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in the living rooms.

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nated before reaching the bedrooms. The stairs to the attic and basement may also lead from this small hall, so that in the event of a billiard room being fur- nished in either place it will readily be reach- ed without taking vis- itors through the kitch- en. Take it all in all and the study shown in this figure is really worth actual study by anyone who is contem- plating the erection of a bungalow for a home.

Figure 5 is a study of a bungalow along the same general lines as those in Figure 4, but is a little cheaper house to build. The bathroom is, perhaps, in a little better location because of its being further removed from the living rooms and kitchen. There is also a dis- advantage in the location of the bath- room due to the fact that the servant must come past all the sleeping rooms to reach it, whereas in Figure 4 the bath is directly opposite the kitchen door. This study also permits of a smaller house and for that reason is cheaper to build than is the one in Figure 4, as already stated.

Figure 6 is a study of a three bedroom, rear bedroom bungalow in which the least possible space has been consumed

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this plan lies in the inability of a person

getting from the kitchen to the bathroom

without going through the living rooms.

Aside from this one

I point and that of the

location of the stairs,

the study is a good one,

since the three bedroom

doors are all about an

equal distance from the

bathroom door.

Figure 7 gives us a study of a bungalow having four bedrooms, and this study strongly suggests two houses connected together on account of the sleeping portion of the house being built in a wing at the side of the living and service portions of the building. This arrangement is good for the size of the house, but there are better and more ap- propriate types of archi- tecture for a four bed- room house than a bungalow, although this study is shown here as it is used to some extent. Figure 8 is a very de- sirable type of bunga- low, especially adapted to a warm climate where a conventional garden may be kept in the court. The ventilation of this type of house is also very good and the cost of erecting a house of this size and design are not as great as would be imagined. This type makes an ideal summer home, as the large living room is very comfortable on the cool summer evenings when the family desires to gather together indoors in- stead of on the broad, roomy veranda. Another feature of this study lies in the fact that the sleeping wing of the house may be extended back as far as is de- sired in order to obtain as many bed- rooms as may be necessary. The dining room and kitchen may also be dropped back and a library or den placed in the location now occupied by the dining room. If it is desirable to leave the

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