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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1 9 10 



this floor. The 

 kitchen and its 

 dependencies are 

 built in the base- 

 ment, which is on 

 the level of the 

 grade of the land 

 made possible by 

 the slope of the 

 hillside upon 

 which it is built. 



The house 

 shown in Figures 

 7, 8, 9 and lo 

 was built for 

 Miss Ranney, at 

 Pasadena, Cali- 

 fornia, from the 

 designs of Greene 

 & Greene, archi- 

 tects, of the same 

 place. This 

 house, though 

 built within the 

 last three 

 years, affords ' 

 the interesting 

 impression of 

 being old. The 

 weathered red- 

 wood shingles 

 covering the 

 exterior walls 

 and the rough 

 redwood tim- 

 bers supporting 

 the wide eaves, 

 as well as the 

 o V e r 1 apping 

 upper story, 

 give this effect, 

 and, in addi- 

 tion, the type 

 of architecture 

 seems to be- 

 long to some 

 other country 

 and time. 



There is about 

 it a suggestion 

 of old Swiss, also 

 an intimation of 

 Japan. Yet in 

 reality it is an in- 

 dividual type, a 

 house with a per- 

 sonality, and, be- 

 cause it is "dif- 

 ferent," it is fas- 

 cinating. 



The entire ex- 

 terior scheme of 

 construction i s 

 rustic. The house 

 i s approached 

 from the street, 

 by steps and walk 

 of red brick. The 

 wall of the front 

 terrace is of the 



Fig. 7 — 1 he brick walled terrace and overhanging roof is the chief characteristic 



of this bungalow 



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Fig. 8 — First floor plan 



Fig. 9 — Second floor plan 



Pig. 10 — The living-room has a batten wainscoting, bookcases built in, and a large 

 fireplace built of brick and cement 



roughest klinker 

 brick, with Eng- 

 lish ivy climbing 

 o V e r. Neither 

 paint nor oil ha\e 

 been used on the 

 exterior, except- 

 ing on the cave 

 troughs, and the 

 timbered edges 

 of the eaves, 

 which have been 

 painted white. 

 The balance of 

 the house is sub- 

 dued and digni- 

 fied in color, the 

 rich browns of 

 the redwood 

 shading almost to 

 black, and the 

 red of the bricks 

 blending admir- 

 ably. On the 

 north side of 

 the house is a 

 spacious out- 

 door living- 

 room, with 

 pergola roof 

 and side 

 screens of 

 fragrant rose 

 vines. This 



porch is off the 

 street, and is 

 secluded and 

 restful. On the 

 south side of 

 the house is a 

 cleverly ar- 

 ranged pergo- 

 la, with a slat- 

 ed screen, de- 

 signed to hide 

 the kitchen 

 garden, the gar- 

 bage cans, the 

 clothes line, and 

 other unsightly 

 but necessary arti- 

 cles. The interior 

 is not unlike that 

 of a bungalow. 

 The rooms are 

 large, while the 

 woodwork is all 

 built on straight, 

 craftsman -like 

 lines. A delightful 

 feature of the house 

 is a large sleeping- 

 porch. The many 

 windows make it 

 light and bright, 

 and the absolute 

 simplicity of its 

 finish and furnish- 

 ings make house- 

 keeping a delight. 



