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bathroom and the two sleeping rooms 



are at the rear of the house so that a 



person may use them with perfect 



freedom while visitors 



are being entertained 



in the living rooms. 



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be in ill health or may 



be tired out so that he 



must retire before the 



regular time; in this 



case the arrangement 



of the sleeping rooms 



also is advantageous 



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connecting the living 



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nated before reaching 

 the bedrooms. The stairs to the attic 

 and basement may also lead from this 

 small hall, so that in the event of a 

 billiard room being fur- 

 nished in either place 

 it will readily be reach- 

 ed without taking vis- 

 itors through the kitch- 

 en. Take it all in all 

 and the study shown in 

 this figure is really 

 worth actual study by 

 anyone who is contem- 

 plating the erection of a 

 bungalow for a home. 



Figure 5 is a study of 

 a bungalow along the 

 same general lines as 

 those in Figure 4, but is 

 a little cheaper house to 

 build. The bathroom is, perhaps, in a 

 little better location because of its 

 being further removed from the living 

 rooms and kitchen. There is also a dis- 

 advantage in the location of the bath- 

 room due to the fact that the servant 

 must come past all the sleeping rooms to 

 reach it, whereas in Figure 4 the bath is 

 directly opposite the kitchen door. This 

 study also permits of a smaller house 

 and for that reason is cheaper to build 

 than is the one in Figure 4, as already 

 stated. 



Figure 6 is a study of a three bedroom, 

 rear bedroom bungalow in which the 

 least possible space has been consumed 



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for the hall. The great disadvantage of 



this plan lies in the inability of a person 



getting from the kitchen to the bathroom 



without going through the living rooms. 



Aside from this one 



I point and that of the 



location of the stairs, 



the study is a good one, 



since the three bedroom 



doors are all about an 



equal distance from the 



bathroom door. 



Figure 7 gives us a 

 study of a bungalow 

 having four bedrooms, 

 and this study strongly 

 suggests two houses 

 connected together on 

 account of the sleeping 

 portion of the house 

 being built in a wing at 

 the side of the living and service portions 

 of the building. This arrangement is 

 good for the size of the house, but there 

 are better and more ap- 

 propriate types of archi- 

 tecture for a four bed- 

 room house than a 

 bungalow, although this 

 study is shown here as 

 it is used to some extent. 

 Figure 8 is a very de- 

 sirable type of bunga- 

 low, especially adapted 

 to a warm climate where 

 a conventional garden 

 may be kept in the 

 court. The ventilation 

 of this type of house is 

 also very good and the 

 cost of erecting a house 

 of this size and design are not as great 

 as would be imagined. This type makes 

 an ideal summer home, as the large 

 living room is very comfortable on the 

 cool summer evenings when the family 

 desires to gather together indoors in- 

 stead of on the broad, roomy veranda. 

 Another feature of this study lies in the 

 fact that the sleeping wing of the house 

 may be extended back as far as is de- 

 sired in order to obtain as many bed- 

 rooms as may be necessary. The dining 

 room and kitchen may also be dropped 

 back and a library or den placed in the 

 location now occupied by the dining 

 room. If it is desirable to leave the 



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