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Boy's Room

Boy's Room

Floorplan featuring Boy's Room

"The bunk beds are a unique rendition of an American classic. Oak X-frames support formed trays, bent from plywood and veneered with Formica woodgrain laminate...The storage compartment is closed with miniature brass spears, a bit of intrigue which begins by inspiring pride of ownership in the little fellows, and keeps right on functioning later. Storage for blankets in trays under the bunks..." -Leo Jiranek, designer

SOURCE: Souvenir Book, p. 43

Boy's Room Bunks
Boy's Room Desk
"The desk is generous, ample in work surface, ample in storage. Today in the Space Age we are rediscovering the stern necessity for homework, returning, it seems to me, to the realities of study that formed minds like those of Ford, Edison and Bell. Now it's nuclear physics and space navigation...This desk, well-lighted, is our Native American contribution: roll tops from the bygone age of slate and copybooks, with room for the typewriter of today." -Leo Jiranek, designer

SOURCE: Souvenir Book, p. 43

Boy's Room Entertainment Center

The wardrobe, chest and desk feature a print of Formica laminate of my own design drawn from the Navajo and originally inspired by diamondback rattlers." -Leo Jiranek, designer

SOURCE: Souvenir Book, p. 43