May, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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>udy appearance of purple varying the dull green in 

 rery attractive manner. 



The same treatment is carried out in the walls of the 

 ing-room. They are charmingly broken by wooden 

 :lves which are painted green like the rest of the 

 tils. The irregular placing of these adds no little to 

 2 charm of the interior. One end is filled entirely by 

 generous fireplace built of local rough gray stone 

 avily pointed with gray plaster. The walls are broken 

 isiderably by doorways as it entered from the hall on 

 one side and opens out on to the 

 | | porch above the creek on the 



other. Opposite this doorway is 

 another leading to the dining- 

 room, while opposite the fire- 

 place is a wide doorway leading 

 to the rest of the house. Green 

 is the keynote of this room. The 

 floor being somewhat rough has 

 been entirely covered with plain 

 green filling. Relief is given by 

 simple Mission furniture stained 

 brown, upholstered in tan 

 leather. 



The dining-room is quite as 

 attractive in its way as the liv- 

 ing-room. The walls consist of 

 pine boards oiled, relieved by 

 trims of white woodwork. The 

 room is in blue and yellow ac- 

 cented by a strong note of blue 

 in the Japanese plates. A por- 

 tiere of blue canvas hangs in the 

 doorway leading into the living- 

 room, while the opposite door- 

 way is also hung with a similar 

 curtain. Particularly attractive 

 2 the fumed chairs stained brown with their wooden 

 its. The sideboard is carefully chosen, and is not 

 ) large for the room. A wide, low window, hung with 

 lite swiss curtains and blue inner curtains, overlooks 

 porch. The sepia platinumtypes are framed in 

 own, and make a pleasing contrast to the yellow walls. 

 le pine ceiling is left unfinished, but is relieved by white 

 inted striping. The large doorway with its iron latch 

 ens directly on to the porch. The floor is covered with 

 rug of old blue. 



Returning through the living-room, and going 

 rough a passage we find ourselves in a cheery little 

 ting-room. The floor is covered with matting, and the 

 ills of pine are painted ivory white. 

 The cost of building such a bungalow would be about 

 ,500 to-day, but when the bungalow was built several 

 ars ago it cost only $1,000. When one realizes that 

 e ties from which the house was built cost only $35.00 

 can readily be understood how very economically bunga- 

 svs can be erected by making use of them. The three 

 >ne fireplaces cost $180.00. 



The Corner Fireplace of the Sitting-room 



The Living-room Fireplace Completely Fills One End 



The Dining-room Is Walled with Oiled Pine Boards Relieved by White Trim 



