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Cozy little cement bungalow containing five rooms.
Cozy little cement bungalow
containing five rooms. Size, 26 by 44 feet.
A Clever Little Cottage
It is only in recent years that we have learned to plan cottages
that are really interesting and livable. It took quite a while
to get people out of the notion that some of the old-fashioned
customs, always counted as essentials, are not really necessary
at all.
No doubt the western bungalow designs have done as much to revolutionize
things as any other influence. Certain it is that today when a
man with a small family wants to build a cottage, he is not afraid
to cut free from the old traditions, and use the small space he
has at his disposal for those things he really needs and uses in
his home.
In this design there are five rooms on the main floor besides the
two screened porches and bathroom. On the second floor there is
a big sleeping porch with one side all open, just an ideal place
for fresh-air sleeping.
The greater part of the main floor is given over to the living
-room -dining room combination. This is handled almost as one room.
The partition between the two doesn't amount to much. The object
here is to get plenty of sun-light and fresh air and to handle
these rooms big enough so that one does not feel cramped in them,
as in the ordinary small house.
Entrance is through a screened porch, which opens both into the
living room and through double French windows into the front bedroom.
By having the bed on large, rubber-tired rollers, it can be easily
rolled out onto this screened porch, where even the hottest summer
night can be thoroughly enjoyed.
The bathroom and stairway to the second-story sleeping porch are
on asmall inside hall. The smaller bedroom, which can be nicely
used as a maid's room, opens also from this hall, and through the
cellar way, directly into the kitchen. While this may be considered
an unconventional arrangement, it works out very handily.
On the second floor, in addition to the sleeping porch, is a large
amount of well lighted attic space.
First Floor Plan.
Second Floor Plan.
Arrangement of cozy cottage. Size, 26 by 44 feet.
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