Vacation Home Office Futon
September 17, 2010
When we bought our vacation home it was pretty much empty. The previous owner left a kitchen table set, patio set, couch, chair, tv stand with tv, a double sized mattress with boxpring, low boy dresser and 2 night stands. We were very fortunate that furniture was left as it saved us a bit of money in having to completely furnish the house. Since our intentions were to rent the house out when we weren't using it, we had no choice but to buy furnishings and all the extras required to put the house into the rental program.
We are rather savy shoppers certainly not above buying good quality used furniture or knock down furniture. I posted earlier about the knock down furniture we bought for the vacation home office. This is really a cute little room with double French doors set on an angle to cut one corner from the room creating a rather appealing shape. We immediately saw the potential to use this room for extra sleeping quarters if necessary. The problem was we didn't want it to look like an extra bedroom. As luck would have it we found a used futon in excellent condition that is a very close match to the livingroom couch and chair. It is the same material, same colour and only differs a bit in design. This is nice because the office opens to the livingroom so matching colours is a nice bonus. The futon came with two matching pillows and has extra storage underneath for bedding. The futon cost $125. We also bought a floor lamp for $17.99. The total cost to furnish the den was $271.21 coming in well under our $500 budget.
A couple of decorative elements will finish off the room. I'm thinking a couple of artificial plants (practical as they won't need care when the house is empty) and a mirror or framed print will finish off the room nicely. These won't be expensive items either. It is just a matter of finding something that works well with the room.
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