Better Homes Show Opens Tuesday Night with Noted Iowa City Homes
The feature showcases the Anderson residence at 454 Lexington Street in Iowa City, a French influenced modern manor designed by Mark Anthony and built by H A Dunlap and Son. It highlights Dr H Dabne Kerr’s Roentgenology head house with river views and a study, plus other French Norman styled homes by Fisk Ruth and Vernon Wo Nall.
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H. Dabne Kerr
University of Iowa
Lexington Street
Iowa City
Iowa River
Country Club
Mark Anthony
Cedar Rapids
H A. Dunlap and Son
Evelyn Cone
Mr .Anthony
Kerrs
China
Dr. Kerr
Odis K. Patton
Park Road
Law College
The
Fisk and Ruth
Dr Kerr
Vernon Wo Nall
Towa City
Distinctive white brick homes with French and Boston influences
Cedar Rapids style homes showcase a walnut and handwrought iron living room with an eight foot fireplace and pink highlights. Merl Holloway’s white brick American provincial bungalow at 222 Twenty-fifth Street Drive SE emphasizes air conditioning and modern kitchen details.
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Cedar Rapids
Merl Holloway
Twenty-fifth Street
Interior of Elegant Colonial Styled Rooms Described
The living room features dark walnut finished floor and ivory walls with ivory woodwork and built in bookcases. A ceiling to mantel mirror flanks the fireplace with early American pewter light brackets. dark brown chintz frames the windows. Dining room showcases Amanas walnut furniture including an early American deep drop leaf table and Dutch buffet cabinet with cane seated chairs. The dining floor remains bare with bay windows facing the park and ivy trailing from a hanging basket among gray and ivory drapery.
Strong Supports Important When Widening Doorway
A wide doorway improves spaces but homeowners must ensure wall framing can bear the second floor load after removing sections. Substituting sturdier side timbers for current studs and adding a heavier top beam may be necessary to maintain structural support.
Advantages In Higher Window
The size of windows matters less than their wall position. The upper portion provides the best light by reflecting it farther into the room. Ventilation favors high windows, as it lets the warm air escape efficiently.
Building Answers Provide Home Improvement Advice
A reader asks about colored insulation panels, brick brightening with acid wash, dampness from cellars, hardwood floor laying over rough underlayment, bathroom wainscoting options, stone or brick for fireplaces, flagstone terrace foundations, FHA loan usefulness for扩 four or five rooms, cleaning smoke stained bricks, and joining concrete curb sections with a key joint.
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Charlotte Pinney
Sinclair Avenue
Eleanor Raymond
Iseston
Bever Woods
McKay Construction Company
Federal Housing Administration
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co. Electric
Danth
Q. I
F.H.A
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Comfortmaker
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Toldspot
Foodex
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Dial
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