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Seth Miller

The Convenience of Futon Bunk Beds

Futon bunk beds are a recent phenomenon, and have their roots in the natural evolution of futons. In recent years, futons have significantly improved in style, quality and comfort. In fact, futons have evolved from the tri-fold frame designed for college dormitories to more appealing, sofa-style sleepers with custom pillows and covers.

In addition, futon mattresses have improved in quality, and are now nearly as comfortable as traditional mattress. These factors, along with their versatility and space-saving functionality, have made futons and futon bunk beds more appealing.

Futon bunk beds are two futon beds stacked one on top of the other. The only real difference between futon bunk beds and traditional bunk beds is that the former has the dual functionality of serving as a couch. As such futon bunk beds represent the ultimate in space savings. They allow you to have two beds and a couch all within just a few square feet of floor space.

These benefits are obviously appealing to certain demographics. For instance, college dormitories are a natural fit for futon bunk beds. Likewise, in areas such as New York City and San Francisco, where apartment sizes are small and expensive, there is a great impetus for futon bunk beds to be purchased.

In addition to differing from traditional bunk beds due to their added functionality, futon bunk beds typically appeal to an older demographic, rather than kids. Futon bunk beds are also appealing to older individuals since they often have modern styling and offer a wide array of customization options such as covers and pillows.

Many futon bunk beds are built with a wooden finish which can easily match accompanying furniture such as dressers, desks, etc. Be sure that the guard rail extends to all sides of the upper bunk. This is a critical safety feature which must not be overlooked.

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Bunk Beds Info provides information on the types of bunk beds that are available, and how and where to buy a bunk bed. Bunk Beds Info is the sister site of Murphy Beds Web .


#1

Kim

Futons are an awesome idea. They are so practicle because they can be used as a couch or lounge as well. I had never heard of a futon bunk bed before but now I'm definetly going to look into this.

#2

Lisa Buschlen

I love the futon bunk beds article! Nice job.

#3

the land of cheese
Thank author of this post/commentI have been seriously thinking of getting a futon for my daughters room. She has a small room and one wall is nothing but window the other two walls has a door, so there is not much room for anything else.

She want a larger bed, because the twin is just not large enough and I think a futon would be perfect for her. At night I can pull it out and fold it up during the day!


#4

the land of cheese
Thank author of this post/commentI used to have a futon bed that also became a couch during daytime... I actually started to really dislike that because at the time, i lived in a bachelor apartment, so my bedroom was also my living room and dining room heh. So people would sit on my "couch" and it just really irriated me. I like my bed to be CLEAN and the only person that can sit on it is ME! ME! ME! Heh.

Thank author of this post/commentI always had the impression that futons weren't very comfortable to sleep on or sit on. I have never had one but for some reason I want to say one of my friends had one and really disliked it. They would definitely serve 2 purposes which would be great for someone with a small space or wants to save money. I did think about one at one time for the dogs so they would have someone place of their own to lay down without damaging other furniture. I never bought one though. Maybe I should rethink them especially as the kids get older it would be a great thing to put in a game room.

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