i started out thinking about building a beanbag, but being the prototypically exuberant man's man that i am i thought: 'i am going to go huge! why make a beanbag just like everyone else? i'll make the biggest, baddest beanbag evah!!!'
Well in the end i did make the biggest baddest beanbag evah, but i think any practical assessment would say that it is too large to be convenient (eg: hard to get through doorways and tends to fill all available floor area in room). But I learned enough through this effort that I can advise you, dear reader, how to build a most useful and practical beanbag sofa should you want to do so.
summary: looking for that plush bean-bag chair comfort, but in a sofa size? bean-bags are easy and inexpensive to make (as furniture goes). the bean-bag sofa can be easily formed into a form-ftting bed as well.
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Well in the end i did make the biggest baddest beanbag evah, but i think any practical assessment would say that it is too large to be convenient (eg: hard to get through doorways and tends to fill all available floor area in room). But I learned enough through this effort that I can advise you, dear reader, how to build a most useful and practical beanbag sofa should you want to do so.
summary: looking for that plush bean-bag chair comfort, but in a sofa size? bean-bags are easy and inexpensive to make (as furniture goes). the bean-bag sofa can be easily formed into a form-ftting bed as well.
This project is brought to you by MonkeyLectric and the Monkey Light bike light
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you'll need the following:
- bean bag beans (see next steps)
- spool of sturdy cloth (see next steps)
- about 3 feet of velcro
- a sewing machine
- a 4-6 inch diameter cardboard tube about 2-3 feet long
- optional: a shop-vac
- bean bag beans (see next steps)
- spool of sturdy cloth (see next steps)
- about 3 feet of velcro
- a sewing machine
- a 4-6 inch diameter cardboard tube about 2-3 feet long
- optional: a shop-vac
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Anyway, mine is going to be six feet long, and I calculated that it's about 42 cubic feet, and 80% is about 34 cubic feet, but does anyone know how many garbage bags that would be? I have about 7 or 8 full bags at my disposal, but I don't want to go through the trouble of filling it and then finding out that there aren't enough.
I'm trying to finish it for tomorrow since I'm having a party--so quick advice would be appreciated if it is at all possible.
Thanks! and thanks for the awesome idea, I've been so excited about doing this project since I saw it two days ago :)
Pretty neat instructable :3
they do make a bit more noise, and don't shift around quite as easily, though.
My roommate and i are looking to build one or 2 of these (if we build 2 we would probably make 2 med sized ones) and were wondering what we are looking at as far as total cost. Also, if anybody knows where we could find the filling for this for cheap in Orlando we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for all the help guys! Awesome instructable BTW
I bought a queen-size futon cover with 3-sided zipper (organic, thick upholstery quality), and I think about 300lb. of buckwheat hull from a farm in Penn Yan, NY. It's about 10" thick and I have it atop a custom heavy duty wooden frame. Best sleep I've ever had. But, as you can probably tell, it is EXTREMELY heavy. The two times I've moved it I had to empty most of the buckwheat into contractor trash bags and carry them separately.