Since I'm still not 100 percent certain of my photography skills, I decided to do an illustrated tutorial on the making of a futon like the one in Cherry's travel room. This is a great single-occupancy convertible chair/futon for a 12" doll.
Materials:
Popsicle sticks (at least 30)
Glue
1/4" wide ribbon, two 12" pieces
Scissors (to cut sticks with)
Paint (optional)
This is what the futon frame looks like in real life.
A cushion can be easily made from three thin pieces of foam covered with fabric. If you look closely, you can see that I added a couple more 1" pieces of popsicle stick to the end of the "backrest" frame to make it more level with the seat portion, but this is totally optional.
I hope this inspires many more futons!