Property of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kiner | Palm Springs Ca. | Architect: Williams, Williams and Williams

If you intend to share your house with frequent guests, the rooms should be uncluttered and adjustable to entertaining. You can gain freedom to move around by limiting your furniture to the pieces you actually use and by having cabinets tailored to store everything you need right where you want it. If you live in a temperate climate, you can open your rooms directly onto a patio so that parties can overflow out-of-doors. This small house, built in a desert region, turns its back on dust storms from the north and faces the sun, the pool, and the mountains through sliding glass walls. Living room and patio become one large entertaining area, and the kitchen is easy to reach. The low-pitched roof sweeps beyond the walls to keep the rooms cool. Woven-rush floor covering, stone, and redwood walls make the interiors simple and inexpensive to care for.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | August 1952