Bungalows, What They Really Are 
conditions in California and the Far West, been 
converted into a convenient and very desirable form 
of permanent house, which has gained immediate 
popular favor. 
The reasons for its 
popularity are easily 
understood. First, a 
studied simplicity of de¬ 
sign and detail and the 
lack of pretension in 
finish. Second, the 
artistic and unaffected 
use of the materials 
employed in the con¬ 
struction, and lastly, in 
consequence of the 
foregoing ones, the pos¬ 
sibility of practising 
economy in the build¬ 
ing of the home without 
materially detracting from the artistic effect, or im¬ 
pairing the value from the standpoint of convenience 
or utility. Of course costly materials may he em¬ 
ployed and 
expensive fit¬ 
tings installed 
which will 
run the cost 
into large fig¬ 
ures if desir¬ 
ed . B u t a 
bungalow is 
of necessity 
simple in 
design and 
where any 
considerable 
de pa rt u re s 
are made from such simplicity the structure must be 
classified under a different name. In recent years 
many monstrosities have been perpetrated which have 
sought to cover their 
sins both of commission 
and omission under 
shelter of the appella¬ 
tion of “ bungalow. ” 
In this connection ref¬ 
erence must be directed 
to a humorous article 
illustrated by an accom- 
panying floor plan, 
which appeared several 
months since in one of 
the leading weekly illus¬ 
trated journals, entitled 
“Howto Build a Bun¬ 
galow for $15,000,000.- 
00.” The suggestions 
contained therein possess in many instances ]ust as 
good reason for being, as those we see embodied in 
some houses which the proud owners are pleased to 
call bunga¬ 
lows. 
A most un¬ 
pleasant mix¬ 
ture was re¬ 
cently depict¬ 
ed, having a 
heavy Span¬ 
ish tiled roof 
carried on the 
most unsub¬ 
stantial look- 
in g w a 11 s of 
cedar shin¬ 
gles. Had 
First Floor Plan of Mr. Cole’s Bungalow 
A HOUSE WITH PATIO AND PERGOLA OF ITALIAN INSPIRATION 
The Home of Francis W. Wilson, Architect, Santa Barbara, California 
RESIDENCE OF MR. BENJAMIN F. THURSTON, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
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