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A BUNGALOW WITH OPEN-AIR DINING ROOM
FOR any place, whether mountain or valley, that is really in the country," the best form of summer home is the bungalow. It is a house reduced to its simplest form, where life may be carried on with the greatest amount of freedom and comfort and the least amount of effort. It never fails to harmonize with its surroundings, because its low broad proportions and absolute lack of ornamentation give it a character so natural and unaffected that it seems to sink into and blend with any landscape. It may be built of any local material and with the aid of such help as local workmen can afford, so it is never expensive unless elaborated out of all kinship with its real character of a primitive dwelling. It is beautiful, because it is planned and built to meet simple needs in the sim-
plest and most direct way ; and it is indi-
vidual for the same reason, as no two fami-
lies have tastes and needs alike. The bungalow illustrated here is designed on the purest Craftsman lines. The material
we have suggested is cedar shingles through-
out with a foundation and chimney of rough
gray stone. No cellar is provided, but the walls have a footing below the frost line
and space under the floor for ventilation.
The building is in the form of a T, the main
portion covering a space twenty-four by
forty feet and the extension at the back fourteen by thirty-six feet. The low-
pitched, widely overhanging roof gives a settled, sheltered look to the building, and this is emphasized even more by the deeply recessed porch in front, which is meant to be used by a small outdoor sitting room. The porch be-

RECESSED ENTRANCE PORCH, SHOWING DOOR WITH THUMB LATCH AND HEAVY STRAP HINGES OF WROUGHT IRON; ALSO THE INTERESTING USE OF HEAVY TIMBERS IN THE DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMING, WHERE THE BEAM ACROSS THE TOP BINDS THE ENTIRE GROUP INTO A UNIT.
KITCHEN

FLOOR PLAN.
tween the kitchen and the main part of the house is really a portion of the extension left with open sides and is intended for an outdoor (lining room that shall be sufficiently sheltered
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