The Book of Little Houses

Small houses done well, 1914 — eleven plates and a great many text cuts, from the years when the bungalow was winning.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 house

What Experience Has Taught House Builders

1 house

Three Little Countryside Homes

1 house

Two Little-Cost Houses of Individuality

1 house

A Bungalow for the Mountainside

1 house

An Uncommon House of Tile and Stucco

1 house

Dutch Colonial Design in a Modern Home

1 house

A Cottage from Old England

1 house

A Successful Semi-Bungalow

1 house

A Brick House for a 50-Foot Lot

1 house

Two Tiny Seashore Bungalows

1 house

A Little Home of Colonial Type

1 house

The Sleeping-Porch-As It Should Be

1 house

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