Dear hubby has been put to work this weekend, helping me tweak and reconfigure as I start to put the toy hauler back together and get the contents of our “second home” out of our house. We still have a major job ahead of us to repair some water damage to the bedroom created by an iddy-bitty hole from a branch that landed on the roof during a storm. After that repair is complete, I get to lay the new flooring. Since it may be a while before I can work on that, I thought I would share a couple of sneak-peek photos of the remodel so far. Sometimes the fine details make the project and I think that is so in this case. I finally got to hang some of my doggy-inspired artwork – What ya think?
And I was able to get my awesome futon find into the camper! Upholstery fabric does not do well with dogs because keeping it clean is next to impossible. Now add upholstery fabric to a camper and boy do you have a mess! So faux-leather was the only way to go as far as I was concerned. Futons are not known for extreme comfort, especially for sleeping, but they would be 100 times better than those factory installed jack-knife couches!
In case you ever wondered how they try to keep those suckers light-weight, ripping them out gave us the opportunity to take a look inside. Plastic tie-downs are strapped around the steel frame to keep the foam in place! CRAZY! And with an active family that had bottoms bust within a couple of years, this shoddy constructions makes a lot more sense as to how it happened.
I started perusing the local Craig’s List ads for futons and voila! The deal of the Century! I got this white futon for $50.00! A shopping trip to Ross brought the clearance, $16.00 storage ottoman into our lives and the pillows were on clearance at Burlington for $12.00 for two! I suppose I should share, to date, I am just under $1000.00 in my total reno project so far. And when it comes to replacing the jackknife couches with futons the weight is considerably less and must more practical. So with that being said, I am one proud, remodel momma!
Did you put the futon on the frame of the old bench. Did you use anything for support?
Currently, it has the factory installed base. We removed the jackknife couch entirely. Eventually, I would like to remove the legs and build a wooden base to provide additional storage and to lift the futon up further off the floor.
I love what you did with the futon couch. I’d really like to know how you did that. Is it stationary or does it flip up to move out of the way? I hate our hard stiff couch and it has been removed so we can also re-do our toy hauler.
I used the clipped straps that held the jack-knife couches up not the wall to strap the the legs of the futon into place while the camper is being towed. I love the fact that I can move the futon around though once we are parked. I would like to add a second matching futon to create an “L” shape sitting area which would only be possible if we were still able to move them around when needed. Much more comfortable for sure!
Gee I’d like to see what the Toy Hauler looked like BEFORE you began the Transformation!!
Here you go – I have a post about the challenge to renovate. It was a Coachman ADRENALINE SURGE 29FB is case you want ore information. Here is our entire reno journey.
I just ordered a futon couch almost identical to that one from Walmart for $99. for my travel trailer. Had to find something that would fit through the door.
I know right? Those doors are tiny and that futon is the perfect fit!
I’ve slept on a futon from Wal-Mart at a relatives house. The frame killed me. Did you make changes or get a different mattress?
I used a foam topper on all of my mattresses in the toy hauler!