Fig. 3—A beautiful color scheme in old rose and brown stained wood 
that edges simple, rustic art and falling into eccentricities. 
There are certain conventions which should govern here, 
as well as in the building of a Colonial, or an Italian, or an 
early English house. If we are formulating an architecture 
which is to be purely American (and the bungalow-cottage 
has been evolved from the East-Indian bungalow to suit 
American necessities), let us do so on lines which are strong 
and lasting. he interior of a bungalow should be pictur- 
esque but never queer. (Figure 1.) The chimney-breast 
may be broad and hospitable, but it should not be huge. 
The front door should be made on lines that differ distinctly 
from the conventionally accepted idea, but it should not be 
so large and heavy as to be disproportionate to the house; 
its hinges of wrought-iron and its knocker should not be so 
aggressively massive as to suggest the defence of a feudal 
castle (Figure 10) ; its electric-light fixtures and other hard- 
ware may very appropriately be made also of iron, but the 
heavy chains supporting great metal balls that are often seen 
hanging in the center of a low-ceiled room look menacing 
and ridiculous. 
In the planning of a bungalow the chief outlet for one’s 
Fig. 6—The inglenook is the feature of this living-room 
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taste and originality lies in its windows. ‘These may be 
French, English (Georgian) or Dutch. All of these types 
are casement in construction and are, therefore, far more 
picturesque than the mill-made windows which slide up and 
down. The casements of a bungalow should always be hung 
to swing outwards, as this way they do not interfere with the 
inside space. (Figure 2.) Ordinary mill-made windows 
may be so arranged in the design of the house as to give 
a picturesque effect by placing them in groups and cur- 
taining them effectively. “They may also be much improved 
by building a four-inch shelf above the casing and dropping 
the drapery from the projection, or by running a wide shelf 
flush with the sill. This latter device gives an effect of thick 
walls with a wide windowsill and is a great addition to the 
beauty of a room when ferns or other potted plants are 
placed here. 
The French window is always beautiful, in fact, it adds 
so much in beauty and elegance of effect to a room that it 
is supposed to be expensive when it is not. It costs little 
more to cut a window to the floor than to have it stop some 
feet above, and the casements may have the stock-panes of - 
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