Converted summer cottages, expanded-over- the-years kit homes, and new Arts and Crafts style construction-there are many faces to today's American bungalow.

Architectural details:
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	Libertyville, IL, Shiela Chapman and David Soo Our bungalow was built in 1927 for an Illinois Central Railroad ticket master. It is an American Face Brick Bungalow, plan No. 802, and its entry faces the side yard, not the street. The entry porch was probably altered from the original car portico. We used the architectural plans to re-create the fireplace mantel, and a dormer was bumped out three feet to make a master bath.
Dallas, TX, Jason Harper My house is in a Dallas subdivision called Vickery Place, which was developed between 1913 and 1938. This bungalow was built in 1922 and has an L-shaped front porch with two entrances. The house is in nearly original condition, although the woodwork has been painted. I've sanded and refinished the pine floors, but otherwise have only had to do cosmetic work.
	Wanamassa, NJ, Barbara Hoelle and Robert Hefter Our area was called "Wanamassa Bungalow Park on Deal Lake" when it was subdivided in 1907. Many show-business personalities from New York owned homes in the area, and a nightclub and speakeasy were nighttime attractions. Our house was built as a summer bungalow and later made into a two-family house, probably in the '50s. No original woodwork is left except the tongue-and-groove rustic doors and hand-cranked wood casement windows, but we are restoring it in the Arts and Crafts spirit.
Corydon, IN, Nolan and Margaret Hottell This house was originally my grandmother's 1912 three-room cottage. In 1920 my parents made it into a five-room, one-bath bungalow with an unfinished half-story above. In 1950 my husband and I took off the side porch and enlarged the living room, installed an open staircase and finished the upstairs with two bedrooms and a half-bath. The house has oak hardwood floors all over, except in the kitchen and bath.
	Monrovia, CA, Brian and Chantal Cravens Our neighborhood has a preponderence of old homes, dating from 1908 to the 1930's. Our Craftsman home has six-light windows-56 of them!-and a hexagonal sunroom/kitchen. An unusual feature is the Gothic-style built-in cabinets, which have been painted white.
Macon, GA, Pamela and William Witt Our large Craftsman has been expanded over the years into the 5,500-square-foot home it is today. There are fireplaces in the living room and two downstairs bedrooms, and quartersawn oak flooring throughout the original main section. The house, built in 1914 with poplar siding and outer studs of oak lumber, is believed to be similar to a six-room bungalow plan shown in Craftsman Bungalows.
	Urbana, IL, Roy and Nancy Holt The oak woodwork in our 1917 Craftsman has never been painted, although the doors between the living room and the dining room were removed. We have 24 double-hung windows that have been rehung with new copper chains, and in 1994 the kitchen was remodeled with custom Craftsman-style cabinets. D. Alexander Brown bought the house in 1959 and wrote Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee while living there.
Clayton, NC, Steve and Laura Root We built this house as close to the Arts and Crafts style as our budget would permit. It is on a half-acre lot in a three-year-old golf course community. Some of the touches include Prairie-style inserts on the double-hung windows, a quartersawn oak mantel in the study and a columned front porch. There are three bedrooms and 2,400 square feet in its three stories, and several built-ins, including a kitchen china cabinet, a desk and an entertainment center
Rafter tails: A popular design element, often with decoratively cut ends, rafter tails are seen on three of these homes-the houses in Texas, North Carolina and New Jersey. The Urbana, Ill., home shows a different, and sometimes confused element: knee braces.