|
Model Bungalow with Simple Landscape Gardening on
50-Ft. Lot.
"An attractive home with all mod-ern conveniences, of average
size, and at a cost within reach," were the directions given
our architects for this model modern style bungalow.
They have designed a seven-room, story-and-a-half bungalow, measuring
28 feet in width. It goes nicely on a 50-foot building lot, with
plenty of room for a driveway along one side, and 14 feet of green
grass, shrubbery, and sunshine along the other.
This bungalow embodies all desirable features. The parlor, or living
room, and the dining room are large and extremely well lighted.
Sun parlor with red tile floor opens off the dining room. The kitchen
is just the right size and has openings on two sides, insuring
coolness and. good air.
Second Floor Plan of Bungalow
The pantry is large enough for use, is away by itself where it
can be kept cool, and gives space for refrigerator with outside
icing door. There is a lavatory on the main floor; also clothes
chute from kitchen to basement.
On the second floor are three extra large bedrooms, each one with
a light-
From a business point of view it is worth while to beautify the
home grounds, as nothing adds more to the value of property, both
in appearance and actually, than a pleasing arrangement of trees,
vines and shrubs.
In landscape gardening, each indi-
Ornamental gate in lattice screen. A very artistic feature in itself,
and valuable because of the extra privacy it gives the side and
rear yards.vidual case demands a different treatment. No place
is so small that it cannot be made more attractive.
The well known slogan of "an open lawn and a heavy border
plantation" expresses what high-light and shadow accomplish
in the composition of a picture. In other words, contrast is the
first essential. Many places that would otherwise be beautiful,
lack this quality because —to use a common expression —the
grounds are "cluttered up" with a collection of many
kinds of trees and shrubs planted haphazard.
The successful plan will beautify in two ways—by developing
pleasing effects, and by shutting off jarring features of the landscape.
Thus, the planting properly done, will serve to frame and make
prominent the most attractive views of vistas, soften the hard
lines of architecture, and adorn barren spaces. The skyline will
be broken, and shadows thrown on roof and wall by the judicious
arrangement of tall trees.
Shrubs massed around the house will soften the foundation lines:
they may also be used to screen the grounds from the inquisitive
gaze of passers-by, or to hide the vegetable garden. Unbeautiful
objects, also, such as the rear of a neighbor's premises, or portions
of one's own grounds devoted to domestic purposes, may be concealed
from view or rendered lessobtrusive to the eye, by the use of shrubs
which in every situation will please with their foliage and blossoms.
The plot plan above shows a desirable scheme for planting on an
average size building lot. It can be used with this design or any
other.
A four-column pergola; grape trellis at the back. A pergola of
this style costs about $35, and adds the touch of beauty to any
yard.
Return to House
Plans Main Page Return to
Cotton Lumber Master List
|
