bean bag sofa / bed

Step 7 Flip it! fill it!

like an unhappy sea cucumber it is time to pull the entire sofa out through its mouth, to make it right-side-out.

once it is righted, the fun starts! how are you going to get all those beans into it? the most important thing to remember is: no matter how you do it, you'll be finding beans all over your house (and probably your neighborhood) for the rest of your life. so you might as well have fun trying:

shop-vac method 1:
- put mouth of sofa over the head of the shop-vac
- suck the beans out of the bag from whence they came!

shop-vac method 2 (the Bean Cannon):
- turn shop-vac into blower-mode
- put shop-vac head into bean supply (careful not to clog it)
- point nozzle at unsuspecting passersby. when bored, point nozzle into sofa mouth to fill it.

leaf blower method:
- just like shop-vac method 2, but with a leaf blower.

boring method:
- hold mouth of sofa with the rest hanging down a staircase
- attach 6-inch diameter cardboard tube to your bag of beans
- insert cardboard tube into sofa mouth
- pour in the beans

Comments

[studleylee]

Very Cool!!!

[CrEaTiVe_HuNnY]

Going to try this, this weekend!! This looks awesome and quite comfortable, I was thinking about replacing my bed with something like this but smaller so that I can add more space to my room so thanks for sharing the plans! Would the packing peanuts work well? I'm trying to look for a really cheap way to create this bean bag couch/bed

[Sparrow15]

Packing peanuts will break, and then the broken bits will fall to the bottom, and eventually, it will feel like there is less in your bag. Plus, they'll make that horrible squeaking sound every time you move...

[blaahhaa]

That is an awesome idea! I wish I had the space in my room or my parents approval. I'm so jealous.

[margann]

The beans to fill a bag this size can be pretty pricey. I’ve used packing peanut (make sure they are not the water soluble kind). They are often free and work well. I’ve also added pieces of styrofoam that came in packaging. You need to break those up, but they are free and keep packing materials out of a landfill. If you use pieces that are too big your bag can get lumpy, but they break down with use.

[americangeiko]

My family has done the same before as well. They bough vinyl material since us kids liked to destroy everything back then, and filled it with packing peanuts. If you go on freecycle/craigslist there's normally 2-3 people a week giving the stuff away for free.

[steelnix]

I found "beans" in my area (about a one hour drive) for $12 a 10 cu ft bag...I needed 22 cu ft to fill my bean bag sofa/bed...I made the trip got 3 bags.... now just waiting for the actual material bags to be finished sewn together...looking for a good way to fill inner bag so I don't get them all over the place...

[jman109]

this looks awsome i cant find the beans 4 it though. i'll keep lookin thanks 4 the idea.

[anjimoe]

This is awesome! Thanks for the detail. I want a beanbag for the basement for the kids to romp on. This is clear enough for my novice sewing skills. Thx.

[JackieK318]

Completely love this! Terribly sad I can't find anyone with EPS beads in the Midwest. Called Bay Foam and they were very nice in helping me inquire about shipping costs.