Futons get a bit of a bad rap; since they're sort of the go-to for college kids and first-time apartment dwellers, a lot of people don't really think of futons as "real" furniture, and will make the switch to a conventional sofa as soon as they can afford one. But not all sleeper sofas are like that ugly, metal-framed thing you had in your dorm room. In fact, many contemporary futons are indisting...
In honor of yesterday's discussion of
multitasking furniture, today I want to give a nod to maybe the most derided (yet important!) of all dual-purposed furniture: the sofa bed. Now, these aren't exactly popular, for more reaso...