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A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows,''Create a Restful Refuge with a Traditional Sleeping Porch''
Bob villa (2017); By Donna Boyle Schwartz.- Retrieved 2017-08-27 and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher
''Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: Illustrated Architecture Dictionary'' (2005). Retrieved 2011-01-31.
A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows,Bob villa (2017); By Donna Boyle Schwartz.- Retrieved 2017-08-27 and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher
storey
A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are ''storeys'' (UK) and ''stories'' (US).
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and on any side of a home. A sleeping porch allows residents to sleep on a screened-in porch, avoiding warm convection currents from air and wall materials beneath or beside. Before affordable electric fans and/or air conditioning were installed, families often created such rooms, well-aired, where children would sleep during summer. The idea dates to around 1900 and became common in much of the United States."Sleeping porch"''Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: Illustrated Architecture Dictionary'' (2005). Retrieved 2011-01-31.
See also
* Arizona room *Screened porch
A screened porch, also known as a screen room, is a type of porch or similar structure on or near the exterior of a house that has been covered by window screens in order to hinder insects, debris, and other undesirable objects from entering the ...
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