10-11-17  New futon:

Ironically, this is the only piece of new furniture we have in the apartment.  And it cost about a third of what everything else did.  But we finally have some place for visitors to sleep.  With that in mind, we bought the best mattress for a futon.  It may even be more comfortable then our bed!  But finding it wasn't all that easy.  We went to 4 places before we finally found a decent one.  Fortunately I found a futon store about 15 miles from our place and they had a great selection.
Wasn't sure it would fit into our new Edge.  But it fit in with lots of room to spare!  

 Then came the fun of putting it together! 

 The back and seat finally done. 

We managed to get it together without killing each other.   Only took about 2 hours.

Perhaps the $60 delivery and set up fee would have been worth it!  On the other hand, I'm an old pro at putting them together now.