FUTONS WERE—and are—staple furniture of broke college kids everywhere. The old-school wood-slat frames and heavy, lumpy mattresses were designed entirely with versatility in mind: Couch by day, bed by ...

When you think “sleeper sofa” do you picture a stiff, boxy and uncomfortable couch? Same—or at least we used to. It turns out there have been some major advances in the world of sleeper sofas over the ...

How To Build a DIY sleeper sofa, futon, sofa, couch, bed out of a cheap, ready-made ebay futon. Cushions are often the most difficult part of DIY sofa projects, so I wanted to try a project that made ...

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If you're not bougie enough to have a dedicated guest room (same), getting a sleeper sofa is a great way to make sleepovers comfier without sacrificing space. Not only are futons and convertible sofas ...

Don't get the wrong idea here. We're not talking the Craigslist futon that was in your first apartment. That one was just a place for your friends to pass out. It was more comfortable than lying on ...

The smartest way to make the most of a small space is with functional furniture that serves more than one purpose. Futons are a go-to for this scenario—couch by day, bed by night—because they add ...

Unlike a sleeper sofa, a futon is a lighter piece of furniture that goes from seating to sleeping in no time. These multitaskers became popular in the 1970s but the futon couch history goes back to ...