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The recessed entry, shown
in 1957,
left,
and today,
creates a sense of entering
the house even before
arriving at the front door.
A family moves into a 1957
Better H om es and
Gardens
Idea Home that stands the test of time.
by DENISE GEE photos ROB BRINSON produced by JENNY O’CONNOR
Like many buyers of older houses, Mila Goldman-
Moore and her husband, Waco Moore, appreciate the
past. They just don’t live in it. And, thankfully, neither
does their home. True, it’s more than five decades old.
But this house, its design replicating a
Better Homes and
Gardens
Idea Home, was focused on the future then.
And it still is today.
“It was like finding a time capsule of a house,” Waco
says. In now-vintage magazine pages, the article touts
revolutionary “smarter-living” elements that remain
right on trend: a no-wasted-space floor plan, family-
friendly connections between living areas, and an
indoor-outdoor flow that brings in natural light and
helps the house live larger than its 2,100 square feet.
Shaded from the hot Texas sun by towering canopy
oaks, the house was intentionally sited to capture
breezes and sunlight when and where they’re needed.
Inside, zones for active play—these days featuring
the couple’s 5-year-old daughter, Jette, performing
ballet moves or playing on her electric organ—are well
separated from quieter areas for sleeping, reading, and
working at home, as the couple often do.
Mila, an architect, finds it hard to believe that the
house, with its “super-practical layout and comfortable
scale,” was designed 50 years ago. “At the time this
house was built, architecture was just starting to
promote the idea of family time,” she says. “Lucky for
us, it still does that perfectly.”
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