Planning the elevated sofa
The final living-room
zone slated for an upgrade this winter is our ancient futon. We got the
furniture used over a decade ago, and the mattress did a good job for
the first few years. By this point, though, no amount of flipping and
thumping keeps the cloth from sagging. Meanwhile, the bars are very
much evident underneath your bum.
I took a slumpfy before
photo without tidying to show the things I'd usually hide. Odds and
ends are stuffed underneath, coats have a tendency to get draped over
the edge, and there's a cinderblock replacing the middle leg. Mark
tells me we can do much better.
The idea is to create a
raised day bed/sofa with space underneath for seed starting, coat
hanging, and general storage. Trailer ceilings are low and Mark is
tall, though, so the structure won't be very raised --- just 28.5
inches from floor to the beginning of the bed supports. Stay tuned for
details as the project progresses...and Huckleberry's notes on whether
a raised day bed is as acceptable as an ancient futon for cat napping.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Polymer foams generally last between 5 and 15 years. After a decade, it would be a good idea to replace it.
The same goes for things like a foam matrass.