New Futon Bed / Couch

Anybody need a broken down ’70s floral pattern couch? We’ve got one going begging. 🙂

Tammy and I just finished replacing the old couch in the TV room with a metal-frame futon couch that folds out into a queen size bed. It sorta happened quickly and in stages, but now that it’s all done, I’m happy with it. There are lots of reasons that we’ve done it and I could list them, but the short version is:

• Tammy wanted to replace our futon mattress in the bedroom because she was having trouble sleeping,
• we got a new futon mattress, but didn’t toss the old one. The kids were jumping on it in the TV room.
• Tammy suggested finding a futon frame on Used Victoria, and located one for $10, but had trouble meeting with the seller
• Tammy spotted one outside the junk dealer’s place on our way home here and mentioned it one morning this week.
• I offered to ride my bike down there at lunch. I did. Don wanted $20, I gave him $10. It was black, showing spot rust from being outside, but otherwise in fine shape.
• I took it apart, got it home, got some Tremclad (off-white) and with a bit of sweat equity, it’s clean, bright and presentable.

Now we’ve got a very presentable guest sleeping area and a couch that doesn’t sag to the ground in places.

The funny thing is that it’s… large. Being a queen size, it’s larger than your average sofa and Tammy looks a bit like Ronnie Corbett when sitting on it. 😉

Thanks to Mom and Dad for the couch after all these years. It’s lasted us since summer 1995 when we moved up to Prince George.