American Bungalow Magazine - The Magazine published in the interest of preserving and restoring the modest American 20th Century Home, the Bungalow, and the rich lifestyle that it affords.

Issue Highlights:

Restoring a Prairie Jewel (and Again) by Tim Counts
Gene and Katy Welch knew restoring their home would be a challenge.
Even doing it twice didn’t fase this artful couple.

Pasadena Paradise by Paula Hendrickson
Forced with re-shooting the pilot episode, the producers of “Numb3rs”
moved the show from a Boston brownstone to a Pasadena Bungalow.

Native American and Hispanic Weaving:
Arts & Crafts as a Way of Life by Andrew Gulliford
Centuries before Stickley and Hubbard advocated the artful American
life, the Southwest’s Native Americans were living it.

The Spirit of the Journey by Katherine Bair Desmond
George and Bitsy Susich, creative spirits with a passion for adventure,
regard themselves as caretakers of their unique Phoenix home.

Quite Lovely In It’s Place: Gartz Court at 100 by John Luke
With Robert Winter and Kevin Jon Henry
In it’s centennial year, a quarter-century after being relocated to survive,
a bungalow court makes a beautiful case for preservation.

Life in All It’s Particulars by Deborah Russel
Searching for a design form for which she had no name, she discovered it
was a “Crafstman bungalow” and was introduced to a language for a
timeless way of living.

You can purchase this issue from our bookstore. Issues will ship with the limited-edition

In the time of silent cinema, a theater’s organist held an important position. Long before the days of Dolby and THX sound systems, he or she would provide a live musical soundtrack for the enormously popular “moving pictures.” Another duty of the organist was to accompany sing-alongs, either before the show or while reels were being changed. As the musician tickled the keys, an assistant would run glass slides through a “magic lantern” that threw lyrics and images onto the screen.

The sing—along slides shown here illuminate another aspect of the Zeitgeist: the bungalow. The fact that a bungalow was given top billing over the songs love interest gives us an idea of the home’s status at the time.

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As bungalows grew in popularity during the early years of the 20th century, builders and publishers serviced homeowners’ growing demands for information by publishing countless book and articles on living the “bungalow lifestyle.” As a treat for our online readers, we’ve begun to scan some of these materials from our archives and will be posting them here for you to print out and enjoy. For starters, here are four projects from the classic Our Wonder World Volume VII — Amateur Handicraft, published in 1914, along with some good advice on buying and painting your bungalow. We’ve also included three vintage booklets on painting, lawn furniture and kitchens.

A Wastebasket

A Jardiniere and Bookstand

A Wooden Stool

A Book Rack (Design #2)

Book Rack Decoration Guide (Plate Designs: 1, 2, 3)

From the American Bungalow Archives:

Issue 8 - Art Pottery for your Bungalow by Caro Macpherson - A handy guide from a collector with over 20 years experience.

Issue 16 - The Affordable Bungalow Interior by Tim Counts - Stylish furnishings on a reasonable budget.

Issue 16 - Buying a Bungalow by Jon and Jan Robison - What to look for when inspecting your future bungalow home.

Issue 23 - How Shall I Paint My House? By Robert Schweitzer - Color schemes that make your bungalow shine.

Historical Ebooks

Homes and How To Paint Them - Published 1920

The Book of Lawn Furniture - Published 1925

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Convenient Kitchens - Published 1926

Special Thanks to our reader, Sharon Schmitz, for providing us with these historical documents.