Choosing a Guest Bed
When making the choice of your ideal guest bed you have a number of options available. For a small room, with not much space to spare, you could go for a chair-bed. These are a type of sofa bed, but smaller than average and they can be tucked discreetly in a corner to be used as a seat and then folded out to create a comfortable single bed.
Also for small rooms, divan beds are ideal, because they usually incorporate drawer space for storage of pillows and sheets underneath, but otherwise look like normal beds.
Sofa beds can be placed anywhere in the house, even in the living room, as these days they function equally well as seats and beds. They come in a range of different fabrics and designs and when used as sofas they are well padded with sumptuous cushions. They can be opened up within minutes, when unexpected guests arrive and provide valuable extra bed space.
For children’s rooms, sofa beds are also a great idea, although the kids may prefer bunk beds, which also save on much needed space.
Futons can be very stylish and can easily be attached to a fold-up wooden or metal frame to become a sofa or bed, as required. Alternatively they can simply be spread out on the floor.
The choice is yours, but remember that you’ll have to consider current arrangements as well as decor when choosing beds that can comfortably accommodate extra guests as well as function as integral parts of the household furniture.
