Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 27

UILDIN I MM lIMaw MMW HIM VOL CXXXI OAKLAND, CALIFORNIAJIINDAY. IUGUST 13, 1939 noT CI 44 6 SIX MODERN FURNISHED HOMES IN EASTBAY OPEN FOR INSPECTION TODAY Furnished Home Tour Presented: HAPPY VALLEY ESTATES HOME DJVELOPME LAFAYETTE mI'v As Opportunity to Eastbay Citizens the Montclair Realty Company in vites inspection of a farmhouse-type? residence designed by Earl R. Mac Donald, also an Oakland architect; It was built by A. McLeod and alsr is entered in the Exposition Tour. Returning to Oakland by way Ot the Broadway Low-Level Tunnel and turning to the left at the Temes- cal Pool, Mountain Boulevard js reached, affording a beautiful drive to its junction with Foothill Boulevard.

Proceeding a short distance on Foothill, the entrance to Sheffield Village is reached. Here fifty-three homes are approaching completion. Some are already finished, and one has been furnished by the H.C. Cap- well Company. The E.

B. Field Com pany is the developer of this project. From here we again return toward Oakland, entering Hopkins Street at Mills College. At the intersection bf Coolidge Avenue with Hopkins, at the eastern edge of the Fruitvale district, a right turn to Coolidge leads to Lincoln Highlands at the first rise of the foothills. H.

Markham sponsors this develop ment, and the W. H. Wisheropp Company has completed several homes. One of these, known as Hari mony Home, features the urnishingi of Kahn's department store. In this tour, homes ranging in cost from $20,000 to less than $5000 ma? be visited, each one furnished in keeping with the budget of its ultimate owner.

The six homes may hi toured in one day, reserving a return visit at, future date to those that are of Immediate interest. Thua the public-spiried business concerni of the Eastbay make it possible to select a home intelligently. -r A Juy pr- PARK HILLS SSI'000' irUjfrCr. tunnel LINCOLN HIGHLANDS i CIccc)fn SHEFFIELD VILLAGE 7 i Wf 7 -IJJX, 5 o. -s.

OF COMMERCE HOME or4f y' 1 1 I MILLT vl tCOULEGE $7 7 A A rjOfc te5. kifl J'Q' fH ifl. piiiiii i "-r sf PW 7 Ufc. S2 1 1 ml I i 1 'hi hi mi --jS i 1 Ulr Ol Bf'B' -I II II For the purpose of satisfying an awakened interest in modern resi dential architecture and in the newer trends in furniture and interior decoration, prominent Eastbay establishments have cooperated in presenting aperies of furnished dis play homes lor public inspection. There are six of these demonstration homes grouped in a tour of Berkeley, Oakland and Contra Costa County.

Driving up Spruce Street, in Berkeley, and turning on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, we find the Exposition Tour home of the Berkeley Real Estate Board and the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. This home, known as Fair Vista, was built by J. M. Walker and was furnished and decorated by the Jackson Furniture Company. A block distant, in the new Park Hills subdivision of the Mason-McDuffie Company, is another Exposition Tour home, Pa-cifica, which the H.

C. Capwell Company has decorated. This home ad joins the famous Tilden Park. From here it is a pleasant drive through the park to the Fish Ranch Road, descending to the Tunnel Road in Contra Costa County and proceeding to the Orlnda-Moraga crossroads. Turning to the right at this point, it is about a mile to the third home, which issponsored by the Fred T.

Wood Company and Breu-ner's of Oakland. This is also an Exposition Tour entry, designed by John B. Anthony, Oakland architect, as a feature of Moraga Estates and Moraga Woodlands. Retracing the route to the cross roads, it is then but two miles in the direction of Lafayette to the road entering Happy Valley Estates. Here Sheffield Village Home Is Favored James H.

Swearingen, in charge of the H. C. Capwell's Home Decorating Studio, who planned the decor ating and furnishnig of the Capwell-Oakland Tribune Model Home located in Sheffield Village, reports that much favorable comment has been heard from the thousands of visitors who have visited the model home. "More than the usual, amount of care was exercised in planning the decorations and furnishings for this home," SwearlngSn states. "Throughout the home furnishings have been used which accent the blending of colors, and due to the fact that the furniture is not entirely conventional it adds to the charm and individuality of the home.

For example, in the living room upholstered furniture is used with accenting stripes to give a semiformal effect; the sofa is finished in plum and ivory, while the rug is beige. The dining room features an 18th-century dining set, with filet net, drawn curtains on the windows, which give a light, airy appearance, retaining a view of the garden. The two bedrooms are done in a manner that offers a pleasant contrast with the adjoining rooms. The master bedroom is furnished in 18th-century mahogany, with ruffled window curtains that create a cottage effect. The second room is decorated in the English provincial manner.

The kitchen and service porch, which are ideally arranged for modern housekeeping, and scientifically designed for convenience, have linoleum 'floors, and the built-in cabinets in the kitchen offer a maximum storage space with a neat and efficient effect. The stove is a Spark with its many features including broiler and simmer burners, oven and automatic lighting. The refrigerator is an A.M.C. of 6 Mi cubic foot size, with sealed-ln- 1000 Visitors at Happy Valley Home; The Happy. Valley Exposition Home attracted more than a thousand visitors since opening day, Sunday a week ago, according to Ray Kline, tract manager.

In commenting on Happy Valley Homesites Kline states, "Our visitors were very much impressed with the manner In which the model home was planned, affording as it does, an impressive view of the hills and valley. The fact that the tract lies in "a district that is free from fog and that hot sultry days are few and far between, Is also an advantage. Its convenience appeals to both Metropolitan Oakland and San Francisco people. "From Oakland, it is less than 20 minutes drive from downtown, while, the San Francisco bus can 1 be reached in less than five minutes from the tract' In the vicinity are to be found many fine homes now occupied by prominent people including Dr. Leo P.

Musser, Dr. C. A. Wills, James Hannan and others. Ground was recently broken for a ranchhouse home for Gerald B.

Garvey. W. James Johnston is the builder. In addition several more homes are being planned on. which construction will start in the near future." The Happy Valley Estates Exposition Home can be easily reached by way of the Broadway Tunnel, turning left from the main highway just two miles beyond the Orinda Junction, one and one half miles thfs side of the town of Lafayette.

Paul Pause of the Montclair Realty Company announce that a complete home building service is available for homeseekers desiring Information regarding the Happy Valley Estates tract iM.mni.i An unparalleled opportunity Is presented to Tribune Development Section readers, to tour six beautifully furnished and decorated Jiomes in the Oakland, Berkeley and Contra Costa residential area. Prominent subdivides, architects, builders, furniture dealers and building craftsmen have been instrumental in making today's tour possible. The route and the location of the homes are illustrated by the accom Chamber of Commerce and the Berkeley Real Estate Board on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, furnished by Jackson's; (upper left) the "Paciiica" Exposition Tour home in the Park Hills tract of the Mason-McDuffie Company, furnished by Cap-well's; and (lower left) the Capwell-Tribune home in Sheffield Village, an E. B. Field development.

The trip will prove both interesting and educational. panying map. The demonstration homes are: (right, top to bottom) an Exposition Tour home in Happy Valley Estates, displayed by the Montclair Realty Company; "Harmony Home" In Lincoln Highlands, the H. G. Markham tract furnished by Kahn's; the Exposition Tour home of the Fred T.

Wood Company in Moraga Woodlands, furnished by Breu-ner's; the Exposition Tour home sponsored by the Berkeley Cheerful Color Scheme An atmosphere of gaiety and sunlight may be achieved in a room marking has made Streptanthera, a little known flower from South Africa, a favorite with those who have discovered it. Its orange-red flowrs open in February and continue in bloom for about six weeks. Autumn Bulb Planting Time Nears; African Species Tested iHend Your Colors An interesting blend of color may jiake the most prosaic room attractive. For example, a royal blue carpet, walls painted light warm gray, draperies of green or with a green background, furniture covers of gray and green, and bright red accessories used sparingly combine to in amazingly effective result. tober.

These do not do so well if planted later. Freesias, like a warm, well drainfcd soil in full sun. Some protection is advisable in cold Win-ter. In recent years much improvement has been made in the size and color range of freesias. The finest yellow is called Golden Daffodil.

For a large pink bloom, choose Apotheose, Perhaps the best lavender-blue is M. L. Fischer. Interesting variation in color and decorated ia light-hearted colors. Try a butter yellow paint for your walls, a walnut brown carpet for the floor, draperies that are patterned with beige and green, rose and green upholsteries and rose toned accessories.

oil mechanism guaranteed for Ave years. The cabinet is all steel with Dulux finish outside and stainless porcelain within. By GEOSGE C. ROEDING President California Nursery Co. GOOD NEIGHBORS! B.C.

CAPWELL'S ftdmoor Although this Summer's flowers are still blooming profusely in most gardens, it will soon be time to start planning for next Spring's blooms. Many of the attractiva bulbs which-will bloom next March and April must be planned during September and the latter part of August, Many California gardeners are turning their attention to South African bulbs. Since the climate of that region is very, much like that of California, many of these bulbs do very well when planted here and give best results when planted early. The long development necessary for. these so-called bulbs Is due to the fact that many of them are not true bulbs, but A true bulb is merely a collection of dormant leaf bases.

containins within it. in embryo, the flowers and leaves for I ft A 3 MorVthan tliirjy persons Lave bought homes already iiMhfkTand new residential district at Foothill Boulevard and Dutton Avenue, These buyers include two architects, a civil engineer, the cashier of a Sun Franciseo insurance company, an employment manager, a police inspector, the secretary of a large corporation, the branch manager of a chain store, a telephone engineer, a metallurgist, and the manager of a men's store. Youll enjoy neighbors like these. Sec the array of fine homes at amazingly low prices today. You can't duplicate these value's anywhere else.

NEW Each is marked with a violet -center around which there is a black band often flocked witH gold. Culture is thq same as that of freesias except that they will stand a little more cold. Foothill Blvd. at Dutton Ave. 8 Weetwood 6123 Glen Drive the next season.

Such bulbs are usually of fair size and even though planted late will develop quickly and bloom in a short time. A corm, however, is a mass of starchy food bearing at its crown one or more eyes. From these eyes new corms are formed which in their young stage live from the food stored in the old corm. The flowers are produced by the new corms. Since the production of a new corm and the development of a bloom is rather a long process, it is of great importance that these corms be planted early.

Most of them are rather small and deteriorate more rapidly than do the true bulbs. Perhaps the best known of the flowers grown- from corms are freesias. These are usually available in September and should be planted, if. possible, early in Oc- It LAN G'S Model Home 3uu morn Avenue 1 WIL i lit Owner Builder ANdover 4972 See the Today Open bathroom 1 umber There are a Now Offered AU on 1 Km button San 1576 Pfice. $6500 rationally of exce jt.

1 nrf I In vrsx. D.niiers or Avenue 0 $ltcfficiaitlladc The Way to Happy Livingt Drive out Foothill Boulevard to Dutton Avenue or take Dutton Avenue (red car) interurban or motor coach line 63, 1. B. FIEIiD Goudi If you're looking for ideas for furnishing a small home, see IIAL1PSTEAD HOUSE in Sheffield Village completely furnished by II. C.

Capwell's Proving that a houtt tan be furnished tastefully, yet inexpert lively, and proving that H. C. Capwell's "past masters" in ccompliihing thii. Drive ont Sunday, Foothill Blvd. to Dutton Avenue, Hamprtead Hooso is open every dayl PRICED UNDER $5000 Approved for 25-yeir FBA loam; with damper; core bue linoleum' Largerf S-room complete in this- 1 kitchen, breakfast room and i i large laundry; mperior tinishei.

rertricted d.itnct; double garage) e-h a 1 1 0 to local and thermostatically controlled heat. San FrancUeo transportation and ing ivstem; large, open fireplace atorei. JOHN J. LEEFLANG Homci Built to Order i 869 Fifteenth Street HIgatel391.