A Bayside Bungalow 
deep, with the chimney on the outside of the building. The 
accompanying plan will give a better idea of the divisions. 
The interior is left in the rough, unceiled. The parti¬ 
tions are of planed pine. A village carpenter built the 
house in one week. I screened the windows, and hung 
the screen doors, and built some closets, and did many 
other little things, after the vacation began, to put the 
house in order. 
The site is valued at about $10,000. So we have a $500 
house on a $10,000 field. We live outside of the house 
much of the time, on the water, and in the water, or out 
in the field about the house. 1 lie whole front of the field 
is our porch, and the long row of cottonwood trees are the 
stately pillars of our porch. 1 he bay is our front door- 
yard, while acres of fertile fields are our back dooryard. 
Living in the crowded city for ten months of the year we 
appreciate and enjoy this room outside, hut we love and 
enjoy the little house 
inside, too. It is so 
cool and comforta¬ 
ble on a hot day to 
sit with all the win¬ 
dows and doors open 
to the fresh breezes 
from the bay, or to 
the fragrance laden 
breezes from the 
fields. And then 
again it is so rest¬ 
ful on a cool day, 
or during a storm, 
to start a fire in the 
fireplace, and sit in 
this cozy nest and 
look into the fire, or 
to look out and see 
the storm upon the 
sea, and watch the 
white crested waves 
come in. Even at 
‘THE WHOLE OF THE FIELD IS OUR PORCH’ 
OUR BACK DOORYARD 
1 hanksgiving time 
when we visit the 
old home of my wife 
which is only about 
one-third of a mile 
away from the shore, 
and on the main 
street of the village, 
we cannot resist the 
temptation to get a 
view of the cabin 
with the leaves off 
the trees, and to 
spend a part of the 
afternoon about a 
roaring fire in the 
fireplace of our bay- 
side bungalow. I bis 
bungalow could be 
reproduced com¬ 
plete by anyone for 
$500. It cost us a little less than that amount because 
we found many useful but unused things in the garret of 
the old home, such as pieces of carpet which we used for 
rugs, and chairs which we reseated, and an old-fash¬ 
ioned folding table with drop leaves, which we used for 
a reading table. These things bought new would bring 
the whole cost up to just about $500. It is a good illus¬ 
tration of what can be done with as small a sum as $500. 
The joy and benefit of such a life by the seashore is 
very great. It is a joy that abides with us the whole year 
round, and becomes a part of our every-day life and 
thought. It is a spot that centers and claims our thought 
not only in the summer when we are there, but in the 
winter also when we are away and at work in the great 
city. The physical benefit is an all year round asset 
also. We store up strength here which becomes a reserve 
force for the work of the whole year. 
THE LIVING-ROOM WITH THE OPEN FIREPLACE 
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