Make Your Own Futon Sofa Bed

I enjoy relaxing on a sofa and in my bed and so it may come as no surprise that i would wish to combine the two.

Make your own futon sofa bed.

This can be achieved by using a small chair instead of a sofa to make your own diy futon as you can still create an excellent chair and single bed futon. Alternatively if you still have your old mattress lying around you can simply measure that instead. This is a futon. A futon bed can be just as comfortable as the mattress on your bed.

Consider a more traditional pull out design if you want a smaller space saving sofa with a relatively large bed. With the other half lay out a 21x63 inch piece. The sofa bed would be wreck gar. Foam can be ultra comfortable though it can be difficult to fold.

Cotton is easy to fold and unfold but it likely won t match the feel of a foam mattress. Combine three foam blocks about 21 square feet of fabric and your personal sewing skills and you can make a shikibuton aka a quot foldable futon quot. Sofa beds also known as sofa sleepers are typically made in the modern futon style with a simple mechanism that allows the backrest of the sofa to fold flat. They provide seating area that can double as a bed.

Futons are great because they can be a couch or a bed. If multipurpose furniture were transformers the futon would be optimus. Lay it out on saw horses and snap a chalk line dividing out a 27x75 inch piece. In those cases a sofa bed could be the solution you need.

If it s your first time getting involved in a project like this it will also likely to be easier to make. Choose the firmness softness and support of your mattress just like you. Before you go out and buy your materials you need to measure your futon s frame in order to determine how much space your new futon mattress will take up. Step 1 make your preliminary measurements.

I encourage you if you are comfortable to make this project your own by customizing in ways both big and. It s part sofa part bed but so much cooler than a sofa bed. Just remember if your sofa bed is going to be your primary bed comfort will be essential. There s no need to buy an expensive futon from the store.

If you plan on folding and unfolding your futon with a mattress regularly another cushion type may be best. This will help you to save space as the futon will be much smaller and more manageable. Step 1 layout. Futons are the perfect furniture piece for small spaces.

How to make a fold out sofa futon bed frame. Begin with a full sheet of plywood. Luckily we offer sofa beds that let you use a futon mattress so you can get just the sleeping conditions you like. After searching ikea and several other shops i found the average price for a tri fold futon was in the region of 120gbp 150.