sleeping porch
noun
: a porch or room having open sides or many windows arranged to permit sleeping in the open air
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The second floor includes a sleeping porch and the home’s large primary bedroom, which includes a fireplace, steam shower, and whirlpool tub.
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Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
Privacy, Please In their heyday, sleeping porches were often screened to keep bugs at bay.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
Light It Just Right When the sun starts dipping low, sleeping porches are all about setting the mood.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
There’s also a two-bedroom, one-bath guesthouse with its own kitchen, family and dining rooms, and sleeping porch, plus a three-car garage with staff quarters.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
The second floor also contains two guest bedrooms, a family room, and a former sleeping porch (which can be an office or gym space).
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 June 2023
There are 84 windows to harvest cross-breezes and a sleeping porch to ensure survival during hot summers without air conditioning.
—Katharine Jose, Chron, 14 May 2023
The house features a vaulted main living space with fireplace and water views, eat-in kitchen with butler's pantry, primary suite with French doors to the hot tub and pool, and sleeping porch with two hanging beds.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 16 Apr. 2023
Inside the house, many period features remain, including parquet flooring, leaded-glass windows and a sleeping porch on the second floor.
—Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
Privacy, Please In their heyday, sleeping porches were often screened to keep bugs at bay.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
Light It Just Right When the sun starts dipping low, sleeping porches are all about setting the mood.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
There’s also a two-bedroom, one-bath guesthouse with its own kitchen, family and dining rooms, and sleeping porch, plus a three-car garage with staff quarters.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
The second floor also contains two guest bedrooms, a family room, and a former sleeping porch (which can be an office or gym space).
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 June 2023
There are 84 windows to harvest cross-breezes and a sleeping porch to ensure survival during hot summers without air conditioning.
—Katharine Jose, Chron, 14 May 2023
The house features a vaulted main living space with fireplace and water views, eat-in kitchen with butler's pantry, primary suite with French doors to the hot tub and pool, and sleeping porch with two hanging beds.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 16 Apr. 2023
Inside the house, many period features remain, including parquet flooring, leaded-glass windows and a sleeping porch on the second floor.
—Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
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“Sleeping porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20porch. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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