The low, rather flat roof with well overhanging eaves gives a low, horizontal effect that makes the bungalow seem smaller than it really is 
An Attractive Western Bungalow of Low Cost 
by Margaret Bean 
B EING motor boat enthusiasts, the kind without experience, 
we decided that we must have a motor boat. Some retain 
this enthusiasm after sufficient hardships to have discovered the 
North Pole; others ruin their dispositions and engines and then 
quit forever in utter disgust. At first we did not sail over- 
speedily, principally because when we went, we went under human 
horsepower. Most of our admiration, as yet, was spent on the 
boat as a study in still life. We got disgusted, but not dis¬ 
couraged. Sunday excursions did not seem to give us sufficient 
acquaintance with the boat, so after a consultation, we decided 
that we had better live by the boat. Accordingly we picked out 
a place on the endless shores of Puget Sound, anchored our boat 
and built a cottage. 
The cottage was built in a short time in spite of the fact that 
sunshine deserted and the heavens sent down rain in a deluge. 
In ten days’ time with a good crew of men we completed the 
house, such as it was, at the entire cost of $635. 
It is built of rough lumber with battened sides and has a 
rather flat roof with a two-foot cornice. The chimney at the 
left of the porch is built of common red brick laid on a heavy 
base of different sized cobblestones picked up on the beach. 
The pergola porch gives individuality to the house. Its roof 
is made of alder logs laid cross-wise from the side of the house 
to a large log supported by two upright posts of the same mate¬ 
rial. This may seem impractical, but the porch is sheltered from 
any sun by a network of overhanging branches from the trees 
growing close to the cottage, and the rains are too few to cause 
any inconvenience. 
At one end the ground slopes away, making steps necessary in 
the approach to the porch. Consequently the floor is of good 
bench height and with the addition of pillows makes a comfortable 
place for grown-ups to lounge and youngsters to dangle their 
legs. The three long, low steps are made of alder logs notched 
and fitted into one another, forming a sort of box which is filled 
with a mixture of cement and small cobblestones. They are 
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I he porch is of good size and its attractive outlook adds to its best func¬ 
tion—that of being an outdoor living-room 
The pergola porch is in keeping with the rest of the house and has the 
advantage of being easily constructed 
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