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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1908 



Furniture for the Bungalow 



By Esther Singleton 



HE first requirement for house decoration, 

 as in personal dress, is appropriateness. 

 Furniture, like costume, should be selected 

 for the purpose for which it is intended. 

 One would never think of wearing a dress 

 suit on a golf course, nor a calling costume 

 for a walk in the woods; nor would a per- 

 son of taste carry Boule, Louis XV, Sheraton, or Chippen- 

 dale furniture into a simple cottage or bungalow. Ornate 

 and luxurious furniture and furnishings are as discordant 

 in rustic retreats as wicker chairs, printed cottons and 



I — Dining-room in a California Bungalow 



earthenware in wealthy town house or suburban villa. 

 In furnishing a bungalow the next thing to remember, 

 after simplicity, is color. The brightest hues should be 

 selected — scarlets, blues, yellows and greens — vying with 

 the blazing splendor of the hollyhocks that you have not 

 omitted to plant near the house; for, in the country, in the 

 midst of green woods, or surrounded with an expanse of 

 blue sea and sky, bright hues are a necessity as well as a 

 delight. 



Comfort and coziness should also enter into the furnishing 

 of a bungalow. These two requirements are well met in 



the illustration (Fig. 18), 

 and by the simplest means. 

 Ordinary mat and Wind- 

 sor chairs of the cheapest 

 kind form the seats, the 

 curtains slip on a rod with- 

 out even the addition of 

 rings, and the table is an 

 inexpensive wicker. 



A novel and convenient 

 arrangement, especially 



where space is a considera- 

 tion, appears in Fig 12. 

 The beds are nothing more 

 nor less than bunks; and the 

 room in which they occur 

 is shown in Fig. 10, where 

 the owner's nautical taste 

 is expressed in every detail. 

 However, the idea of the 

 arrangement of the beds is 

 not a bad one. 



A very good suggestion 

 for the side of a dining- 

 room appears in Fig 17, 

 where the paneled recess is 

 very cleverly made into a 

 buffet, or sideboard, by 

 means of uprights and 

 shelves. A drawer is also 

 inserted. This can be 

 made by any carpenter, so 



