Sofa Ideas: Convertible Sofa Beds

These aren't your mother's convertible beds. The New York Times rounds up a nice selection of sleeper sofas, folding beds, transforming couches and other clever pieces that do double duty and save space, all without the uncomfortable metal bars in your back. Easily converts from sofa to bed position in seconds HThe Signature line features world class comfort and function. Every Signature convertible is built by combing soft contemporary and traditional looks with the excellence in comfort in seating Transforming a convertible sofa into a bed can sometimes seem more complex than Optimus Prime changing into a truck. For a more compact emergency bed that's easier to move wherever you need it, check out Campeggi's Girella chair, which is as simple to The 'bed' and 'sofa' modes are also not necessarily binary - some of the coolest combinations involve various in-between modes for relaxing, reading and general lounging. One of the best bedroom ideas from the bunch by far is this clever convertible desk Sofas may be convertible, but so are chairs and ottomans which, in Castro Convertible design, also open into beds. Italian immigrant Bernard Castro began manufacturing and selling Convertible Sofa Beds in New York City in 1930, not an ideal time to start a Ideal for do-it-yourselfers with lots of friends but little space, this futon sofa-bed project is a stylish way to keep overnight guests off the floor. Anyone who's ever tried to sleep on the bars, springs and lumps of a standard convertible sofa-bed will .

In 1948, 4-year-old Bernadette Castro first opened a sofa bed for TV audiences business looking to improve the style of their davenport sofas while also maintaining the convertible bed that was stored within, she said. "It was obvious that the and king bed sizes. If the open sofa doesn’t open to at least 39 inches by 75 inches, you are not getting a standard twin size. The most common convertible bed is the traditional pull-out sofa which is used primarily for seating. Sofa cushions are “The convertible furniture available on the market in the past looked good but lacked functionality and ease of use,” she explains. “Realizing there was a need for a sleeker, more comfortable, high quality sofa bed in the market, we studied and came Surely that animal would have recognized her as the girl from the sofa bed commercials of the 1940s and all but one of his through-the-window machines had also disappeared. The Castro Convertible that Ms. Castro, 67, pulled open was not one of the .

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