The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 136, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1983 Page: 7 of 24
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JOY WILLISTON and her husband, Hubert, have design-
f -v$d a'nome that is not only attractive and spacious, but
functional. The bentwood circular stairway was crafted
■I especially for their home.
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1983 Home Tour
Willistons Design
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By SHERRI CARVER
The home of Joy and Hubert
Williston is a very carefully
‘designed living area —
economical use of space is a
necessity when constructing a
home to accommodate nine grow-
ing children.
Located at 403 Caldwell in
Lakewood, their home is one of
four open for public inspection
during the 1983 Bay Area
Heritage Society Tour of Homes,
set for 1 to 6 p.m. April 23-24.
When the Willistons married in
the spring of 1981, they ea,ch had a
sizable family from a former
marriage — he with five children,
she with four. “We wanted to live
here in the Lakewood area,” says
Mrs. Williston, “but there, just
weren’t any houses big enough.”
They decided to design their
own perfect home. Dr. Williston
drew yp the plans with input from
his wife and children. A draft-
sman completed the final plans
and in June 1981, construction
began. The Willistons moved into,
their new home in July 1982.
The Caldwell Street residence
features, a contemporary design
incorporating large amounts of
window space. Skylights in
almost every, room add to a feel-
ing of space and air. “That’s what
I wanted most,” she says, “loads
of light!”
The large living room features
a cathedral ceiling with an expos:
ed beam. A large stone fireplace
provides most of the family’s heat
in the winter and was installed as
an energy saving device.
Furnishings include two seating
areas. “One of the fun things
about designing the house was fin-
ding a place for all our furniture,”
says Mrs. Williston. Living room,
dining room and kitchen are
floored with squares of pale
'9wbdued tones of
gray, plum and blue ifocus atten-
tion upward, emphasizing the ex-
treme height of the ceiling.
The Willistons’ master
bedroom’s tall ceilings also
help to absorb sound. Combining
a bed area and study, the focus of
this room is the large desk and
shelves of books that line the
walls. Cozy additions such as a
free-standing fireplace and water
bed make the room comfortable
and functional. Deep green carpet
in the bedroom was dyed to match
hand-glazed Mexican tiles used in
the bath.
Sherri Carver
,i Circular stairways unite first
and second stories inside and out.
While the outside stairway is
made of wrought iron, the more
elegant bentwood inside walkway
was crafted especially for the
Willistons’ home.
Upstairs areas include a family
game room. Above is a small loft,
used by the children for entertain-
ing and sleeping. Portraits of the
children hang in the hall.
Color is used imaginatively in
the children’s bedroorfts. Mrs.
Williston has reversed traditional
color schemes in several of the
rooms, painting in white walls
and a bright blue or hot pink Ceil-
ing. Furnishings in the blue
bedroom match the color of the
ceiling ail'd wall graphics echo
designs on the linens.
Each upstairs inr
eludes a balcony. Those in the
back of the house overlook a large
heated pool.
Several additions insure that
the Williston home is thrifty as it
is, beautiful. Extra-thick walls
serve as a buffer to the outside
and windows are double-paned.
To increase the efficiency of the
fireplace, a blower was installed
to circulate wferm air. A heat
pump provides for both air condi-
tioning and additional heating
needs.
Mrs. Williston says she
“doesn’t like a lot of clutter.”
Sparing use of extemporaneous
additions has created a home that
is both elegant and livable.
“Welre very happy here,” she
says. “It’s our dream home and
we plan to be here for a long
time.”
Others on the’ tour are the Otis
Graham home at 4713 Country
Club View; the M.A. Holland
home at No.l Del Ciro Court in
Tierra Del Oro; and the J.M.
Richards home at 707 Fleetwood.
In addition, an authentic 19th
century Civil War camp of the
Bayland Guards will be
reconstructed in Bayland Park.
Cost for the tour is $1.50 for ad-
mission to a single home; $5 for
advance tickets to the complete
tour; and $6 on tour days.
Tickets may be purchased at
the Baytown Historical Museum,
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
and from Bay Area Heritage
Society board members. Pro-
ceeds will fund the Baytown
Historical Museum, where
refreshments will be served dur-
ing the tour times.
COMFORTABLE FURNISHINGS provide plenty of
seating for the Williston’s large family. The large win-
dows provide a view of the heated swimming pool. Their
home, located at 403 Caldwell, is one of four featured in
the 1983 home tour.
THE MASTER bedroom includes a freestanding fireplace
and sofa seating for reading and relaxing, in addition to
space for Dr. Williston’s desk, computer terminal and
copious library.
PATTERNED BEDDING is accented by matching —u
designs on the curtains and walls in this bedroom. The CUPS CREATE a decorative pattern over the bar leading
perky designs were stenciled on the walls by Mrs. to the Williston’s kitchen.
Williston and her daughter. (Sun staff photos by Carrie Pryor)
Homeless Animals Face Uncertain Futures
Her name is
Cinderella and she
lives under my
neighbor’s back
porch.
She’s just a kitten,
really, small and
white, but obviously
"in a family way,” as
my grandmother us-
ed to say. She arrived on our block last week
— another stray cat that somebody dropped
off.
I’m probably the world’s worst about bring-
ing home stray animals. While 1 was growing
up, I rescued kittens from ditches, vacant lots,
once from a median on Interstate 10.
“No, you CAN’T keep it; find a good home
for it or take it to the pound,” my father would
say, picking up the bedraggled bundle of fur
and tucking it into the enormous pocket of hi°
striped carpenter overalls. “You know not t
bring home any more animals." By the tim.
my father had finished his lecture on minding
my own business, the kitten had usually fallen
asleep and his heart was won. 1 don’t think I
ever gave away any of the pets I brought
home.
But not every “drop off” is lucky enough to
find a bleeding-heart kid who’s dying to take it
home. The ones that don’t find homes hang
around parking lot garbage bins and scavenge
the neighborhood the night before trash day,
growing up hard and fast until they get picked
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up by the city or hit by a car. But everyone’s
heard that story before.
- And everyone’s heard how easy it is to have
!ts spayed or neutered. And how impwlant it
,0. But most people don’t think too much about
the pet population explosion until a stray pet
shows up at their doorstep.
I worry about our Cinderella. She does all
right on her own — it’s easy to put out a little
food for a stray soul. But what will happen
when her kittens come? What kind of life can
they expect to have? It may not matter. Cats
are, after all, not human. They cannot love or
hate or feel sorrow and are not endowed with
human emotions.
But people are. So why do they sometimes
act so much like dumb animals?_
American
Heart
Association
Club News
Woman's Club
Mrs. L.E. Bradshaw pre^
sented the home life program
on nutrition during the
Woman's Club meeting held
at the home of Mrs. Allen
Rice.
She distributed a list of es-
sential vitamins and minerals
needed to keep the body alive
and In good physical condi-
tion.
The program started with a
quotation of the first stanza
from "Curly Locks.” Mrs
Bradshaw then explained
how good nutrition and exer-
cise would be better for Curly
Lock's health and longevity
than "sitting on a cushion
sewing a fine seam and feast-
ing on strawberries and sugar
and cream.”
Mrs. Bradshaw also discus-
sed food additives and fad
diets and their effects on
health. She concluded with
suggestions on for a good diet
and exercises for a long and
healthy life.
Plans were made for dis-
trict officers and elected dele-
gates to attend the Texas
Federated Women's Clubs
San Jacinto District Conven-
tion to be held April 8 and 9 in
Galveston.
The next meeting will be
held April 15 at the home of
Mrs. Paul John The program
will be about the painting
techniques of the artist.
There will also be a oil and
watercolor demonstration
Names
Notes
Michael Dwayne
Trahan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson C.
Trahan, has been e-
lected to membership
in the Tau Sigma
Delta at Texas A&M
University.
Membership to Tau
Sigma Delta Is by In-
vitation based on the
highest qualifications
in each department
of the College of Ar-
chitecture and Envi-
ronmental Design as
approved by. the na-
tional office of Tau
Sigma Delta.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 136, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1983, newspaper, April 8, 1983; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063420/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.