Where considerable room is required to sleep weekend party guests, give a thought to furniture and fixtures that can be converted into comfortable beds on short notice. Studio couches provide lounging by day and sleeping by night. Double-deck bunks use a minimum of floor space and provide attractive and comfortable sleeping accommodations. Hinged wall beds that disappear under shelves and curtains or into closets are likewise popular.
A good cooler. Make a large box-shaped frame and cover with several thicknesses of burlap. Put it in shade under a water hydrant set to drip continuously but very slowly on the top of box.
These diagrams show the various steps in making a comfortable barrel chair. The seat, which may be the barrel head dropped down until it wedges tight, can be upholstered to suit your own taste or you may make a rope lacing for seat support as shown above.
1-INCH HOLES SPACED 4 INCHES APART and 1¼ INCHES BELOW LINE OF CUT ROPE LACING FOR SEAT SUPPORT FURNITURE WEBBING OVER ROPE SUPPORT FORMS GOOD UPHOLSTERY FOUNDATION
Here is a simple and sturdy cabin table that can be built in a few hours. Allow two linear feet of space for each person, and build the top of the table 29 inches from the floor.
2-INCH SLABS HALF-ROUND SPLIT-POLE CLEAT HALVED JOINT WHERE TABLE LEGS CROSS SPREAD OF LEGS AT BOTTOM EQUALS WIDTH OF TOP
