Futon Blog

Here’s an interesting video I found on Youtube about latex mattresses. It shows how they’re made and how they work. If latex mattresses are your thing, give it a quick watch.

When I worked at a small furniture store in Northampton, I was a strong advocate for a security system at their store and warehouse. We had good reason, from employees who liked to use the stores computers after hours to look at adulŦ websites to other employees who were suspected of furnishing their homes for free, we definitely had a need for a security system. Once we got a security system, all the shady, after hours activity at the business stopped and a couple employees got fired.

An area I never had experience with is home security systems, even though the media has us all ramped up. It’s not that I don’t think home security systems have a place, but Noelle and I never got around to it. I’ve found some good deals over at ADT, and it might just be something Noelle and I reconsider. If we do, I’ll let you know how it turned out.

So, for the past few years I’ve worked used an old table as a work station at home. For now it’s been working well and I where my home office is located, the table fits in just fine. Today I visited a website that carries quite a few corner unit desks and started putting a little thought into how nice it would be to have a real desk again.

Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve found this winter to be a bit trying with freezing rain and snow in abundance. It almost has me wishing for summer again, though I know it’ll be here before I know it. This crummy weather also has gotten me thinking about the past quite a bit, when I had no responsibility’s and could go on vacation without working. The time my dad took my sister and I on a Jersey Shore beach vacation, the weather was great, the beach was nice, and the times were as carefree as I could wish for. I know what you’re thinking, “why would I vacation in New Jersey?”. While I would vacation in Newark or anything, the south shore is beautiful.

If I had it all to do over again I definitely would, though I think I would add in an amusement park stop to the trip. The last time I went on vacation in Cape May we skipped all the great Wildwood attractions and roller coasters and took a low key approach. Not a bad thing in and of itself, but I could definitely use a little excitement if I ever go back to the Jersey shore on vacation. You can visit Morey’s Piers website to find some great deals on your trip to Jersey, check it out.

So, you’ve been looking for an affordable day bed frame, but can’t seem to find anything. Well, I might have some good news for you, the KD Day Bed is once again being produced in twin size. It only costs $179 with shipping in the lower 48 states. Now you can use your guest bedroom for more than, well, just a bedroom; the KD Day Bed doubles as very comfortable seating and sleeps one comfortably.

When I lose track of the time (a regular occurrence) I often find myself wishing I knew where my old wrist watch disappeared to. Then I take a look online to see if there are any nice watches on the market that I would actually wear. Today is one of those days where I told Noelle I’d only work for a couple hours, and by the time I looked at a clock six hours had already passed!

Back to the watches, maybe that’ll help me keep my head on the time! Today I found some Orient watches over at Kenmar Watches that are quite affordable and not gaudy. Maybe I’ll be picking one up, I might just be able to pay attention to the time once again.

I’m not usually a fan of hanging chairs, well maybe a tire swing or something, but definitely not in the house. I mean, come on, that the cute girl in the picture may be smiling right now, but lets see how comfy that thing is in an hour or two. But, if I were a huge fan of Star Trek or maybe a masochist I could see this chair in my space.

Check it out for yourself at Evinco Design

When it comes to platform beds, the Nomad Platform Bed is still one of the reigning champs at Goodnight Moon Futon. Simple and solid, the Nomad Bed is a great no frills platform bed that performs well at a price that can’t be beat! Unfinished by default, the Nomad is a great bed as is but can also be painted or stained if you’re a handy person.

For Christmas Noelle and I got our selves the Official Scrabble Dictionary. We thought it would make our playing little faster and we could actually shut off our computer since the only other dictionary in the house was published in 1984 (a bit out dated). There’s one obstacle down, now to address our board.

For a while now I’ve wanted to get the version of Scrabble that has a Lazy Suzanne built in. It would make playing a bit easier, at least in my opinion. But that’s where I’ve hit some resistance, since our game is “just fine the way it is”. So, I’ve decided that if we’re going to play two or more times a day (I know we’re very boring) that I need to get some ball bearings and make my own swivel base. That’ll be pretty sweet!

I see so much mission style futons in my day that I get really excited (nothing x-rated or anything) when I see a really cool, modern piece of furniture. Today when I saw the Wenge Coffee & End Tables over at one of my favorite blogs I knew I had to do a post about the pair. The nicely curved wood bases are accentuated by the metal supports and tempered glass top to form a nice balance.