Westchester - property of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popper, architect Edward D. Stone.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Popper built their Westchester house. with this far-sighted point of view and thereby reduced maintenance to a negligible percentage of their over-all investment. The Poppers asked architect Edward D. Stone (with associates Karl J. Holzinger, Jr., and Roy S. Johnson) to design it that way for other reasons as well. They are both busy people and needed a carefree house. Also, Mrs. Popper prefers to do most of the housekeeping herself. Their maintenance schedule: waxing of polished concrete floors once a year; waxing of plywood walls-every five years; refinishing of exterior cypress walls-never.

Simplicity is no simple matter, especially when it comes to houses. The plain rectangle of this house would be dull as a shoe box without its meticulous detail. The windows come right up to the eaves with- out bulky beams or heavy posts. The thin line of the roof tops off the house crisply and even the ventilating slot under the eaves is an unobtrusive inch-wide band. Indoors, each bedroom has a different outlook and the living-dining room opens in two directions. A screen of vertical louvers offers a choice of partial or complete separation between the two areas. Backgrounds are neutral in color to play up the vivid hues of antique rugs from Spain. Mr. and Mrs. Popper particularly enjoy the privacy of the woodland view from their bed- and bathroom windows. The only intruders are inquisitive rabbits.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | august 1951