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Show The Weekly Supplement To The Rocky Mountain Reriew Interior Dominated By Color by Pat Kendig Flat planes and the clean sharpness of angles are striking first impressions of the hanging on the yellow wall, beside a carved Spanish fork and spoon about two feet tall. Off Wallace A. Wright, Jr. home at 495 North Hills Drive. The aqua blue front door appears to be two stories From the high ceilhigh. ing of the porch hangs a light shade of small squares of colored glass. . Ron Molen. The entire front wall of the living room is of glass sliding doors leading to a hanging porch and offering a view magnificent wide-scre- en of Salt Lake valley. On the walnut-panell- ed wall at one end of the living room hangs an oil painting of the Roman of the furniture, was bought in Spain. carved The elaborately Spanish dining room suite is enhanced by the painting on the dining room wall of a Spanish The colors of conquistador. the draperies in this room are echoed in the painting commissioned. from Darel Barton. Above the dining table hangs a wrought iron chandelier from Madrid. Its candles to fit had to be home-ma- de the holders. An acute feeling for color is strikingty displayed throughout the Wright home. From the dining room, in royal blue, aqua and lavender, one enters a sunny yellow kitchen with a large print of (me of Van Goghs sunflower canvasses one ' ' f en- ters the pink and white checked bedroom of Shauna, age 6 and Mrs. Wright Jennefer, 2. made the matching bedspreads and curtains, and added a black square cutout valance for a Roman effect. She also made the crewel embroidered picture of a young girl holding a bouquet of flowers which hangs on the wall of the girls room. There is a shelf which houses all the dolls their Daddy has brought back from his travels around the world with the Air National Guard. The entry landing is midway between the main level and the lower level of the house. On the brick wall to the left of the entry hangs a metal mobile made especially for this spot by artist Darel Barton. Foil paper covers the right wall. A half flight of stairs leads to the main level of the home Mr. Wright built with archi- tect a short hallway, . On the lower level of the house is the bedroom shared by Wallace Adrain Wright, m (Tri), 8 and Merrick, 5. It is pale yellow with accents of royal blue, orange and Norman Rockwell green. prints decorate one wall. On the other, a pale yellow ply- wood enclosed area displays a rock and shell collection. These are mounted cm four painted plywood boards, with their number and description itemised on the back. The windows of the boys room are covered with pale There is a yellow louvres. desk built into each end of a yellow toy cabinet The seats of the directors chairs accompanying these desks are royal blue as are the bed spreads of the twin studio couches whose backing pillows are in the accent colors. Mrs. Wright made an ob- that mothers of servation small children would do well to remember. The glass doors that cover one wall of her living room seem never to be free of little hand and Singer marks, no matter how constantly she washes them. 1 1 1 . t : - j ; s i ,, $ 1 t s , j s $ j |