Popular Science Monthly 



places may be copied 

 from the old masterpieces 

 of the Old Country; the 

 panel-work may be a relic 

 of old England, while the 

 exterior of the house may 

 have been adapted from 

 the Swiss chalet or some 

 other type of architecture. 

 To sum up the whole 

 proposition, it may be said 

 that the designer is a de- 

 signer of details only and 

 that only so far as their 

 location and size are con- 

 cerned. 



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from any room in the 

 house without passing 

 through a third room. This 

 study also places the kitch- 

 en in the corner of the rear 

 of the house so that it has 

 two sides completely ex- 

 posed to assist in lighting 

 and ventilating that im- 

 portant room. While this 

 study closely resembles that 

 shown in Figure i and may 

 be termed a plan drawn 

 from that study, it is never- 

 theless a study in itself, 

 and a valuable one at that. 



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With the thousand of different bunga- 

 low plans in use throughout the country, 

 there is probably not one which cannot 

 be traced, directly or indi- 

 rectly, back to one of the 

 general layouts or plan stud- 

 ies shown in the drawings 

 submitted herewith. Of 

 course the partitions may be 

 shifted a few inches this way 

 or that, the ceilings may be 

 raised or lowered a few inches, 

 the plan may be reversed so 

 that the bedrooms come on 

 the opposite side of the 

 house, the fireplaces may be 

 put into different locations in 

 the rooms, the veranda may 

 be shortened or lengthened, a pantry may 

 be added or a pantry may be omitted, 

 and other changes may be made that are 

 too numerous to mention, but the plan 

 is still the same as one of those shown. 



In Figure i is shown a very common 

 study from which some 

 very plain but interesting 

 layouts can be worked up 

 with little difficulty, as 

 the study is exceptionally 

 valuable for the narrower 1 ^^'']? 

 type of city bungalows. 

 This is one of the two- 

 bedroom layouts which 

 are so popular at the 

 present time. 



Figure 2 shows a study 

 which is very similar to that shown in 

 Figure i, the principal difference being 

 in the location of the pantry and in the 

 center hall arrangement which allows a 

 person to get into any room in the house 



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Figure 3 shows a study which treats 

 with three bedrooms, a vestibuled front 

 entrance, interior stairway to attic and 

 cellar, and a fireplace chimney, 

 which is so placed that a fire- 

 place may be built in both the 

 living room and dining room 

 and still be connected to the 

 same chimne}', thereby saving 

 a good many dollars for the 

 owner. It will also be noticed 

 that the amount of hall room, 

 usually called "waste space," 

 is exceptionally small. The 

 third bedroom, the one off 

 the kitchen, may be used as 

 a maid's room, sewing room 

 or just as a spare bedroom. 

 By placing a door between this room and 

 the one ahead of it the room may be 

 brought into almost direct connection 

 with the bathroom so that the trip 

 through the kitchen can be avoided. 

 This third room, when connected with a 

 door, can be used, together 

 with the room adjoining it, 

 for the owner's suite — one 

 room being used for a 

 sleeping room and the other 

 for a dressing room. When 

 this arrangement is used, 

 the third bedroom may be 

 equipped with three win- 

 dows on either side so that 

 the effect is a great deal like 

 that of a sleeping porch. 

 Figure 4 illustrates a type of house 

 which Is very desirable, but which is 

 rather uncommon. The great advan- 

 tage in this type of bungalow lies in the 

 arrangement of the sleeping rooms. It 



