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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1908 



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Rugs and Draperies 

 for the Bungalow 



By Alice M. Kellogg 



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■N THE interior equipment of the bungalow 

 certain essentials for comfort are of quite 

 as much importance as the furniture. The 

 floors require suitable coverings; the win- 

 dows demand appropriate curtaining; the 

 doorways often need the protection of a 

 hanging. Coverings for the lounge and 

 its pillows may also be numbered among the objects that are 

 indispensable for a home of this kind. Table spreads, too, 

 can not be omitted without relinquishing one of those minor 

 decorative utilities that has a distinctive share in completing 

 the outfit for the summer dwelling. 



Two very common mistakes in bungalow furnishing are 

 significant of inexperience or ignorance in this field. One is 

 the selection of objects that are interesting in themselves, 

 without reference to the position they are to occupy. An- 

 other is a disregard of the bungalow as a place of retreat in 

 stormy weather. 



The homemaker who is capable of avoiding these two 

 errors places herself in favorable relations with the various 

 offerings of manufacturers and crafts people, and is assured 

 a successful outcome in her efforts to render the vacation 

 shelter livable, hospitable and individually attractive. 



When a bungalow is situated at inconvenient distances 



The Furnished Bungalow 



