upholstery covers of the furniture pieces, blues predominating in the contrast with rose-beige and golds. For the lighting system of this rorfm, entire reliance is placed on the numerous floor and table lamps, giving, greater versatility in the room arrangement and incidental guest room is located, i This is inexpensively furnished in maple, using crash draperies.

DELICATE COLORS There are two bedrooms upstairs, each of them furnished in the best of modern taste, though entirely different. In the master bedroom Chinese Chippendale furnishings have beSh adopted, with a color scheme of cream and talisman rose. The floor covering is of rose frieze, the walls are in green, and thsliangings and spread are of talisman rose satin piped in green. The draperies arc hung over an eggshell rayon marquisette. The second bedroom, which can i illiimma.

and values. Claremont Circle and a four blocks' radius on each side of it now contain scores of com pleted and nearly completed homes. "Construction started this week in Claremont Circle on two new homes for' private owners. Builder J. W.

Scammell, who purchaser 10 lots in this restricted home center, is to start construction soon on a group of five homes. "Long before it became rtcog f(ntinitA Afl nTt Mm the Rockridge hills. The traditional- 18th century theme Thi modern disnlav home, urnisbietf 1 bv Kahn's staff reached by way of either Broadway Terrace or Moraia Avenue to Harbord Drive, thenee to the tract. The home is open today from 1 1 a. m.

to 9:30 p. m. of decorators, and sponsored by the Tribune, opens today in Claremont Circle, the E. B. Field subdivision in in furniture styles, modified keeping with tne modern trend, is the keynote of the decorative scheme.

It it tion. The furniture selections include a 'blue Lawson' sofa, a barrel-backed chair of blue brockotelle, Chippendale tables, china lamps, a room-size broadloom rug of rose-beige in a new weave, a secretary, occasional pieces and accessories. In the dining room the main furniture pieces are of modified eighteenth century design in beautiful soft-toned walnut, with draperies of Colombo cretonne in plum background. In the floral design white flowers match the wall finish, and tan leaves are in similar shade to the large rug. The chair seats are covered with an antique plum ve-Jour, and the picture above the buffet is a modern floral complementary to the draperies.

The kitchen and breakfast room easily be designated the most colorful room in the "Home.oi Today," is a room in which yellow predominates in the walls and accessories, with a departure in the sea-foam green shade of the floor covering and in the piping of the champagne-colored bedspread. The blond maple furniture of satin texture is gracefully rounded at the edges and i or-ners and could almost qualify as streamlined. The chief focal point of this charming, modern bedroom rests in the corner window, with glass curtains of seafoam green, yel-lov and eggshell toned to the blond furniture. Pictures and lamps carry out the yellow theme. ADOPTS HOME BROADWAY, SAN PABLO, SIXTEENTH Latham Square 6LENCOURT 43ft ESTABLISHED 1879 REND I NEWEST Modern Home for Majority of People By W.

A. SNIBLEY Kahn's Decorator The dominant idea of Kahn's decorative staff in furnishing this exhibition home has been to create a modern home for the majority of the people. None of the liberties in the selection of bizarre pieces have been taken, but rather have we endeavored to present a home that is pleasingly modern and supremely livable. Our enlarged staff has been placed at the service of Eastbay residents, and we are certain that this comprehensive decorative service will prove helpful to every prospective home furnisher. No obligation will be incurred in requesting assistance in any decorative problem.

The "Home of Today" will be open to visitors today from 11 a. m. to 9:30 p. and will be on exhibition daily until further notice. It will prove instructive, not only from the home, decorator's standpoint, but because it was designed and constructed by the architects as an example of the best thought in the residential architecture of the present day.

To reach Claremont Circle, Where the home is located; drive out Broadway Terrace and follow Harbord Insulite has been used in the finish of the recreation room of the "Home, of Today." Among its advantages are ease of application, the insulating qualities against heat and sound, and the fact that no painting or other form of decoration is necessary. The Transit Concrete Company supplied the material for the display home. Only the bast and newest designs in wall coverings are included in the "Hollywood" line, displayed at Merrick's. It was from them that the selections for Kahn's-Tribune home were made. DELIGHTFULLY FURNISHED! SEE IT TODAY! GLORIOUS VIEW The "Home of Today" and Claremont Circle command a magnificent panoramaone of the fiinest in the world.

The view comprise? the waters of San Francisco Bay, the great bay bridges, the cities on both sides of the bay, the Golden Gate, Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Hills. Drive to the tract entrance, or by Earl K. MacDonald and Hermnn A. Schoening, architects who built the -Kahn's-Tribune "House of Today," comment as follows: "The Kahn's-Tribune 'House of Today' is what its name implies built to embody as many tested modern Improvements as was possible for a moderate cost home, keeping in mind the needs and living requirements ef the average family of today. "The home has a flexible arrangement of plan, using the maximum of available sunlight, with perfect circulation between rooms.

The idea of placing the house down lot with garage in front, entrance porch between, accentuates the low rakish lines of a lemi-modern exterior. "An electric dishwasher, new type of plumbing ware, parquet floors, insulated game room, chemically treated lumber, and ventilated doors are featured in the home, which has been worked out in a simple and effective color harmony. "A wide sweep of horizon from the principal apartments, leaves an impression of spaciousness within the rooms of this residence, which was built to display the many advantages of the correctly designed and built 'Home of According to Kahn's furniture and household appliance departments, the new weekly account system recently inaugurated by the company for thp ronvenlence of clients II Harbord Drive from Moraga Ave nue. Arrows will direct you to the home on Sonia Street. HA.

JcttOMMf "Ml MCtQMAt1 ESTABLISHED 18 79 Broadway, San Pablo, 16th CLencourt 4321 KafinA- TRIBUNE HOW TO uTAsmHte im KewrtL TRIBUNE proving decidedly popular. Under its terms, as little as 50 cents per week will care for purchases of considerable amount of furniture, araperies, appliances, etc. Itis pointed out that this enables in Anirtv tk livpahie. "Home of Today" 58 SONIA STREET CLAREMONT CIRCLE charming home immediately, without waiting until such time as large payments will be possible. The easy oredit can be arranged in any of the departments where these purchases are made.

"HOME of TODAY Open Sunday, April 11 II a. m. to 9:30 p. nu From Broadway, drive up Broadway Terrace past the Claremont Country Club turn right on Harbord Drive, to Claremont Circle and Kahn VTribuneHome of Today or HOLLYWOOD STYLES are the newest in wall coverings PABCO PAINTS' are the best in paint products Supplied for ih 'Home of Today by MERRICK WALL PAPER AND PAINT 14th and Jefferson Streets Drive up Moraga Avenue nd turn north on Moraga Drive to Claremont Circle and Kahn's-Tribune Home of Today. ENTIRE ARRANGEMENTl DELIGHTFULLY PRACTICAL! As tribute to the modem woman this home is filled with evidences of the cupboard under the bathroom sink, the stall ho8 throughout the, house, the stairway to the upper floor in the kitchen to save retracing of steps and avoid embarrassment.

Every convenience and arrangement throughout house is designed to be practical from the family's standpoint. THE FURNISHINGS: 18TB CENTURY MODERN! Tastefully furnished in a highly liv-able fashion in graceful 18th Century Modern appointments, by W. A. Snibley, Kahn's interior decorator. The living room is in 18th Century Modern; the breakfast room, in maple; the master bedroom, in Chinese Chippendale; the guest room in the new blonde maple, and the other rooms are decorated in equally livable stylel THE HOME ATTRACTIVELY MODERN! Built bythe well-known architects, H.

A. Schoening and Earl MacDon-aid, ai their expression of the Perfect Home! Here is a house that really exemplifies the higher art of finer living! Nine large spacious rooms built apd designed on Up-to-the-minute modern abounding in an atmosphere of serenity and beauty. Don't fail to be there today, Sunday Homo open from a.m. to Sunday EARL R. MacDONALD HERMAN A.

SCHOENING See the INSULITE Interior finish in the "Home of Today" Decorative Economical Perfect Initiation TRANSIT CONCRETE, Ltd. HI gate 6779. ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS for the "Home of Today" m. m. WMU19 MAi.TixvtT vovm vittr re Cimrtmm 110 Sutter S.

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