Building a Bungalow (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Building a Bungalow

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Excerpt from Building a Bungalow

Who has not dreamed of a bungalow with low-spreading roof and sturdy chimney nestled cozily among green and flowered shrubbery? Spreading shade-trees extend protecting branches close above. Its porch is ample, broad and spacious, building into the out-of-doors, to which it invites. Whether it be in the suburbs, mountains, or on seashore, river or lake, its setting is charming, hospitable. With its sunny rooms and genial open fireplace within and its harmonious outlines, dainty vine-clad pergola, and a wealth of growing things without, the bungalow breathes the wholesome warmth of "home".

The bungalow, as we know it in America, had its origin in the mild equable climate of California and the Southwest, which brought to homebuilders the desire for a closer relationship to the great out-of-doors. It is distinctly an American idea. In the East its growth is due to the simplified housekeeping which it makes possible, the elimination of stairs to climb, and its artistic superiority over the two and three-story small houses of a generation past.

While a great many bungalows have been built for use in the summer only, especially in the mountains and at the seashore, the bungalow is becoming more and more used the year round in the suburbs of large cities. In some parts of the United States this has even extended to the colony idea, reflecting the increasing popularity of this type of home.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.