34 
House & Garden 
Instead of the usual iron hos¬ 
pital cot generally used on the 
sleeping porch, why not a day- 
hedf The color is green and 
the striping lapis-lazuli. Cush¬ 
ions and cover can he corn 
color. Chairs and table are 
painted to match the bed. A 
blue glaze pottery boiol holds 
the light. Steamer chairs and 
deck rugs complete the 
scheme. The windows are ar¬ 
ranged as in a trolley car 
The ceiling bed is raised 
and lowered by turning 
a crank installed in the 
wall. As the bed comes 
down, a false top panel 
automatically closes, 
leaving the ceiling com¬ 
plete. Sagless spring, 
iron bed. upper false 
ceiling, lower ceiling 
bed bottom, and neces- 
sary gear. Courtesy 
Sorllen Bed Co. 
Why should the sleeping 
porch in its revolting bare¬ 
ness smack so much of a sani¬ 
tarium? Make it livable with 
painted day-bed. chairs and 
tables, tile floor, or a floor 
painted to simulate tile, one 
or two loicker chairs, and cur¬ 
tains of silk or linen in a 
shade to harmonize with the 
color scheme of the room. 
Here is a sleeping porch that 
is presentable at any hour 
It may sound a 
bit devastating; 
but in these days 
of courage in 
decoration, the 
Egyptian sleeping 
porch is not alto¬ 
gether impossible. 
It is easily made. 
The floor can be 
painted burnt um¬ 
ber. Canvas cur¬ 
tains have Egyp¬ 
tian panels in 
characteristic 
shades. The sleep¬ 
ing hammock and 
chairs are uphol¬ 
stered in the same 
colors. The chairs 
and table could be 
green,—doubtless 
H il e green with 
black striping! 
