Show r r I a k t k kp r f f. f p r F s f t 1 Mc U ii i p 3 a r L w L A w w W t Photo Photo A GRACIOUS LIVING ROOM Mrs Zelda Whipple hippIe relaxes comfortably in her attractive French provincial apartment which she recently redecorated into a striking home Note the contrast of the dark walls with the j floral print of the floor length drapes and the spaciousness the mirrors' mirrors reflection achieves FACE LIFTING 1 Old English Apartment Tak Takes Take's son on Ne New 1 Loo By JEFFREY CLARKE Have you ever walked into an nn apartment and unable to check yourself e exclaimed x c 1 a aim i m c d d. d This couldn't be an apartment When hen you feel the warmth and graciousness of living such as is found in the home of Mrs Zelda hipple Whipple East when a sized medium apartment takes es on the characteristics of a full- full fledged house then such an exclamation exclamation exclamation ex ex- is well What makes the apartment stand apart from the just any apartment is the knack of converting converting converting con con- it into an individualistic indi home And it is a knack to be beable beable beable able to blend tone colors and the correct period furniture into a composite whole put of the standard interior structure of the average apartment Theme Is Important Would that we could have taken some before and after shots of Mrs J Whipples Whipple's apart apart- ment-home ment The color theme now a deep rich green takes its keynote from the inset in th the formal French living room table and mirror This lovely piece of furniture is a deep French green with fretwork similar to gold filigree on the table itself F ii i it t m i n f i. i i I I Fi l iv 9 t i K I-A I L r 3 t e s rn 1 SS N J i A 4 y f r l 4 t e r OVERLOOKING THE CITY I By pulling the lovely stained black walnut table out to full table size this corner of the room becomes the dining room and on the enormous mirror An exquisite blue inset at the very top of r the mirror is the sole blue in the actual color cour scheme of the room except for a suggestion picked up in the tho len floor length floor th drapes which arc are predominantly purple and green gre n tones of a splashy floral print printon on a stark white background The purple and lavender in the these e full draw drapes reflects the striped satin-striped sectional chairs which combined make a second second second sec sec- ond couch French like door-like windows overlook the city from three sides of the living room Awareness of or Color All the tables and woodwork with the exception of the dining dining dining din din- ing room table and chairs is light grain played against again t dark dall grain fretwork being preeminent preeminent preeminent nent carrying the French provincial provincial pro pro- motif throughout the halland hall halland halland and living room The lovely graceful but elaborate lines of the French provincial period are arl offset by the starkness and simplicity simplicity simplicity sim sim- of the modern theme of carrying a solitary color throughout the entirety of the apartment This very simplicity of background creates a greater awareness of line and color of her furniture Mrs Whipple chose a soft gray rug to compliment her fur fur- Taking a good fourth of the cast wall is ia the original fireplace built on the order of the old English architecture I The highly polished auburn i stone work and hearth are topped with a wide mantle on oit which Mrs Whipple has placed her exquisite dresden pieces contrasting contrasting contrasting con con- in their delicacy with the massiveness of the fireplace Kc Key Positions Confining her pictures mainly to watercolors Mrs Mr Whipple has arranged ed a grouping of Van Gogh paintings in the hall which done in the same dark green dS as the main room opens into this room The eye picks out another another another an an- other solitary Van Gogh hung near the fireplace and automatically automatically automatically cally follows around to the colorful colorful colorful color color- ful drapes One of the thc charms I of this home is the continuity achieved where it would be so o easy to create a chopped up ef effe ef- ef fe t. t A lovely oblong oblong- light watercolor of a ship by T T. T H. H wood Hat is strategically placed on a narrow section of the wall achieving the effect of broadening broadening broadening broad broad- ening and lengthening the section section section sec sec- tion whereas a less well chosen picture might create a closed m effect The dining nook can b become be he- come a comfy corner overlooking overlooking overlook overlook- ing the entire city or a convenient convenient convenient con con- bridge corner with the thc least effort A stunning heavy black walnut dining set can be converted into a standard-sized standard card table and the matching walnut walnut walnut wal wal- nut chairs while modern in then their design have the advantage of segregating this portion of oC the room while at the same time I fitting into the over-all over scheme Mrs rs Whipple feels that part of oC the secret of the spacious ef effect et- et feet of her apartment is achieved through hanging length floor drapes exclusively and by can carrying carry cany- ying y- y ing the French green motif through the entirety of the home An example of this isher is isher isher her sons son's room in which she has varied the hue but little enough h to lighten the bedroom and hung full draw drapes of darker green across the whole of the L. L far wall The papered wail wall hind Jacks Jack's beds bed however however- I ates the optical illusion heightening t the c ceiling j t broadening the th room Dia g splashes of oC gold on and surrealistic white ho dot the wallpaper and by very stark contrast to tol somber walls and heavy mot mOl mahogany bedroom set fur furI I the perfect masculine effect this apartment of the hour a 1 q r tH f fH r U H 3 1 k id t 7 1 fl 4 e ey is w r h v. v r Jill If F CONTRASTING LINES DO IT lT A thoroughly masculine effect is achieved through papering one wall with a startling print the 1 remaining three being painted a dark color The squared lines of the heavy polished maho twin beds high-boy high and night table I softened by the graceful g heads above the theft l |