A sofa bed is a versatile piece of furniture that can turn any room in your home into a spare bedroom when guests come to stay. We’ve all heard horror stories of sofa beds being uncomfortable to sleep on and difficult to fold away again but luckily in recent years the humble sofa bed has been redesigned time and time again to create a multipurpose piece of furniture that can pass as both a high quality sofa and comfortable bed.
Here are our top five tips to choosing a quality sofa bed:
Tip #1: Style
When it comes to buying a sofa bed, you may be tempted to opt for a budget model which offers functionality above style but you need to remember that your sofa bed will spend the majority of its life as a sofa so ensuring that it looks good is important. Choose a sofa bed that is in keeping with your sense of style and fits well with the style of the room you are planning on putting it in to ensure that it becomes a much-loved piece of furniture as well as a handy guest bed.
Tip #2: Seated Comfort
As your sofa bed will be used as a sofa for the majority of the time, you need to make sure that it’s comfortable to sit on for enjoying a coffee, reading a book or stretching out in front of the TV. Before you buy a sofa bed think of any requirements that you would want from a standard sofa such as comfortable arms or a high back and ensure that the sofa bed you choose also has these built-in. Don’t be tempted to compromise on the comfort of the sofa for functionality of the bed.
Tip #3: Sleeping Comfort
When you have guests come to stay, you will want them to have a comfortable night’s sleep so it’s important to ensure that the sofa bed has a high quality mattress. Budget sofa beds tend to come with simple foam mattresses that offer little support to your guests. Instead look for a sofa bed with a high quality spring or coil mattress. Don’t be afraid to try out the bed element of the sofa bed for yourself to make sure it’s comfortable to lie on before you buy it.
Tip #4: Ease of Use
Another key factor when buying a sofa bed is functionality. You want to ensure that the sofa bed is easy to turn into a bed and back again into a sofa. Ideally you will want a simple mechanism that gently unfolds the bed instead of you and your guests having to pull out weighty legs and mattresses. Single handed operation sofa beds are the easiest to use. Make sure it’s equally as simple to refold the bed away without having to do complex flat packing in a pre-determined order.
Tip #5: Longevity
As with any other piece of furniture, look for a sofa bed that will last for years to come. Hardwood frames are recommended over simple aluminium construction to avoid bending which can significantly affect both the comfort of the sofa bed and the folding mechanism.
Follow each of these five tips when buying sofa beds and it’s sure to be a purchase you relish both now and in the future.
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