The most luxurious davenports are made with deep crucible springs, with many hand tied cords, over which is placed an abundance of tow and hair. Over this foundation they are upholstered Many springs are used in the hacks and in the ends, as well as in the seats of these davenports. The best of skilled labor is employed to make them as soft as possible, and yet so substantially built that they will wear for years. Relative to the upholstering on such goods it may be well to suggest that those desiring good furniture at a minimum cost will profit by purchasing such goods with the inexpensive covering, such as denim, and years later have the article upholstered in a better grade of covering. The idea is to get the initial investment in the structure and not in the covering. Davenports are made less expensive by using lower priced material and can be bought for almost any price. They are made in all of the grades of imitation leathers and soft goods, such as velours, plushes, tapestries, ets. The under construction can usually be seen by lifting up the end of the davenport. This may be troublesome but is really important. On most of the Turkish stationary davenports, however, the bottom is usually covered with a cambric.

Bed davenports are used a great deal in living rooms. They have the appearance of an ordinary davenport and can be easily converted into a bed. The automatic bed davenport lets the back down and necessitates the making of the bed on top of the davenport seat, or cushion. The most satisfactory bed davenport is the one with the spring and mattress on the inside and is independent of the outer cushions; in other words, an "inner bed." When wanted as a bed, the davenport is opened and the inner bed is always ready for use as it also contains the bedding. Such beds require no extra storing of bedding, although some contain the box below the seat, which can be used for storage. These beds are really comfortable and very practical, and some are very simple in construction.

The closer the springs are placed the greater will be the strength of the davenport; consequently, take note of how many springs are used and see how they are fastened together and to the frame. Shake the ends of the davenport, thus testing them to see how rigid they are.

For lack of space in some rooms the regular length davenport is too large. Those desiring a short bed davenport can find it. It opens with a jackknife motion and makes a regular sized bed when opened, and is highly recommended and is becoming popular.