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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 1906 



3 — The Living- Room is Characteristic of Good Taste 



4 — The Garden-Court is an Outdoor Living-Room 



5 — Mrs. Nixon Hopkins's Bungalow at Pasadena, California, Might be Built in Any Section of the Country 



by bringing the various 

 rooms in closer relation to 

 each other. 



The interior of these 

 bungalows are well pro- 

 portioned, with each part 

 in proper ratio to the 

 other parts of the house; 

 this applies to the size of 

 the rooms, height of the 

 ceilings, and to the posi- 

 tion of each room in re- 

 gard to its exposure. The 



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6 — The Plans Present the Living- and Dining-Rooms in Combination 



bathrooms are distributed 

 in such a way that one is 

 usually convenient for the 

 entire household. In the 

 two- storied bungalows, 

 where an appropriation of 

 space prevents the intro- 

 duction of complete back 

 stairs, precaution has been 

 taken in some instances to 

 p r e v e n t the domestics 

 from being visible from 

 the main part of the house. 



