My sleeping porch

[susandennis]

My idea was to keep the ottoman an ottoman until I wanted to sleep on it and then fold it out to the bed. But it turned out to be too fiddly. When I'm too hot to sleep, I am sure as hell too hot to be fucking with furniture.

So, I made an executive decision. For the two months of hot here, it will be set up as a bed on the terrace. I can turn off the AC and go sleep in the cool. I don't think we ever have a night too warm to sleep outside.

A long time ago, I was complaining about my hoarding and mentioned having a bunch of retired shower curtains. I remember fj popped in to ask why in the hell I would hang on to retired shower curtains. As I recall, I had a lame list of reasons. Now I have a good one. They make a perfect (and perfectly lovely) bed protector for your outside bed!! There's a lot of grime out there that is really dust. I can just periodically flap it off this coverlet. And if it gets too bad, I can wash it.

I'm quite pleased with this arrangement. It's my kind of camping adventure!!

Comments

[jwg.livejournal.com]

I use retired shower curtains as drop cloths for painting.

[susandennis]

I think I said that was one of my uses and was challenged pretty promptly with 'so when do paint??!!'

I got no cred.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

And as a special bonus, we get a chairful of bears in this shot.

[susandennis]

:)

You just popped up on my G+!!! yahoo!!!!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. I received a mail notification last night that a friend had given me a Google+ invitation, but I haven't done anything with/about it yet.

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

That looks kind of fun. I've always wanted to sleep out on our balcony during the summer but couldn't relax out there knowing a possum might drop on me at any time.

[brigitte lichtenberger-fenz (from livejournal.com)]

Great idea and even better that you really do what you're talking about. :-) Personally I'd only miss a flower pot nearby....

[jadeejf.livejournal.com]

What a cool idea! I wish our porch in our first apartment had had enough room to do that. Fun!

[seekerval.livejournal.com]

Don't you love it, when justification for our odd little obsessions happens along?

Sleep Sweet, Susan.

[london1952.livejournal.com]

Now, that certainly is GLAMPING !! ;-)

[susandennis]

Glamping. You win!