Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

Bungalow for Gar.
den Lot Novel Plan
of Rooms.
An Effect of Unusual Size Gre.
ated by Living and Dining
Room Almost in Ono.

ne bungalow shown this week has
been designed for the woman who
does her own homework To give a
variety to our plans we have intro
duced novel treatment of dining
room, living room and pergola porch.
. Every small house should have a
garden. Most small houses are built
where one can own enough land for
TINS purpose. This wing or side of the
mouse mas been planned so that one
ma! see the' garden, no matter in
which way one looks On entering
the foyer hall view Is tobtained
through the glass doors leading to
the pergola porch. down the garden
path, past a sun dial or perhaps a
bird path, into the pergola placed in
the far corner Of the garden, which
may serve as an outdoor living room.
All planting in this garden space
should be restricted to the borders of
the path and in front of the dividing
fences, in order to leave the sweeps
OF lawn as wide as possible The
more lawn is cut up into small beds
the more insignificant does the gar
den space appear
Entering the house by the foyer
hall. one turns to the left into a
small hallway that gives access to
the bedrooms and also provides a
passageway to the kitchen. In this
passageway is a large wardrobe to
hold extra clothing. The kitchen has
a large service porch, a sink directly
beneath the window, and the range
has been placed where it gets direct
light. The pantry is situated on the
inner wall and is ventilated by
means of an outside window BY
throwing the living room and din
ing room into one a greater sense of
space has been obtained If the mis-
tress of the house prefers to conceal
the dining table by screens it would
add interest to the room. The fire.
place is enjoyed from the dining
room as well as from the living room.
The walls of the foyer can be eX-
tended to the ceiling or only built
half way and finished with a little
shelf for potted plants.
This little house can be built of
either clapboards or shingles and
painted any color preferred.
If one chose to screen the porch, il
would add one more room, for this is
quite large enough for the afternoon
tea table, Il hammock and chairs.
When We consider what may be
done with a cellar in such house as
this. we at once see that many of the
problems of storage. etc, that con-
front those without such d wonderful
basement space as could be had here,
have been solved. Coal or wood bins.
furnace room, closet space for canned
fruits and vegetables, bins for garden
vegetables and apples. etc, laundry
tubs and ample drying space-these
are some of the features that re-
lieve the upper floor of the conges-
ton that would necessarily come If
they were omitted.
The house is 80 feet 8 inches wide.
1t would, therefore, be unwise to
choose a lot less than 70 feet in
width for this design. To be sure,
the house could be reversed, and the
living room, porch and pergola end
face the street, for this side of the
house is only SO feet wide. In this
way 50-foot lot could be used. Then
informal, flower bordered paths would
lead around to the entrance or the
porch could have steps at either end,
thus admitting Of a direct entrance
onto the porch from the front In
either case we would enter the door
into the foyer hall exactly as now
shown.
Although wood has been suggested
for this design, stone would be charm
ing indeed ii one were building in a
locality where a variety of field stone
colors could be had. If wood were
used a charming treatment would be
to paint the walls a cream or tea
color and have the roof stained to
resemble the modulations of a thatch-
ed roof-that is, different shades of
browns and tans. A modern treat
ment Of shingles, by dipping them in
finseed oil and creosote, makes it pos
sible to have roof at low cost
that gives a mellow appearance of
age.
The attic space is large, and if one
did not care about a slanting roof the