For the 1964-1965 New York's World Fair three companies built display homes. Jack Pickens Coble built and impressive MCM home with no less than two pools. With its four distinct units, its pavilion roofs and carefully detailed walls this home embodies the Jack Pickens Coble ideal: a realistic plan coupled with the imagination it takes to make a house pleasant to live in - and with.
The inner court of the Coble house, centered around a pool, seems almost to float above its foundation. Because of the cantilever design, the rest of the steel-frame house has this same light quality.
Under the pyramid roofs is a plan that conforms to today's living patterns. A central core houses the living room, with a dining-kitchen wing on one side and a bedroom-study-family room wing on the other.
From the opposite side of the living room, the red chairs appear to blend with the rug; beyond, the red-and-yellow pattern of the sofas serves as a tie between the walls and rug. Bordering this central area is a parquet floor, its textured surface complementing the lines of the ceiling wood. Besides edging the room with light, the clerestory windows relieve the solid wall surface.
Texture and color dominate in the dining room. Rug, deck and court wall repeat a single design that sets off the unadorned furniture, while the deep gold of the rug and drapery makes the dark wood appear even richer than it is.
Throught the Coble house interiors runs a sense of unified design, a harmony of basic architecture and interior decorating skills. From this artful blending come rooms that belong to no single period, nor owe their appeal to any fad, either in materials or styles. The guest-study of the Coble house typifies this coordination. The architecture suits the purpose of the room, with solid walls for seclusion and well-screened windows provide even light and add depth to the room. Above, acoustical tile creates a suble texture. Bright primary colors, set against neutral walls and floors, give the room a dynamic flair. The black rocking chair, mellow woods and the paintings soften the total impact.
In a house where color is a prime decorating concern, the master bedroom carries unusual impact. Its bright gold bed, yellow walls, olive-green settee and dark rug are a lesson in color contrast.
The family room of the coble house is another display of tasteful decorating - and demonstrates another use of color. Here color helps separates areas where there is no major structural change: blue defines the main conversation center, while black outlines a music-book corner.
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