Ann Fox of Dallas, Texas, is the proprietor of a Dallas furniture and decorating store called Room Service. She lives in a 1940s bungalow. She s not one for hard dining room chairs. The banquettes slipcovers have softly gathered skirts and are switched seasonally. It was painted pale pink and accented with gold and cream, the latter applied with rag and paint pen.
Bead board lines the interior, and billowing panels of white canvas hang inside French doors.
A 10-foot banquette doubles as a guest bed and storage unit. Under the foam-rubber mattress, upholstered in beige ticking, lawn chairs are stowed. Summer-only guests line up for the privilege of sleeping overnight in the cottage. It s like a big, unheated playhouse for adults, in which they relish relying on lanterns and candlelight. Please read them.