Futon Bed Information
Futons as a piece of furniture are a common sight in most household. Futon serves dual purpose –they can be used both as sofa and bed. Futon beds are most commonly seen in living rooms, guestrooms, kid’ room, college dorms etc (wherever space is an issue).
The futon bed is made up of three components – frame, mattress and cover. The market offers variety of frames, mattresses and covers that serves the need and demand of different houses and peoples. The frame is the backbone of the futon bed and so must be chosen with care. Frames are made of wood or metal. Frames made of high quality wood like oak, cherry, maple, ash, beech are stronger and long lasting than those made of cheap quality woods like pine, aspen etc. While selecting a frame one must pay attention to the construction, craftsmanship, style and the smoothness of conversion too. Frames are constructed as bi-fold, loveseat and trifold. It comes in various sizes like full, twin, chair size, queen and so on. The bi-fold and love seat frames are the most popular. Frames made of cheap materials or poor construction is less costly but tends to break easily.
Futon bed mattresses come in various sizes like full, twin, queen, king etc .Mattress of appropriate size and thickness must be selected depending on the frequency and type of use intended. Regular use of futon as bed demands a thick mattress whereas thinner mattress can be selected for occasionally used bed. Futon mattress can be dressed is a futon cover of appropriate size , design and color which not only beautifies the interior décor of the room but also safeguards the mattress from dirt, moisture, stains and molds and thus increases its longevity. Futon covers are made of cotton, synthetic materials, leather like materials, micro-fiber, nylon, and polyester etc fabrics. You can change the look of the furniture by simply changing the cover, which makes redecoration cost effective.
The market offers various types of futon beds like futon sofa bed or futon bunk bed depending on the type of usage required. Futon sofa beds are designed keeping in the mind the requirements of a sofa, which not only goes well with the décor of your living room or guestroom but also serves as extra bed for your guests. Futon sofa beds come in various sizes, with or without arms or magazines racks or drawers for extra storage.
Futon bunk beds are ideal for any kid’ room or college dorms. The lower bed serves as couch during the daytime and can be transformed into a bed in order to accommodate your kid’ friends for sleepovers, story reading activities etc at night. Generally the top bed comes in twin size and the bottom bed comes in full size and it can accommodate two people comfortably.
Futon bed can be purchased from large discount stores like Wal-mart, target etc, department stores, furniture stores etc. It can be purchased online from various sites like www.amazon.com, www.webfuton.com, www.overstock.com etc. Futon bed is the trendiest, functional, portable and economical piece of furniture, which makes it the pride of any owner.