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Can anyone recommend a good sofa bed/chair bed please?


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Not sure if this if the right place to ask but as our family is due to expand soonish, we're looking for something to give us flexibility with sleeping arrangements/guests.


We're looking to buy a sofa bed or chair bed (suitable for one person) and would really appreciate some recommendations (if there are any!). We'd rather not go for a futon... is there anything comfortable to sleep on that doesn't cost the earth and is still space-saving?!


Thanks in advance.

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I'd really really recommend the Hemnes day bed from Ikea. It's a single bed with 3 big drawers underneath for storage and then fabulously it also pulls out to make a double. It's very comfortable. We've had one in my daughters room since she was born and I've actually just bought one off the EDF for my son so they now can have friends over to stay (when they're older) but also they can share if we need one of their rooms as a spare room.


It looks nice as well.


I have a few friends who have bought this following our recommendation and they're all very happy.

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I don't quite understand about the storage actually, can you explain or am I being dense? Where does the double mattress go? I quite like the double bed option as will be using it primarily for parents coming to stay in the first instance. Sorry am jumping on the sofabed bandwagon Crokes...


If I ever get paid for a chunk of freelance work (argh!!) then we are off to IKEA for many, many reasons!

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okedoke, so..... the bed looks like a day bed (my son sleeps in it as a single and my daughter will be in the next few weeks so absolutely perfect for children - they go straight from a cot into this bed). they sleep on 2 single mattresses - they are thin mattresses however with them on top of each other absolutely fine for children's permanent bed.


then beneath the bed are these 3 very deep drawers - these 3 drawers then pull out and on the top of them are the wooden slats which then make it a double bed. then one of the thin mattresses gets put on the wooden slats to make the double.


i wouldn't recommend it as a permanent double due to mattresses being thin but perfectly comfortable for a night/few nights (we constantly ask guests and they've all said v comfy)


yes you have to buy the mattresses separately


the bed is narrower than a normal single so you can't use a normal single mattress - u have to use the ikea provided ones


i hope that makes sense - ask if u need more descriptions


xxx

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I absolutely second the Hemnes. We put one in my son's room before he was born, and it has been fabulous through every stage. It was ideal for all of the night wakings and feedings when my son was a baby. We added a bed rail when my son switched to it from his cot. It's a good size for bedtime snuggles, and when he's ill and sleeping in my bed with me, daddy sometimes ends up in it. He's five now and he'll be in it for a long time yet. Easily my best baby purchase.


We have actually had a couple of different mattresses on it; the Ikea one does fit better but the other was fine for the first few years. We have tried a normal full sized mattress on it a few times when pulled out to full size for guests and it was fine. We will likely buy a good quality full mattress and permanently pull the bed to it's full size in the near future.


Just to add: I think it's actually wider than a normal single. Our original mattress wasn't from Ikea and was too narrow, so there was about a two inch gap.


The drawers underneath are huge; they store extra bedding and toys now but for a long time the bed was also our change table and the middle drawer was nappies/creams/changing beds etc. so incredibly handy.


One day it will end up in a guest room I would imagine.

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Ruffler Wrote:

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> Another recommendation for Ikea. We got a Lycksele

> Lovas a while back and it's been great - very

> comfortable! I think it helps that you can choose

> between three or four different mattresses

> depending on your firmness preference.

> http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/serie

> s/07467/


[sorry Ruffler] but I wouldn't recommend the Lycksele Lovas to anyone. I had one a while ago & it is nothing more than a very uncomfortable camping bed. The matress is thin & the bed is very short in length & narrow. It doesn't always stand straight & as a chair it is not that comfortable either. (You have to be careful when buying Ikea beds & sofa beds to check the measurements - they vary quite a lot & don't do uk standard sizes).

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Seconding what ruffler said - my mum has one in one of her spare bedrooms. She bought the thicker mattress and I think it's fine to sleep on. Mr JB and I slept on it for 4 nights over Christmas. Can't comment on how comfy it is as a sofa though.
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  • 1 year later...

FYI, although I also haven't bought a sofa bed from them, I've been pretty impressed with Made's designs and customer service in the past, and it's possibly helpful that they've also opened a showroom in town (we visited and very nearly bought a sofa we don't really need, because it looked even better in person).


If you aren't set on piece of furniture, you could also consider a good quality airbed that you could shove under a bed/into a cupboard when it isn't being used. I'm very partial to the Aero brand -- http://www.johnlewis.com/aerobed-super-mattress-light-grey-single/p230643232?kpid=230643232&s_kenid=452f637d-9b61-fa88-7a47-00007417cf0b&s_kwcid=ppc_pla&tmad=c&tmcampid=73. We've had one for years that we slept on for several months when we first moved, and then used for guests for years and I'd say it's as comfortable as a real bed. (We also have two child-sized ones with built in sleeping bags that we use for sleepovers and when we travel.) The one warning is that the air in the mattress stays quite cold and makes the mattress itself cold to sleep on in the winter, so it helps if you put an extra blanket or duvet under the sheet to keep your guests from freezing.

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  • 1 year later...
We slept on an IKEA sofa bed for two years without complaint. Because studio living is big in Sweden, they are excellent at designing clever and comfortable sofa beds. They are easy to assemble quickly, have good storage solutions and are comfy and affordable. IKEA all the way.
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helena handbasket Wrote:

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> We added a bed rail when my son switched

> to it from his cot. It's a good size for bedtime

> snuggles, and when he's ill and sleeping in my bed

> with me, daddy sometimes ends up in it. He's five

> now and he'll be in it for a long time yet. Easily

> my best baby purchase.


Also contemplating this for our son's first bed - which bed rail fits the day bed?

Thanks

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