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Fashionable Bungalow Decor
Thu 02 Oct 2008 - 08:47
Fashionable Bungalow Decor
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Rehan_Husain]Rehan Husain
Bungalows of early nineteenth century are found in abundant in Central Austin and they are very popular because of their charisma, comfort and detailed designing.
The word 'bungalow' is etymologically derived from an Indian word 'Bangla' that was the name given to houses found in Bengal. A 'Bangla' is a house characterized by low ceilings, big and wide front and back yard around it. The British had been influenced by this idea and began constructing their summerhouses in the same way that resulted in the birth of the present bungalow. It is a single storey house, built around a central hall. In 1879 the first American bungalow was constructed in Cape Cod. After that bungalow-type houses became very popular in America.
The beginning of the nineteenth century saw large-scale migration to America and a large number of people settled in California. Greene and Greene, a well-reputed architecture agency constructed the very fashionable and well-liked one and a half storey bungalow that could be ordered via mail brochures of Montgomery ward and Sears and Roebuck. The bungalows typically found in California are known as 'California Bungalow' but they are found all over America, not excluding Austin.
These bungalows are found in different styles and fashions like Queen Anne, Arts and Crafts and Prairie style, but they all have certain basic similarities as well. The Victorian houses were very complicated and the bungalows were built to counter that Victorian trend. Therefore these houses had a warm family feeling about them and a builder could show his creativity and talent through their creations. The bungalows were built for summer. Therefore it has big overhanging roof space to lower the temperature, large number of windows. Rooms were connected internally. The absence of hallways led to good air circulation in the house. Bungalows usually do not have a second floor but when they do, it is usually a lot smaller than the first floor. They are also characterized by big porches and fireplaces with chimneys.
Austin is home to many Arts and Crafts type of bungalows especially in and around Hyde Park. In the late seventeenth century a few British designers began the Arts and Crafts movement that commemorated the employment of craft, natural supplies and simple forms. These homes have low roof, big attics along with brackets, big porches with cylindrical or columns of other shapes. Most of these bungalows have similar interiors with a large number of windows, cabinets and bare beam ceilings.
The 1922 Norwood House beside Lady Bird Lake is constructed according to the Prairie fashion, but it is in poor condition. Few architects from Chicago had created the Prairie style in USA in early twentieth century and were later called the Prairie school. Frank Lloyd Wright was an expert in creating bungalows of the Prairie variety that has plane horizontal chimneys. The central hall is more elevated as compared to the other parts of the house and a Japanese element.
The Queen Anne type can be distinguished by its extremely ornamental and uneven layout. They generally have stained glass windows, wraparound porches with a dormer or two emerging from the medium-pitched roof.
There are many different varieties of bungalows but they all have a warm feeling about it with a unique style and Austin is full of such bungalows.
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