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Step 21Poor Man's Futon, Grounded on one Side
Scavenged couch cushions make a fine modular futon. They're perfect for sleeping in a lab after a late night of hacking. They store easily on a high shelf and don't look domestic. This spares the feelings of people who think "living" doesn't happen at work.
To get extra fancy you can sew the covers together so it folds up in a hinged-couch fashion.
That will keep the cushions from drifting apart under you when you sleep. Otherwise a piece of cord tied around them will do the job, or most likely there will be enough stuff in your lab to block them in place.
In case your janitors or labmates aren't good at cleaning, you might want to pick one side that goes on the floor and another side for yourself. Mark Tobenkin of MIT had the bright idea of marking the ground side of the cushion with the "ground" schematic symbol.
After a few years your bed might get kind of dingy. You can usually take the covers off and launder them. If that isn't enough, scavenge some latex paint and paint them. That works for upholstered furniture in general. Go nuts and paint them with sunflowers, dragons etc. Remember,
reduce, reuse, recycle, relax, recreate!
To get extra fancy you can sew the covers together so it folds up in a hinged-couch fashion.
That will keep the cushions from drifting apart under you when you sleep. Otherwise a piece of cord tied around them will do the job, or most likely there will be enough stuff in your lab to block them in place.
In case your janitors or labmates aren't good at cleaning, you might want to pick one side that goes on the floor and another side for yourself. Mark Tobenkin of MIT had the bright idea of marking the ground side of the cushion with the "ground" schematic symbol.
After a few years your bed might get kind of dingy. You can usually take the covers off and launder them. If that isn't enough, scavenge some latex paint and paint them. That works for upholstered furniture in general. Go nuts and paint them with sunflowers, dragons etc. Remember,
reduce, reuse, recycle, relax, recreate!
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Dec 18, 2008. 1:15 AMegriff
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I would sew them together so they don't go all over the place during the night.
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Dec 18, 2008. 1:36 AMegriff
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and then I read that part haha
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