ten-foot clamps: critical for fixing futons |
Have a broken futon frame? In this post I'll show you what kinds of problems are fixable, and I'll give you a couple of ways to figure out if your futon frame is prone to break again. CLICK "READ MORE" (BELOW) TO SEE THE FULL POST.
Futons: they're a cheap, efficient way to furnish a tiny living space, making them ubiquitous in the apartments of twenty-somethings. By age thirty, most of us are looking forward to the day we can afford to finally jettison this vestige of a lager-soaked youth. But in the midst of America's lost decade, the cost of purchasing a new couch or bed (or both!) might be prohibitive. And so, alas, many young people are hanging onto their futons, pressing them into service as the one and only couch in their living room.
For these people, bringing the futon out of the bedroom and into "prime time" means sprucing it up a bit. After a decade of hard use, most futon covers are irreparably stained, the pad itself is lumpy and hard, and the frame is loose, or - often - cracked. In the past few months, I've helped a few friends rehabilitate their futon frames, thereby saving them hundreds of dollars for a new couch.