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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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166 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS May, 1908
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The Bungalow Is a Good Adaptation plicity, and at the same time have incorporated in it some of the appointments which go to make "simple living" comfortable. "Ross Fenton Lodge," a bungalow built at the head of Deal Lake, in New Jersey, is a true adaptation of the bungalow, for it is a one-story structure with all the rooms placed on one floor. The exterior is built after the style of the old Spanish adobe houses, for it has a stucco wall from the. grade to the roof of the house—of which the latter is covered with shingles and stained a moss- green, blending well with the trees which surround it and with the creamy-yellow tone, of its stucco walls. A touch of color is given to its front by the rustic porch formed by the hewn trees which form the columns and the cross beams which support the shed roof. The porch floor is laid with Welsh tile of a reddish color, and is ornamented on either side, by composition vases. The entrance is into the living-room, from which access is obtained to the music-room. Opposite the front entrance a door opens into a small hall leading to the sleeping-rooms and bath, and to most harmonious effect, the dining-room and kitchen beyond. The hall leading from the living-room opens to a guest The living and music-rooms are practically one room, room at the left of it, with its walls paneled, the division though they are separated by a beamed arch and a rise of being made with strips of Nile green paper, while the panels two steps which places the music-room on a higher level than are of old rose. The trim is painted a French gray, the living-room. The walls of both have, a wainscoting Opposite this room, and across the hall, is the owner's of chestnut battens to the height of seven feet finished suite, consisting of one large bedroom, dressing-room and a

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