The Den |
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| To get to the den head right
after entering the "All-Electric House". Go straight down the hall to the very
end and there it is. This small room has two large windows that seem to dominate the room.
The room's only furniture is two brown chairs, a corner table and a desk. At first
glance it seems like a simple study, but the real purpose of the den is to serve as a
bedroom for the children of the house.
Skip a few steps across the stiff beige carpeting and you’ll
reach the other end of the Den. Turn left and pace forward not three feet and a light
tan-brown desk is positioned before you. The nine shelves are graced with copper-colored
metal handles and sleek reddish brown insides. Set on top of the desk is a leather cover.
Resting on top the letter desk protector is a golden-colored pen and
penholder. Juggling for attention is another gold-colored item: a letter holder in a
maroon leather case. A tiny metal lamp completes scene one of a storybook. Of course no one wants to stand up while working, so a light brown wood chair streaked with tan completes part two of scene one. A straight-backed chair with a non-squishy lime greenish yellow seat covering. The back of the chair was criss-crossed with diamond shaped holes. Cross back over the carpet and lounge against one of the Hide-A-Beds. If you want to set your books or food somewhere there is a conveniently placed corner table. It is very modern looking and has a layered shelf, so it can hold more articles. It is of a lighter brown than the desk, flecked with gray and tinted slightly black. So you won’t strain your eyes there is a huge lamp on the small table. It has a wavy in-and-out base. Gray with "southwestern" turquoise swirled in stripes. The lampshade is a larger then necessary, but fitting, and it is silver with rusty golden beige flecks.
Since the windows provide little light there is an automatic light in the closet, which clicks on whenever the door is opened. The closet is there for the convenience of the room’s inhabitants: the children. There are coat racks and shoes boards, as well as the recently invented "pegboard". After enjoying this room head off back to the foyer and go to the
kitchen, or go through the other door and marvel at the bedroom. Either way there’s a
treat waiting! |
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But if this is a bedroom then where are
the beds? Take another glance at the chairs: the two woven chairs are really Hide-A-Beds.
The "chairs" are covered with a "melding of brown and green in the fabric
makeup". The "knobby," rough cloth blends with the white walls and pink
ceilings. So just yank the cushions away and struggle with the mattress and then POOF! A
relaxing place for kids to sleep.
The lamp is greatly
needed if one wanted to read, because although the very long windows above the chairs and
the man-sized window next to the left chair provide light, the drapes are commonly drawn
to provide privacy. The drapes are dark green with mustard yellow and a lighter green
forming a pattern of diamonds with a four-petaled flower nested inside.
