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DAY'S END

Coastal Contractor

September/October 2007
by Laurie Elden
A porch for all hours

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DAY'S END A Porch for All Hours Laurie Elden Focus on good design and clever construction The challenge was to build cabinetry to make an ordinary Murphy bed fit in with the Adirondack-style decor of the customer's screen-porch: The successful result is shown in the photos below. By day, the bed is concealed behind a bench seat, which is flanked by matching end tables. A cedar-lined chest serves as a coffee table (top left). When the sun goes down, the porch can easily be transformed into a bedroom. The bench's back folds onto the seat (top right); the picture frame

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