Green wood panelling against a brownish yellow brick in the manner of the English Tudor period is the outside color scheme of the pretty bungalow pictured above. Graceful and unusual lines are also features which attract the eye as one passes the home, which is the property of Frederick Humphrey and is located at 9817 S. Hoyne Ave.
One of the chief features of the interior of the house is that there is no long narrow hallway running the length of the house, wasting space and difficult to light. The front door opens off a small square entry hall which has also two doorways leading into a study and into the large living room. The study is a rectangular shaped room, provided with high, distinctly English type, windows.
The large living room is on the south side of the house, which faces to the west. The windows are not covered with the usual shades but are provided with grey draw-curtains. The brick fireplace, in the opposite corner as you enter the room, is of a unique old English style such as is often seen in old drawings. The bricks, instead of rising halfway to the ceiling, rise to the top and in the upper half are stepped to slant back toward the wall.
The dining room lies to the rear of the living room. Here the wall coverings take the eye, three of the walls being painted in a clouded Tiffany pattern with blue as the predominating color. The blue portions of the wall are panelled with wood. All of the walls throughout the house are covered with canvas, painted.
The kitchen opens at the north side of the dining room. It is divided by an archway into two sections, the kitchen proper and a breakfast nook. There is no gas in the house, a large electric range supplanting the gas stove in the kitchen. There are two large built-in cases, one in the kitchen proper and one in the breakfast nook.
A small square hall has openings at the rear of the dining room and kitchen and also has doors opening into two comfortably sized bedrooms, the tiled bathroom and a stairway leading to the basement and attic. The house is heated with hot water and has hardwood floors throughout.
Mr. Humphrey is a newcomer to the Ridge District but expects to make his permanent home in Beverly Hills. He is employed by the Hillison & Etten Printing Co., 638 Federal St.
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