Friday, January 30, 2009

Futon covers

Are you tired of looking at the same sofa everyday? Maybe this is the right time for a makeover. Futon covers are the easiest way to transform your ordinary sofa from drab to fab in minutes.

Let go of that plain ordinary brown and switch over to something more eye catching. While protecting your futon furniture from dust and stains is the primary function of the futon cover, it has now evolved into a style accessory. People love to experiment with the look of their futon furniture and what better way to do it than with futon covers? Available in hundreds of different materials, designs, colors and shades, futon covers can change your futon furniture in minutes.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Futons

Futon is a flat, and thick mattress with a fabric exterior stuffed with cotton or synthetic batting that is used Japanese for making beds. Shikibuton is what the Japanese called it. It meant mattress. We Americans have taken it one step further and enhanced the definition to include both the mattress as well as the furniture that it is placed upon. Yes, it is the new age convenient form of bedding that has taken America by storm. It is flexible. It is chic. But more importantly, it is di rigueur.

The futon rage is said to have started sometime in the 70’s. Once, futons were only found in Japan, but today, they are available almost everywhere. We do not know when and how it all started. .All that we know is that we are an intrinsic part of its evolution

Futon provides a flexible range of options. It can be a decorative and stylish sofa or armchair made of hardwoods in traditional furniture styles, or it can be a utility piece folded into a couch during the day and converted into a bed at night.