Show Used 1 Stable lor r It to Be a a St Horses Horses' x I v t But Now Its It's Picturesque a Picturesque House Modern Modem furniture can lie be equally at home in a NewYork York apartment or a remodeled Jed Utah barn Proof P of the versatility of modern rn styling can can be found fou found d a at the e Holladay home of the e Jack Goodmans where a a ba barn n which formerly sheltered atrio rio al r of horses hor s now now tiow houses the Goodmans Goodmans Goodmans Good Good- mans and their 16 old month oId son Nat Nathaniel niel Moving to Utah two years ago after five years years' of apartment dwelling in an Brooklyn Greenwich Village Village- and lower Fifth in DuyM busy Manhattan the Goodmans Goodman's 8 spent months in a futile ho hunting house search before being suddenly Inspired by bythe bythe the possibilities of ota ofa a barn located on n a n beautiful rolling pasture at at the r rear ar of South E East st where Mrs Goodmans Goodman's ather and mother reside The Tho barn built more more than 60 years ago was' was a shambles But its wonder wonder- wonderful ful location r facing cin the Wasatch range and the fact that a water waterline waterline line was available made the Goodmans decide to remodel the interior of the structure Now the hayloft has become a aa high c living room a witha tower r ing ine fireplace of native stone Immense immense immense Im im- im- im mense picture Wl windows doYs and pine paneled walls' walls as as the major feature But nut the the andirons andiron's we salvaged from Fifth bur avenue apartment look l in that h huge ge fireplace says Marjorie rie r In In Good tp With the H exception of in built bookshelves a a desk angled Into a corner corrier and a curious wheeled contraption designed to hold ld spare paintings and prints of oJ which the family is to fond living JivIng room f furniture re d fr from m N New NewYork w York and looks won well wel in Its new rustic setting The walls walls' are arc finished In a silvery driftwood grey blending with the predominant gre greys of the thc sofa and huge modern modem chairs while the thc golden gleam of the h hardwood floors in the hayloft ex-hayloft are set of off by a D. rich looking yellow covered divan that proves to tobe be a studio bed utilized by the Goodmans in Greenwich village days Prints of works by Eakins Sloan and other American masters masters masters mas mas- decorate the walls wall along with a aa few originals by contemporary contemporary contemporary con con- temporary painters One of the family pride joys Is s a map of lower New York bearing the date 1782 salvaged an Empire Empire Empire Em Em- pire State farmhouse by Mrs Goodman a few years ago The combination k It kitchen kitchen- i 1 t c h hen c n dinette occupying the site of the theold theold theold old barns barn's stalls is one of the most modern In Salt Lake fea featuring featuring fea- fea eat ea- ea t turing ring a gleaming electric sink dishwasher and range fange flanked by ample working space and overhead over over- overhead overhead head cupboards all aU finished in natural pine We just dont don't like white cupboards with that hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital look says say Mrs Goodman Then too another factor in avoiding the use of white paint in the low kitchen- kitchen down a few steps from the living Jiving room room room-is Is the fact that the decorating decorating decorating deco deco- rating scheme was built around a trestle table in knotty pine the family formerly utilized In their New York apartment Further Further Fur Fur- ther then proof that some of the atmosphere of the nations nation's largest largest largest larg larg- est city can be transported to toa a Utah meadow Is found in the thc dinette drapes W which f feature 8 a amaize amaize maize and gold motif depicting depleting the New York skyline Love C Country Life LIte Lest all this make it appear that the Holladay family is yearning for life in the big city Mrs Goodman points to the grove of trees the sunny terrace and the rustic porch where Nathaniel plays safe from flom traffic during the day New York has been choking Itself off off and and is no place for raising a family says she The youngster has a bedroom the size of politan living JivIng rooms while the master bedroom In this rebuilt barn Is huge by city standards Theres There's an ample guest room two baths and a laundry Jo complete complete com com- the old homestead The he Thel l laundry by bythe the way way occupies the old old- saddle and the horses would s scarcely fe recognize the place J JAn An Another ther interesting factor Is that the ob was wa carrIed carried carried car car- ried through wholly without the services of an ar architect No one wanted to take on the job so we drew all our sketches for the contractor ourselves says Mrs hirs Goodman And she adds if youve you've a bit of ingenuity and a barn your housing problem is easily solved Just a matter of or cutting holes in the walls for windows adding plumbing floorIng flooring flooring floor floor- ing and Interior w walls But I will admit that the field mice are arc a problem |