Furniture: The Futon

Geiginni

Re: Furniture: The Futon

11 by Geiginni

The futon was fine for me between ages 19-23 at which point the futon base got swapped out for a platform bed from the same futon shop in Minneapolis, and then a proper mattress a year later. I haven't bothered with a futon again in adulthood, though I still have the platform bed.

This was the "adult" futon that came along years later:

1948 Knoll Daybed designed by Richard Stein, who was an architect that pioneered green building design in the late 60s and 70s by including not only the energy usage of the building but also the material lifecycle costs of the building itself and the sourcing of the materials.

biscuitdough

Re: Furniture: The Futon

12 by biscuitdough

The American thing that is both a terrible couch and a terrible bed is… terrible. The Japanese thing is fine, but I’m a side sleeper, so I like a little more padding.

Mickey242

Re: Furniture: The Futon

13 by Mickey242

Geiginni wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:41 pm The futon was fine for me between ages 19-23 at which point the futon base got swapped out for a platform bed from the same futon shop in Minneapolis, and then a proper mattress a year later. I haven't bothered with a futon again in adulthood, though I still have the platform bed.

This was the "adult" futon that came along years later:

1948 Knoll Daybed designed by Richard Stein, who was an architect that pioneered green building design in the late 60s and 70s by including not only the energy usage of the building but also the material lifecycle costs of the building itself and the sourcing of the materials.

Ok, now this I can get behind.

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Geiginni

Re: Furniture: The Futon

14 by Geiginni

Mickey242 wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:51 pm Ok, now this I can get behind.

It's pretty clever. You push the foot pedal in the middle down, and the back swings back while at the same time raising the seat to level, giving you basically a twin-sized bed. It needed a little resto work and one of the cats snagged some of the back fabric, but otherwise in great shape for an early early mid-mod piece.