July, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
53 
A One-Man Shack Bungalow 
(Continued from page 29) 
thickest would graduate down to the thin¬ 
nest almost imperceptibly. 
A knotty problem for a layman was 
mortising in the window frames, but that 
the owner has done it very well may be 
seen from one of the accompanying illus¬ 
trations. The casement windows opening 
in, which, by the way, were made to order 
by a sashmaker, set in their boxlike frames 
give the impression that the building is 
constructed of solid logs. 
Another difficult feat was the erection 
of the first roof beams, which are of 3-inch 
sunbeam hickory. Most one-man houses 
are one-man with the exception of just this 
part of the work, but the present builder, 
by the arrangement of ingeniously con¬ 
trived props, was able to swing the job 
alone. The roof in its finished state is cov¬ 
ered with red imitation slate shingling, and 
the color scheme in contrast to the deep 
green of the surrounding woods is a par¬ 
ticularly pleasing one. 
With an entire winter at his disposal the 
builder was enabled to spend practically 
all of his time on the work, and so on rainy 
days he tried his hand at making rustic 
furniture. The land CQinpany from which 
he purchased was appealed to, and permis¬ 
sion obtained to cut whatever birch and 
cedar had grown up in the company’s 
“streets” since the initial launching of their 
development. From this material two 
beds have been constructed, a number of 
chairs, and a pair of large settees. 
The porch railing and roof beams are of 
birch and cedar, too, and this ten-foot 
porch, extending on three sides of the 
bungalow and floored with clean, white 
sand, is perhaps the most attractive fea¬ 
ture of the place. The sand of itself is 
rather harmful, however, for, carried in on 
the soles of shoes, it is detrimental to the 
smooth finish of the floors. 
The interior of the bungalow is not yet 
complete, but by the arrangements of the 
rooms, with large dining-room and ample 
kitchen, it shows promise of conforming 
with the standard set by the exterior when 
the owner shall have found time to turn his 
attention to it. 
Although it is less than a year old, this 
little slab bungalow already looks as if it 
belonged, for the lawn in front of it is 
green, the transplanted cedars are thriving, 
while the vegetables in the two garden 
spots are doing their best, in spite of the 
poison Ivy which still persists in sticking 
its leaves above the surface of the soil. 
The preparation of this garden was not 
the least of the work on the place, either; 
for each twining ivy root had to be 
grubbed out and pulled up by hand and 
the tough soil spaded and raked before a 
seed could be planted. A cistern topped 
with rows of brick set in cement to receive 
the water from three sides of the roof, also 
built single-handed and piped to a sink in 
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