November, 1909 
Dining-room of Bungalow No. | 
which constitutes this atmosphere, if we are to evolve the 
bungalow in the completeness of its beautiful possibilities 
from our present architecture. 
In attempting to define these characteristics I should say 
that they are invariably a rustic finish; casement windows 
which are interesting variations on the French, English (or 
Georgian) and Dutch types; wide eaves, sometimes heavily 
beamed; an avoidance of turned-work and a frequent use 
of lattice-work and flat slats in grilles and railings. And 
whether the porches are wide and shady, or whether they 
are terraced and protected merely by awnings, they receive 
a direct simplicity of treatment which is only saved from 
crudeness by a high artistic instinct in the handling. The 
ornamentation is never “‘stuck on” after the design is com- 
plete, as was the fashion a few years ago, when jig-saw work 
and ginger-bread incrustations disfigured many of the 
cheaper class of buildings, but the elemental materials of 
which the structure is composed are so applied in the design 
as to evoke beauty. 
The bungalow owes its distinction from the ordinary 
cottage to the fact that with all of its 
ramifications in porches, patios and per- 
golas it yet retains a certain solidity. It 
is as if the design were hewn from a single 
block and it should always have the effect 
of a harmoniously welded mass in con- 
trast to the style of structure which is light 
and scattering. 
Illustration of bungalow number 1 is 
an example of the crudest form that this 
type of house assumes. It is a bungalow 
pure and simple, retaining in its wide 
eaves, its squat shape and plain lines the 
character of the East-Indian bungalow 
which is its prototype. In it we have an 
opportunity to enjoy to the full the sur- 
prise which gives a charm to these houses, 
for in viewing the outside the unitiated 
would naturally conclude that so plain a 
dwelling would, in its interior, be dull and 
uninteresting, perhaps, also cramped and 
stuffy in its effect. When, therefore, one 
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is ushered into a living-room which is 20 a 
x 22 feet in size, which has a floor of dark Ne 
polished wood laid with Oriental rugs, 
which glows with soft, rich colors and is 
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filled with a pervading sense of beauty and 
luxury, the surprise is almost startling. 
In this living-room the fireplace is al- 
coved on a raised platform and much of 
the unusual attractiveness of the room is 
due to this feature. The entire alcove is 
faced in below the row of leaded case- 
ment windows—set with amber crinkled 
glass—with large square tiles of terra-cotta 
held in place with great, hand-wrought 
icon nails. The mantel-shelf is painted 
black to correspond with all of the wood- 
work throughout the house, and over the 
chimney-breast between the windows is set 
a mirror of heavy French plate. 
Above the black wood wainscoting of 
the walls is cartridge paper in warm yel- 
low-tan, and the wood ceiling—tongued 
and grooved—is finished in new mahogany. 
There are many pieces of handsome 
mahogany mingled with wicker and Hong 
Kong chairs in the room, and _ the 
couches and cushions and easy-chairs are 
covered with East-Indian cotton in bril- 
liant red and greens. 
Opening from the living-room with a four-foot arch is 
the dining-room. The delightful feature of this room is a 
large bay-window facing the arch and looking towards the 
east. ‘Lhe walls in here are of rough plaster, sand finish, 
kalsomined a rich yellow, the four large windows of the 
alcove are hung with thin yellow silk beneath Japanese 
grilles of bamboo, and the rug is of Japanese cotton in white 
and Delft-blue corresponding with the china. 
Thus, it will be seen that these two rooms, which are 
literally thrown together by the wide opening, leave nothing 
to be desired in the color-scheme. 
The bed-chambers in this plain little house have been 
made as fresh and dainty and exquisite as if they formed 
part of an expensive establishment. In their design and 
furnishing is shown the maximum of beauty and comfort 
with the minimum of expenditure. In a little pink and 
white room, pale-pink poppies on the ivory-ground of the 
wall-paper give the color-scheme. ‘The dressing-table— 
home-made—is of pink satteen covered with white dimity. 
Living-room of Bungalow No. | 
