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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1907 



Three Inexpensive Log Bungalows 



By Joseph Darlington 



BUNGALOW built at 

 Deal, N. J., which imitates 

 the Mexican hut, is unique 

 in every particular owing 

 to the fact that it was con- 

 structed with the refuse 

 left from the erection of 

 sixteen other cottages which had been previ- 

 ously built. This fact is of peculiar interest 

 in showing what can be done with odd bits 

 of materials. J he exterior is covered with 

 logs, which retain their bark. The frame 

 was sheathed and then covered with two 

 thicknesses of building paper and painted be- 

 fore the logs were put in position. The 

 gables are plastered, and stuccoed with brick. 

 The entrance is through a Dutch door into 

 a living-room, which has French windows 

 opening onto the porches, which are on either 

 side of the room. The ceiling takes in the 

 full height of the building. The walls, to the 

 height of seven feet, are wainscoted with 

 matched boards stained a dark brown, soft 

 in tone, while the trimmings are painted a 

 soft cream. The whole is finished with a molded shelf cap. 

 The rafters are exposed to view, and are stained a dull green- 

 ish color, which gives a sky effect at night when the lower 

 part is lighted up. The fireplace runs right up through the 

 room, and is built of brick, with hearth of similar material. 

 There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on this floor, the 

 latter ha\'ing porcehiin fixtures and exposed nickelplated 

 plumbing. The second story is reached from living-room 

 and from the outside. It contains the man's quarters and 

 kitchen completely furnished. 



Th\s bungalow was designed by Mr. William G. Massa- 

 rene, of New York, who has the happy faculty of creating 



A Bungalow Built for Mr. William G. Massarene for Six Hundred Dollars 



and producing the most novel and attractive designs for 

 bungalows of this character in a very short space of time. 

 Mr. Massarene was also the architect of the bungalow 

 erected on the Ross and Fenton Farm, at Deal, N. J., and 

 illustrated on page 255. It contains a living-room, which 

 answers as hall, living and dining-room. There are two 

 sleeping-rooms on the same floor, with a low second story, 

 which spreads the building out, and permits of its being kept 

 low and quaint. The construction is simple and cheap. 

 There is a brick wall under the outside walls and under the 

 center partition. A six-foot cellar is provided under the 

 rear portion, which contains wash tubs and furnace. 



An Open Fireplace Adds interest to the Interior 



The Plan Is Most Unique 



