Saving On The Summer Home 
B Y ]\I I N N A B . N () V F. S 
T his attractive lit¬ 
tle bungalow, 
which we built last 
summer, has proved 
very satisfactory and is 
a constant source of 
pleasure. It is on ris¬ 
ing ground not far 
from a river and is well 
a d ,a p t e d to its sur¬ 
roundings besides be¬ 
ing convenientlv ar¬ 
ranged. In fact, you 
can pass an agreeable 
summer there with all 
the advantages of the 
countr}- and many city 
conveniences as well. 
The foundation is of 
stone, .and, although 
the interior is left un¬ 
finished for the present, 
the timbers and foun¬ 
dation are such that, at comparatively slight expense, the build¬ 
ing could be made suitable for a per¬ 
manent home. 
Concrete was used for the floors and 
the huge fireplace and chimney are of 
water-worn stones, all obtained from 
the river-farm on which the bungalow 
is situated. Some of the stones are 
especially worthy of note for their 
oddly wrought surfaces, and they add 
greatly to the picturesqueness of the 
fireplace. 
The hinged half-windows make a 
pleasing variation from the usual or¬ 
der, and the smaller bedroom, with its 
southern exposure, is a sun-parlor by 
day, while at night, as it has a couch- 
bed directly under the three half-win¬ 
dows, it becomes a sleeping-j)orch. All 
the windows as well as the piazz,a are equipped with wire screen¬ 
ing. The novel arrangement 
of the door leading from this 
bedroom to the living-room is 
worthy of notice, and the 
triangular corner space is well 
supplied with hooks, forming 
an open closet. 
The half-window opening 
into the kitchen from the liv¬ 
ing-room is most useful when 
setting the table, which is 
usually on the piazza, al¬ 
though the window w,as not 
inserted for that purpose. 
The bungalow was planned 
and partly built without a 
kitchen, and with a half win¬ 
dow on either side of the fire¬ 
place, so when the kitchen 
was finally decided upon, the 
window was left in its 
original position. 
The living-room hus 
a couch-bed on each 
side of the fireplace, 
making comfortable 
lounging' places by day. 
Later, it is planned to 
build in seats or set¬ 
tles and equip them 
with springs and mat¬ 
tresses, so they may 
serve as beds, and to 
have the lower part 
boxed in. to give closet 
and shelf space. 
The kitchen has run¬ 
ning water from the 
town artesian wells, 
and the drainage passes 
oft' through earthen 
pipes to a ditch at some 
distance from the build¬ 
ing. In the rear is a latticed shed near the same ditch, and. as the 
ground here has a decided slope, all 
drainage passes oft' readily. The door 
and steps being at the end of the piazza 
instead of at the front, there is more 
available space, as the table and chairs 
are not in the way of people passing 
in and out. 
There is ample room on the piazza 
for broad settles, which might also 
serve for beds, if one wished to sleep 
out-of-doors. Last summer the couches 
in the living-room were sometimes 
moved out for this purpose. 
Before another season it is planned to 
substitute steps of stone and concrete 
for the present wooden ones, and a re¬ 
frigerator will be built under the 
kitchen window on the north side. This 
refrigerator will be mainly underground and lined with concrete. 
In the kitchen shelves are ar¬ 
ranged over the sink and on 
the west side. There is also a 
long shelf over the stove and 
a shelf-cupboard alcove the 
half-window. 
A building like this can be 
erected and comfortably 
equipped at a small cost, while 
the same idea can be applied 
to a more elaborately finished 
affair. Prices vary so much 
with the locality that it is diffi¬ 
cult to .give exact figures, but 
a fair estimate for a building 
of this kind would be $350, 
including labor and materials. 
The owner, if he doe- some 
of the work himself, can 
easily reduce this cost. 
The piazza is relatively large and well screened, being adaptable for outdoor sleeping 
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Bedrooms and living-room are well arranged 
A rear view of the bungalow shows the huge chimney built of stones 
from the nearby river 
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