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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1939
Page
31
Floral stripes and vertical flower groupings dominate new wallpaper styles for spring as decorators favor soft pinks blues yellows and purples. The trend blends floral motifs with stripes and ensemble room designs featuring two or more wall treatments and pastel shades for bedrooms.
The article surveys wallpaper patterns and color trends for 1930s homes. It highlights velvety shiny papers, floral designs, and deep blues, noting a blue year. Colonial motifs with figures like George Washington appear, along with Spanish influences and masculine sage greens.
The piece highlights bathroom paper patterns in blues and pinks with red and yellow accents, noting stripes in Venetian blinds as part of the design mix. It praises papers for permanency, sun and wash resistance, and mentions children's papers featuring nursery rhymes and balloons along with a revival of paneling and floral designs.
Furniture stylists and fashion writers forecast the two top trends for spring as Eighteenth Century and Early American styles at major markets in New York and Chicago. Swedish modern and French Provincial gain attention for light lines and comfortable livability, with finishes leaning to natural blonde tones and pale fruit woods. A suggested decorating idea pairs light wood pieces with mahogany to brighten dark living rooms. Upholstery fabrics for spring follow these directional tones.
The design notes describe a predominance of dusty pastels with favored tones of beige, mauve, and sage green. The palette aims for understated elegance and versatile living room and wardrobe coordination.
Plans for a new home should include a dining room with southeast exposure to capture morning sun. Ensure ample wall space for furniture, direct access from the kitchen or pantry, and consider pairing dining space with the living room in smaller houses for flexibility during special occasions.
John Forbes at 824 Third Avenue SW reroofed a dwelling for 135 dollars. Keith Herington of 1606 M Street SW remodeled a dwelling for 300 dollars. H C Hosler at 342 Twenty first Street NE remodeled a garage for 130 dollars. Frank Buser at 1712 C Avenue NW built a new home for 4000 dollars. Mrs E P Ristedt at 2662 Country [address incomplete].
Nyere Apartments Inc files bids for a new dwelling at 2121 Avenue NE for 3000 and a new garage for 150. Tehel submits a new warehouse bid at 1409 Third Street SE for 3500. Coryell and Son quotes remodels for service stations at 301 Second Avenue W and Center Point Road for 400 each. Mildenstine proposes a new office building at 714 F Avenue NE for 1750.
Vernon F. White of 410 Fairway Terrace SE earned an honorable mention in the General Electric New American Home Building contest. The Cape Cod style dwelling features a compact kitchen, attached garage, and an electric clock prize for winning among 400 entrants where 20 winners receive 1000 dollars each.
Edgar P McNall 1711 Maple Dr NW buys Woodland Dr lot from Mrs Arilla Van Buren to build a house. Charles Oldfield 611 Fifteenth Ave SW buys 1423 B Ave NE from Max Fisher Rodenda Calif. Both purchases handled by Malcolm V Bolton Co.
The Old Mill Ice Cream Company of Davenport rents a store room at 201 Third Avenue Southwest from Kingston Realty Company to establish a complete retail ice cream outlet. Hedges and Company acted as transaction agent.
A pasting from a classified section invites readers to hire cleaners for rugs and to repair fishing tackle. It promotes using a Want Ad to let services sell.
Newcomer rentals include the Makinson family at 216 Sixteenth Street SE and the Bruce Coats family at 1934 A Avenue NE. Glenn Quaas moves from Peoria to 135 Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE, associated with Cook Coffee. Properties owned by Frank Bellen of Fairbanks. transactions handled by Malcolm-Bolles and Fred E. Collard Co.
Raymond L Clause of 620 Second Street SW bought a house at 399 Twenty sixth Street SE from L P Lyman of 2510 First Avenue East. The sale was made through J P Conway and company. The realtors also acted as agents in recent weeks for the Catherine Johnson estate sale to Frank Gardner at 1254 Twentieth Avenue SW and a sale at 325 A Avenue NW to Isaac F Sober by Clifford G Gilleland. A house at 2544 Sixteenth Street was also listed.
NW properties owned by Milo A Chehak 2107 Greenwood Dr SE transfer to Laurence D Hunter 214 Fifth St NW. A house at 1213 Tenth St NW owned by Otto Sikora 2232 Bever Ave SE transfers to Clifford G Gilleland 325 A Ave NW. A house at 1203 Ninth St NW owned by Mrs Ava Brown Waddill Red Bluff California transfers to A W Sramek 3425 Third Ave SE.
Byron K. Anderson of 362 Fifteenth Street SE purchased the home at 2217 B Avenue NE from George Miller. The Hedges company acted as agent in the sale and also sold an improved acreage tract in Lincoln Heights to Lester M. Nemecek of 807 F Avenue NW and handled the Belmont park addition sale for Robert F. Caldwell at 352 Twentieth Street NW.
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