Beige Tent

- How to darken a camping tent?
My boyfriend and I got a new tent because in 9 days we're going on a weekend camping trip. Neither of us sleep very well in places that aren't dark. The tent we purchased is a Coleman Weathermaster 6 and it is beige and tan, very light colors. I am wondering if anyone might have any ideas how we might make the part we're sleeping in darker. I want to darken it for the morning, I'm not worried about it being dark at night, lol.

A Don't paint it! The only stuff to put on a Coleman is new waterproofing and with decent care it'll be a lot of years before it needs that. I've got 3 Colemans for different uses, all years old. Still geat. For daytime darkening and helping to get rid of an unwanted shadow theatre for passers by when the tent is brighter inside than out, curtains are easy to make for a tent. You can get dark-coloured material,very lightweight and folds very small, from loads of places. Makes good curtains.Market stalls are often a good source. Small pieces of sticky-back Velcro on the tent and the curtain fix it easy, or put up a line and fix the curtain with pegs. A line both sides lets you have two sides and a roof covered with one piece of material by just hanging the material over them, no fixing required. Like an Arabian Nights tent. Posh curtains inside. Nice.

- I have a vintage or antique sleeping bag that is made by Sun Tent Luebbert Co. is this a military item?
I bought if from a garage sale and was told it was WWI. It looks very old and is a beige kind of color. There is a tag on the inside that says "Sun Brand Sleeping Bag Sun Tent Luebbert co San Francisco-Los Angeles" It also has snap buttons along the side that say "Sun Tent-Luebbert SF&LA Cal"

A They really didn;t make what we would call a sleeping bag in WW1 era. It is most likely an M-1942 Mountain Bag which is quite common and based on the color, used in WW2.