June, 1906 AMERICAN “HOMES AND GARDENS 387 
some instances quaint, but 
expensive, conceits, such as 
the utilization of redwood 
for virtually the entire con- E 
struction of a bungalow, has a 
been employed. In most 
cases of a modern type there 
is a general tendency to 
treat the bungalows with a 
dark stain, which is due 
doubtless to the well nigh 
perpetual brilliancy of the 
California sunlight, and to 
this same circumstance may 
be attributed the seemingly 
universal disposition to pro- 
vide broad, well shaded 
porches; the roof of the 
porches being in most in- 
stances extensions of the 6—An Artistic Bungalow at Pasadena, California, Built of Klinker Bricks and Shingles, Containing 
roof of the main building. Seven Rooms, and Costing $3,500 
rolling country renders it 
possible, in many instances, 
to choose for them sites well 
adapted to such designs. 
The distinctive feature of 
the interior of the average 
bungalow is a_ spacious 
living-room, as shown in 
Fig. 4, and the plan, Fig. 
13, and which is a combina- 
tion of library, den and 
drawing-room. ‘The struc- 
tural variations of a living- 
room are endless, and it is 
its first conception that de- 
cides whether it is to be a 
failure or a success, for in 
this lies the character that is 
to be its own. Being the 
main room of the bungalow 
it should have an exposure 
which insures plenty of light 
7—California Bungalow of Simple Lines with Shingled Sides and Roof, Containing Six for the greater part of the 
Rocmevandi@estins) $3,000 day, as shown in Fig. 9, 
avian 
The variable foundations 
and the chimneys are built 
of cobble stone laid in a 
random manner. This 
rough stonework seems to 
be used in preference to 
brick. The pillars of the 
porches are often built of 
similar stone work, as 
shown in Fig. 1, and in 
some instances huge logs 
are used for pillars, as in 
Fig. 15. Rough unfinished 
lumber is extensively. used 
in all the exterior construc- 
tion of a bungalow, and par- 
ticularly is this true when 
the “Chalet” style is used. 
Adaptations of these Swiss 
mountain houses are espe- 
cially popular in Southern 8—Bungalow of Swiss Characteristics, Built in Southern California, Containing Seven Rooms 
California, and the heavy and Two Bathrooms, and Costing $5,700 Complete 
