HOUSE AND GARDEN 
224 
Tune, 1910 
If you cannot get away for the Summer you can build a sleeping-room 
in the garden 
An Outdoor Bedroom in Pasadena 
by Alvick A. Pearson 
I T is estimated that two thousand people in the city of Pasadena 
sleep out-of-doors, or, what is practically the same, sur¬ 
rounded only by wire netting in screened porches or specially 
arranged out-of-doors bedrooms. One of the most convenient 
and attractive of these screened-in bedrooms is shown in the ac¬ 
companying photograph. It is owned and occupied nightly by 
D. W. Coolidge, Secretary of the Pasadena Board of Trade, and 
his family. One year ago Mr. Coolidge caused this little cabin 
to be constructed right in the midst of his famous garden of 
shrubs and flowers, and after a twelve-months’ use he contends 
that no money could induce him to abandon it. The building 
measures 10 x 20 feet. 
A Permanent Summer Camp 
by Mary H. Northend 
T HE interesting little camp, illustrated herewith, is the prop¬ 
erty of Mr. William P. Hubon, of Salem, Mass., and it 
was built at a cost of $1,100 from plans of the owner, who 
A Summer home of the Craftsman type, the living-room of which 
opens wide upon the corner porch 
designed it as a retreat where he and his friends could spend 
the summer months and enjoy week-end gatherings all the year 
round. It stands on a sheltered site surrounded by trees, at a 
point about a mile back from the main highway that leads from 
Middleton to Salem, and it overlooks the picturesque shore of 
the Ipswich River, and the near-by stretches of meadowland and 
woodland dotted at intervals with camps. 
The exterior finish is of weather-stained shingles with trim 
painted white, and the quaint gabled roof, broken at intervals 
by groups of dormer windows, is also shingled. A broad ver¬ 
anda, fifteen feet wide and twenty-seven feet long, extends across 
the front of the house, and it serves the purpose of outdoor 
dining-room during the summer season. Its roof covering is 
formed by the flooring of a second-story apartment, built out 
above it and supported at the outer edge by stout posts. Be¬ 
neath the veranda is a storage place for canoes, concealed from 
view by an attractive latticework arrangement stained to match 
the trim. At the rear of the house a small covered stoop con¬ 
nects with the kitchen, and is convenient as a storage place for 
wood, etc. 
The entrance door opens from the veranda into a spacious 
apartment, which serves the double purpose of living-room and 
dining-room. It is open to the roof, showing the rafters, and 
its walls, like the rest of the interior, are sheathed in North 
Carolina hard pine, shellacked, and the floor is of the same ma¬ 
terial shellacked in white. The feature of the room is the great 
open fireplace at one end, which measures twelve feet in width 
and is built of rough stones picked up on the estate. It is fitted 
with all the old-time fire implements and the andirons are con¬ 
trived from pieces of railroad iron bent into the proper shape. 
From one end of the apartment opens a well appointed sleep¬ 
ing-room, and to the right of the fireplace a door connects with 
the kitchen. In a corner beside this doorway is a cleverly de¬ 
signed china cabinet and sideboard combined, with space beneath 
for linen, and directly opposite is another large built-in cabinet 
with a set of drawers underneath. Opposite the fireplace is a 
broad low window, below which extends a softly cushioned 
window-seat with locker. On either side of this window are 
low built-in cupboards, and throughout the house these same 
space-utilizing devices are cleverly arranged. 
To the left of the fireplace a short flight of stairs ascends 
to a balcony that extends around three sides of the room and 
serves as hallway for two nicely furnished chambers and the 
apartment over the front veranda which is ordinarily used as 
a sitting-room, but can be readily transformed into a sleeping- 
apartment when the camp contains an overflow of guests. Built- 
in lockers fill in spaces between the chambers and at one end 
of the front apartment, and serve as receptacles for the storage 
of extra bedding, etc. 
The kitchen is' the gem of the whole house and contains 
many interesting space-saving features. At one side is the por¬ 
celain sink, below which are closets for pots and pans, and on 
either side of which extend broad shelves. Beneath the shelf 
on the right is a set of drawers for kitchen supplies, and on the 
wall space above is a glazed-in cabinet to hold dishes. 
Opposite the sink is the stove on one side of which is a 
broad shelf supported on hinges, and so contrived that when 
not in use the supports can be lowered, and the shelf thus rests 
flat against the wall 
A Sectional Bungalow in Florida 
by H. E. Hartwell 
T HE bungalow, illustrated at the top of the next page, is 
one that was built in New York City in sections as large 
as would go through a freight-car door, shipped to Ormond 
