Choice Futons
•Choosing Futons For Style and Function•
Tips For Choosing A Futon Bed
A futon bed can be a wonderful solution for small spaces, but with today's choices in style and quality you may just buy one because you love the way it looks!
Futons are unique because they provide a dual purpose - as a sofa or chair and a place to sleep. By day, the futon is perfect to use as a sofa. At night, you simply fold the sofa down and you have a bed. They work a bit like a sleeper sofa, however they are a lot quicker and easier to use and much more stylish.
The futon bed itself is made up of two things, the futon frame and the mattress. Frames can come in many styles, shapes and colors. You can buy wooden frames made from oak, pine or many other hardwoods or metal frames in shiny steel or painted. There are queen-size frames, twin size frames, bunk bed frames, chairs and even ottomans. They are is a huge range of styles - from a tropical wicker to retro-modern, traditional to sleigh bed style and everything in between.
If if you're having a hard time choosing the frame for your futon bed, picking out a mattress and cover probably won't be any easier. Mattresses come in a variety of sizes as well as thicknesses. You can buy twin size, full size, queen-size, king-size and get those in thickness is from 6 inches to 10 inches. Some mattresses have foam inside and others have coils. Of course, the thick of the mattress do more comfortable your sleep experience will be.
Having just a bare mattress on your futon certainly won't do, so you're going to need to choose a futon cover. This will not only protect your mattress but will also give your futon a more furniture like appearance. You can buy covers and a wide variety of patterns and materials. You want to be sure to choose ones that have zippers so you can easily take them off the mattress to wash them or change out your decor.
When you're selecting these elements that go into making up your futon bed, you want to be sure to choose a frame, mattress and cover that match each other's style as well as the style of the room you'll be putting it in. It certainly won't do to have a contemporary style frame with a stuffy old pattern fabric on it for your tropical sunroom. Lucky for you, all these elements come in a variety of styles and patterns to match!
Futons are unique because they provide a dual purpose - as a sofa or chair and a place to sleep. By day, the futon is perfect to use as a sofa. At night, you simply fold the sofa down and you have a bed. They work a bit like a sleeper sofa, however they are a lot quicker and easier to use and much more stylish.
The futon bed itself is made up of two things, the futon frame and the mattress. Frames can come in many styles, shapes and colors. You can buy wooden frames made from oak, pine or many other hardwoods or metal frames in shiny steel or painted. There are queen-size frames, twin size frames, bunk bed frames, chairs and even ottomans. They are is a huge range of styles - from a tropical wicker to retro-modern, traditional to sleigh bed style and everything in between.
If if you're having a hard time choosing the frame for your futon bed, picking out a mattress and cover probably won't be any easier. Mattresses come in a variety of sizes as well as thicknesses. You can buy twin size, full size, queen-size, king-size and get those in thickness is from 6 inches to 10 inches. Some mattresses have foam inside and others have coils. Of course, the thick of the mattress do more comfortable your sleep experience will be.
Having just a bare mattress on your futon certainly won't do, so you're going to need to choose a futon cover. This will not only protect your mattress but will also give your futon a more furniture like appearance. You can buy covers and a wide variety of patterns and materials. You want to be sure to choose ones that have zippers so you can easily take them off the mattress to wash them or change out your decor.
When you're selecting these elements that go into making up your futon bed, you want to be sure to choose a frame, mattress and cover that match each other's style as well as the style of the room you'll be putting it in. It certainly won't do to have a contemporary style frame with a stuffy old pattern fabric on it for your tropical sunroom. Lucky for you, all these elements come in a variety of styles and patterns to match!