Bedding Down Your Holiday Guests
With holidays or family reunions just around the corner, and it may be your turn to host the 4th of July, Thanksgiving or Christmas festivities.
You'll be racing around shopping, cooking, cleaning and -- well, trying to figure out where everyone is going to sleep.
If you have limited space and several people are planning on spending a night or two, you might consider seeing if you can get some hotel rooms.
Or, you might treat yourself an early holiday gift by investing in a couple of futons that will last for many holiday seasons to come.
Compared with other contemporary furniture designs, futons are relatively inexpensive.
You can buy for about $200 a metal frame and standard mattress.
Many of the economical futon mattresses come in a standard white or black color.
To jazz them up, there is a wealth of inexpensive covers available in different colors, shades and prints.
Futon covers are easy to use.
Usually, they have a 3-sided zipper.
You place the mattress inside the cover, zip it up, and you have created a futon design that matches your decor.
Because they zip over the futon mattress, the cover will not slide off of the futon.
Most futon covers are machine washable so accidental spills are not a big deal.
Because futon covers are available in so many solid colors or print designs, you can easily mix or match or futon covers to fit any interior decorating scheme.
Compliment your futon with some colorful throw pillows and you have created an attractive piece of furniture.
Unless you are purchasing a high-end futon featuring a wicker or log frame, the metal futons do not take up a lot of room.
You can tuck them into an alcove, maybe at the end of a hall, or in an empty corner of the living room.
You can even put one in your home office without losing a lot of office space.
When guests arrive, simply flip the futons out into comfortable double, queen or king-sized beds.
Your guests will find them comfortable to sleep on and the next day, it is easy to flip the futon back into a sofa that will conserve space.
When your guests go back home, you have versatile furniture for your everyday life.
And if you have to host next year's festivities, you'll be running around shopping, cleaning and cooking - but you won't need to worry about where your guests will sleep.
You'll be racing around shopping, cooking, cleaning and -- well, trying to figure out where everyone is going to sleep.
If you have limited space and several people are planning on spending a night or two, you might consider seeing if you can get some hotel rooms.
Or, you might treat yourself an early holiday gift by investing in a couple of futons that will last for many holiday seasons to come.
Compared with other contemporary furniture designs, futons are relatively inexpensive.
You can buy for about $200 a metal frame and standard mattress.
Many of the economical futon mattresses come in a standard white or black color.
To jazz them up, there is a wealth of inexpensive covers available in different colors, shades and prints.
Futon covers are easy to use.
Usually, they have a 3-sided zipper.
You place the mattress inside the cover, zip it up, and you have created a futon design that matches your decor.
Because they zip over the futon mattress, the cover will not slide off of the futon.
Most futon covers are machine washable so accidental spills are not a big deal.
Because futon covers are available in so many solid colors or print designs, you can easily mix or match or futon covers to fit any interior decorating scheme.
Compliment your futon with some colorful throw pillows and you have created an attractive piece of furniture.
Unless you are purchasing a high-end futon featuring a wicker or log frame, the metal futons do not take up a lot of room.
You can tuck them into an alcove, maybe at the end of a hall, or in an empty corner of the living room.
You can even put one in your home office without losing a lot of office space.
When guests arrive, simply flip the futons out into comfortable double, queen or king-sized beds.
Your guests will find them comfortable to sleep on and the next day, it is easy to flip the futon back into a sofa that will conserve space.
When your guests go back home, you have versatile furniture for your everyday life.
And if you have to host next year's festivities, you'll be running around shopping, cleaning and cooking - but you won't need to worry about where your guests will sleep.
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