May, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



191 



The Bungalow Gives Inspiration for the " Simple Life 



prim shrubs, and roses so tail feathers. The 

 tight-laced they haven't square Mission cot- 

 breath for one full blossom, tage shown here 

 There are various ways would be charm- 

 of finishing exteriors. Walls ing if roofed with 

 are shingled, covered with terra cotta tiles, or 

 split redwood shakes, clap- metal shingles in 

 boarded, boxed and plas- the shape of tiles, 

 tered, according to the ideas As it is, it looks as 

 of the builder. Rough lum- if it had lost its 

 ber is used exclusively for best friend. This 

 outside work for bunga- style of cottage is 

 lows. Clap-boarding and better suited for a 

 boxed sidings are shingled exterior 

 * least expensive, for than a plastered 

 they require less one, and would 

 labor, and the mate- make an ideal little 



holding the plaster. 

 I o get a rough ef- 

 fect like that of the 

 old . Missions, the 

 plaster should be 

 dashed on reckless- 

 ly. If the builder 

 attempts to reduce 

 the cost by dispens- 

 ing with the verti- 

 cal boards and put- 

 ting his plaster lath 

 on the studding, he 

 will have poor re- 

 sults, for in time, 

 plaster so applied 

 will crack and come 

 off. To be strictly 

 concordant a plas- 

 tered house should 

 have a tiled roof. 

 A shingled roof on 

 a Mission house is 

 as unnatural as a 

 rooster without 



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rials are cheaper. Shingled 

 and shaked sidings are 

 pleasing, and plaster is al- 

 ways attractive, though the 

 latter is not as appropriate 

 for small houses, as for the 

 larger, more pretentious 

 two-story Mission homes. 

 The historic Missions, from 

 which the idea for plastered 

 homes originated, are large, 

 grand and imposing, and 

 the very small plastered 

 house looks like a youngster 

 in kilts aping his grand- 

 father. 



A plastered house, to be 

 satisfactory, must be well 

 constructed. Rough, foot- 

 wide boards should first be 

 nailed vertically to the stud- 

 ding. These should be 

 stripped with lath from 

 twelve to fifteen inches 

 apart, and on these should 

 be nailed metal lath for 



The Huge Chimney Bespeaks Hospitality, and Many Hanging Baskets Filled with Trailing Vines 



Make a Happy Porch Trim 



