Bungalows - Interior Features

Click on illustrations to enlarge	All illustrations on this page from 452 Parkside Avenue
Living Rooms	.
	Ceiling heights lower than their Victorian counterparts, contributing to the horizontal emphasis established by the design of the exterior Focal point is invariably the fireplace Morris chairs (at the right) Matching wood stain on both furniture and woodwork
	Tile facing on fireplace
	Glass-fronted bookcases flank the fireplace
	Pair of small windows flanking the fireplace; windows sometimes have art-glass panels, colored and leaded
	Natural woodwork
	Living room and dining room often open to each other, with a broad opening cased in wood, with extra support provided on either side by two, short, squared columns mounted on low walls, which may also contain built-in storage cabinets or bookcases. Living room: built-in windowseats provide extra storage inside, as well as handy supplemental seating. Natural woodwork, including a coffered, box-beamed ceiling Paint colors: Living room /Dining room / Front hall: warm colors in harmony with natural wood tones
Dining Rooms	.
	Natural woodwork, including a coffered, box-beamed ceiling, not solid timbers but thin boards rabbeted together to form a hollow shell. Available in catalogs from the 1910s.
	High wainscot surmounted by a plate rail and a broad frieze Wall coverings: conventional wallpaper; burlap; grasscloth; paper embossed and printed to resemble cloth; metallic gold-bronze finishes Leaded-glass windows and potted plants
	Plate rail and a broad frieze Wallpaper in panels using narrow paper borders as moldings Narrow frieze (sometimes stuccoed)
	Plate rail
	Dining room frieze coverings above typical high wainscot: wall coverings simulating tapestries; simulated embossed and tooled leather; painting a wall covering such as Anaglypta, a heavy embossed paper; painting a wall covering such as Lincrusta, a paper-backed, linoleum-like material that was more deeply embossed
	Art glass panels: in windows in front doors, in sidelights, in glass-fronted bookcases, in glass-fronted sideboard
Other Rooms	.
	Bedroom wall coverings: wallpaper with large-scale florals with matching borders; expensive, hand-printed Morris wallpapers Bedrooms: Paint colors: white or pale color schemes Sun porch: wicker furniture Breakfast nooks: Furnished with high-backed, built-in benches with a fixed or folding table surface set between them. Bathroom: white rectangular ceramic tile laid horizontally to form a wainscot of about half the height of the wall Bathroom: Small hexagonal floor tiles

web site consulting by ingenious, inc.