When I first moved to the big city as an 18 year old low income wage earner I was always looking for cheaper rent and moved quite often. It fell to my Mom and StepDad to help me make these many, Many, MANY moves. Just ask them...they still gripe about it some muffflemum years later! What I needed was something like this:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/casulo_an_entir.php
Be sure to watch the video!
Much cooler than what we had back in the day. In my little studio condo what I did have was one similar to this:
Mine was blue, and had a rounded over top, but it was very lightweight, much like a beanbag. I slept on mine for quite a while, then I got a loveseat/foldout bed and then later I received the fold out bed I showed you earlier in the year.
You might like to look at other multi-function furniture they have featured:
http://www.treehugger.com/mt/mt-tags.fcgi?tag=transformer%...
My fav? The orange sofa that turns into a set of bunkbeds!
March 4th, 2008 at 10:16 pm 1204669011
I slept on one at my grandma's which was similar to what you described, but it was brown with little white polkadots! Brought back a fun memory (and Gma has been gone for about years now and I'm almost 40!)
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In fact, I thought it was so interesting I was going to share it... but forgot to.