| Show ARCHITECT TEllS i USES OF SOLARIUM Arthur C Clausen Describes scribes D Benefit of Plenty of Sun and Fresh Air AirGOOD AirGOOD I GOOD PLACE TO SMOKE EVERY MEMBER OF FAMILY WILL ENJOY SOLAR PARLOR We should be moderate te in the use of ot all things except sunlight and fresh air writes Architect Arthur C Clausen of o Spokane Fresh air nir can be distributed indis indiscriminately indiscriminately through every part of ot the house but It Is neither possible practical practical fical nor desirable to have the direct rays of ot the sun S D flooded through every room especially in the summer time when the sun Is very hot It Is la a splendid splendid splendid did thing however to have one room ro m devoted exclusively to the raising r ising of plants and the admission lon of ot the solar rays thereby linking fall with spring with a bit of indoor summer pummer time Ume There are a number of family uses to which the solarium can be put It Itis ItIs ItIs is a splendid place for tor the children to play pIny in when the ground outside Is wet with melting snow or oven even in the sum summer mer trier time during duing the rainy weather The windows can be opened and It provides an aD Ideal room partially protected from the elements The man of the tho house delights to sit In the solarium on Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day to chat smoke and read his hla papers this being one place In the house In which he can scatter his cigar ashes and papers without being frowned upon by the feminine head of the house Every woman who lio ho has a sun room knows what a convenient nt place It Is In which to sit and dry her hair after shampooing Two Kinds of Sun Rooms Sun rooms are divided into two classes One is sometimes called a so solarium solarium solarium or sun parlor the other Is a conservatory A conservatory properly speaking should have glass not only on tho the sides but on the top as well welland welland Welland and Is Intended to be used exclusively I for tor the raising of ot plants A solarium I Is a room sometimes placed In hi one corner of the house with windows on two sides but more often projecting from the house with windows on three sides having a roof root over It with cur curtains curtains on the windows and only a few choice plants set on stands or brackets In 10 appropriate places The ideal idea solarium is a room about nine by twelve feet containing ten windows window three of at them being on each of ot the sides and four tour on the thelong long side This should be connected with either the dining room or living room by wide wido sliding Eliding glass doors The floor should be ba of at tile and the walls walts should not be papered but tinted with witha a very rough plaster finish The Tho wood woodwork woodwork woodwork work is usually something out of ot the ordinary In finish A practical arrangement for the windows to to have them slide full length down into pockets completely out of sight the same as street car windows in large largo cities clUes Owing to the windows being large and the sash heavy they should be placed on bal hal balance balance ance weights When these windows are entirely out of ot sight the so solarium becomes an open porch pore Pretty Combinations A very pretty treatment for tor the woodwork is to use lse oak stained ned a light copper green Red Redoak Redoak Redoak oak treated in this manner produces the best effect Light green willow porch furniture should be used In the rooms In combination with wit woodwork of ot this color A very pretty combination combination combination tion is obtained by plastering the room with rough cast cement with a little lime in the mortar to lighten the color and leave it unstained Birch woodwork stained a dark mahogany looks well in combination with the cement Interior The border of the tile floor should harmonize with the colors predominating in the room The sliding sUding glass doors the solarium and the tho adjoining room should have glas gins panels the full tun length the same as French windows These should never be plain but should be either divided or art glass White WhIle some simple design in loaded leaded glass looks well they could ba be b made very attractive by dividing the glass into squares with leaded lea bars to simulate a vine trellis Then in colored art glass run a leafy vine up the tho outside of both glass gias panels bringing them thorn to toward toward toward ward the center at the top with branches laden with grapes drooping down for tor about of ot the way from the top of the tho door Leave the balance clear glass The combination of green gr en and brown leaves and the purple grapes neon against the strong light of ot the solarium is very pleasing The only object In having these glass doors la 1 to close the so off oft from the adjoining room dur ing trig the few fow days in summer when the heat coming from this room would be somewhat oppressive |
