For 1949, Myrna Johnston from Better Homes and Gardens proposes a new concept for kitchens: larger spaces and splashes of color. The kitchen now turns into a family room with breakfast corners and all kind of interesting stuff. Sparkling white is the background for these sprightly colors. The small kitchen is expanded by accenting all possible horizontal lines - dark-green linoleum floor, long greenery box, red counter tops, red molding, yards of apple-pattenerned chintz at window. Designer: C. Eugene Stephenson, A.I.D.
This is a very bold design. Baked-enamel-on-steel units and walls are persimmon-red, balanced by brown and green bamboo-patterned wallpaper. Green is repeated in chair seats, table tops and curtains.
Restful blue walls bring out the fresh whiteness of the equipment. Red glazed chintz is repeated from bench to chair to windows. Warm blank linoleum "plank" floor and white ceiling rafters tie the colonial-style chair and table and businesslike modern appliances together. When dinner's cleared, you have a fireside game table. Designer: C. Eugene Stephenson, A.I.D.
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