1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Updated
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wade T. Childress was photographed in 1960. The home contained antiques and furniture and decorations repurposed from other things that made it unusual and interesting.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
Shade and a wide expanse of bright green lawn — that's the Childress patio. The figure in the foreground is of a little boy holding two fish, sculpted in lead by a friend of theirs. The broad bricked, covered terrace holds wrought iron furniture plus a comfortable couch and easy chair. A separate enclosed patio contains a swimming pool and lounge chairs for sunning.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
The first step into the foyer of the Childress home tells you that this is an interesting house. Next to the tall Victorian mirror, and with the movable two propped against the wall, is a papier-maché tea table inlaid with mother of pearl — it looks like wood but is really pressed paper. The floor is a peppery black and white striped vinyl. Cushions on the two chairs are a gay red satin.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
This broad hallway just off the foyer leads to the family room — Mrs. Childress painted the mural over the fireplace. The swinging doors were made from the back of an old French Aubusson couch. That's a wine cooler in the left foreground. It now holds a rubber tree plant.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
A symphony in pale green describes the spacious master bedroom suite at the Childresses'. Walls, carpeting, bedspread, draperies — all are a matching cool green. The suite includes a sitting room, bed alcove, adjoining dressing room and bath.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
A furniture grouping in the living room finds a French Provincial loves eat covered with green upholstery flanked by two Chinese Chippendale chairs with green and white striped cushions. The letters' wood is simulated bamboo painted black with gold designs. Above the love seat is "Amanda," a painting from the American primitive school of art popular in the 1700-1800s.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
Charcoal is the color of this wall and its opposite in the Childress living room. Carpeting, draperies and other walls are muted green. The large and comfortable couch in this furniture grouping features a beige and gold design. The chairs have green upholstery. Once a large Victorian table, the coffee table was shortened by simply sawing off part of the legs; a marble top was added. "It's the most practical piece of furniture in the whole house," said Mrs. Childress. "We have breakfast on it every morning."
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
Shade and a wide expanse of bright green lawn — that's the Childress patio. The figure in the foreground is of a little boy holding two fish, sculpted in lead by a friend of theirs. The broad bricked, covered terrace holds wrought iron furniture plus a comfortable couch and easy chair. A separate enclosed patio contains a swimming pool and lounge chairs for sunning.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
The first step into the foyer of the Childress home tells you that this is an interesting house. Next to the tall Victorian mirror, and with the movable two propped against the wall, is a papier-maché tea table inlaid with mother of pearl — it looks like wood but is really pressed paper. The floor is a peppery black and white striped vinyl. Cushions on the two chairs are a gay red satin.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
This broad hallway just off the foyer leads to the family room — Mrs. Childress painted the mural over the fireplace. The swinging doors were made from the back of an old French Aubusson couch. That's a wine cooler in the left foreground. It now holds a rubber tree plant.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
A symphony in pale green describes the spacious master bedroom suite at the Childresses'. Walls, carpeting, bedspread, draperies — all are a matching cool green. The suite includes a sitting room, bed alcove, adjoining dressing room and bath.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
A furniture grouping in the living room finds a French Provincial loves eat covered with green upholstery flanked by two Chinese Chippendale chairs with green and white striped cushions. The letters' wood is simulated bamboo painted black with gold designs. Above the love seat is "Amanda," a painting from the American primitive school of art popular in the 1700-1800s.
1960 photos: Comfort is key
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
Charcoal is the color of this wall and its opposite in the Childress living room. Carpeting, draperies and other walls are muted green. The large and comfortable couch in this furniture grouping features a beige and gold design. The chairs have green upholstery. Once a large Victorian table, the coffee table was shortened by simply sawing off part of the legs; a marble top was added. "It's the most practical piece of furniture in the whole house," said Mrs. Childress. "We have breakfast on it every morning."
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