8 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder Re ols 
The Bungalow and Its Furniture 
By MARY HARROD NORTHEND 
HE bungalow is a true country house. The city has 
usually no place for it. ’he open country, the hill- 
side, the sea, each one holds an appropriate site and in 
these places it is often found. ‘The bungalow is not only 
a true country house, but a true summer house as well, 
being especially designed for the warm months. ‘The 
ordinary bungalow has little or no cellar, being of light 
construction and not adapted for living purposes in cold 
weather. This, however, is not true of “all bungalows, for 
certain types are sometimes found that are livable all the 
year round. 
The bungalow type of home has penetrated to all parts 
of our country on account of its offering certain economic 
advantages which many builders hail with delight. The 
typical bungalow of British India from which that of our 
country has been derived is quite a different structure 
from the native building which to all intents and pur- 
poses is the original bungalow of all bungalows. 
A house with all the rooms on one floor is not suf- 
ficient to constitute a bungalow. It sometimes goes with 
a one-story plan showing a definite simplicity of treat- 
ment characteristic of houses of this class and which can- 
not be obtained in so direct a way in dwellings of any 
other type. 
The bungalow is a style of house that should cover 
considerable space. Whether it be large or small, natural- 
ly where the rooms are on a single floor more floor area 
is required than where they are superimposed, one above 
another. 
The bungalow can be classified into two groups,—the 
bungalow of today, designed after its prototype, and the 
modernized bungalow designed after the cottage form. 
The original name is an Indian one, Banga, meaning 
a species of rural villa or house of like construction with 
a thatched or tiled roof surrounded by an open veranda 
which is roofed over, affording a shelter from the sun. 
The plan consists of one large room built in connection 
with the service and sleeping rooms, all on one floor. 
The second class has developed into a cottage form 
and while still maintaining the original plans has a second 
story where sleeping rooms are provided and which is 
reached by a stair-case ascending from a living-room or 
small lobby. ‘The material used is generally not unusual, 
but originality is worked out in the character of the pro- 
jective, the moldings, the projecting chimney and other 
features of the home. 
French windows are a feature always good, giving 
a chance to sketch out-doors at easy advantage. An invari- 
able adjunct is a large open fire-place, the materials and 
designs of which present the widest range. There is 
cement, pressed brick, 
dressed stone introduced in every conceivable way. ‘This 
is a central feature of the interior and often on either 
side is found a settle used for ornamental as well as use- 
ful purposes. 
Built-in furniture is another feature that has been 
introduced. ‘This helps out in the space saving devices 
for a straight corner can be made ornamental by letting 
in a corner cupboard. A side-board can be dispensed with 
by a let-in one that can go between partitions, thus saving 
space. Ingle-nooks are also very practical for use in 
these small houses. Chimney seats are often used with 
good results. Sometimes. a book-case is inserted, either 
overhead or at one side. 
Groups of windows, 
dows, are very effective. 
particularly the casement win- 
“THE MUNN BUNGALOW AT MANCHESTER 
rough blinker brick, rough and- 
It is a good idea to have under 
