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My loft is one room and less than 900sqft. I don't like the bed/sofa/accident waiting to happen above.

I don't know if I'd call that a day bed as much as just an extension of this winged headboard fad. I think it looks pretty cool, but can't imagine it would be very nice to sleep in - like a cage.

I absolutely love it!

lol @ creolesugar

I like it, but I don't see how this would work as a sofa. Daybeds are twin size because they are narrow.

Though this idea is amusing, it is too deep to actually be used as a couch. And isn't that the point of a daybed?

Love it!!!!

I don't think it's cage-like at all. I think it's lovely and would be soooo cozy in the winter.

The problem I've consistently found with daybeds of any size in a studio is that the high sides make the daybed feel like a disjointed space that doesn't flow into the rest of the room. You can put a chair across from it and a coffee table in front of it, but it still doesn't feel like it's truly part of the conversational grouping. For a full daybed, this piece works really well, but it doesn't completely overcome that fundamental challenge. I just don't see how you'd arrange it so it works with the other furniture in a room.

Oh my gosh! Imagine all the things you could pretend if you had that as a little girl. I love it!

Forget the day bed notion, I would love to have this in my bedroom as my bed! LOVE IT!

That's an awesome bed - Very cool!

I have a teak queen daybed currently, and I would probably opt out of it if I had to live in a studio space for the reason lurker2209 noted--it would stand as a centerpiece but wouldn't help create a cohesive space. Additionally, the daybed would require just as many pillows as a non-daybed to be comfortable as a couch.

Hi akb,

I'd love to see a picture of your queen daybed! Do you have it posted anywhere? If not, could you send a picture to kyle@cloud9or.com?

Thanks,
Kyle (the blogger)

Hi, Kyle! I may have an old photo of my bed online somewhere. Let me search :)

the bed is gorgeous, but it's a bit childish.

oh my goodness, that bed!!!

i have a friend that uses a full/queen size (not sure exactly which) daybed as a couch as well. he doesn't have it long/vertical like this, but rather horizontal like most other daybeds. it isn't obscenely long, still feels like a couch, and is a favorite camp-out for party guests. the back (side) of the "couch" has a bunch of large pillows, and he added a headboard onto it as well. the headboard gives you more of a back and makes it more couch-like than it would be without one. it works really well and actually looks good. i'd like to see some more beds like that - beds that pretend to be couches, but aren't sleeper sofas. daybedcouches!

manbearpig?

Oh my god...I love this. But I agree with copelli21, I want it as my bed not in the living room....
awesome.

akb, i'm super serial here, it looks good! (but i, too, am dying to see your teak daybed)

I just don't see how it would work as a daybed (which is really supposed to serve the purpose of a couch). Everyone would have to take their shoes off and be really far back with their legs sticking out. It would be fine with a significant other or close friends, but not so great for entertaining people you don't want to get THAT comfy with.

In the right room, it could be a great and cozy bed, though!

It's not a daybed but it's cozy. I think magazines stretch the truth to fit their vision:-)

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?popId=DECORATING&navAction=poppushpush&navCount=1&pushId=DECOR_HARDWARE&id=DECOR_HARDWARE_HOOKS

I adore it... probably more as a bed than a couch, but still....

Emily

I live in a studio apartment and looking for a daybed that actually doubles as a sofa because most daybeds are not too comfortable to sit on for long without geting the urge to lie down. But I found on flicker this daybed that someone made himself. Hopefully, my mother, who is a furniture maker, can make the same for me.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o300/zeedub2_photo/Daybedprototypewithmattress.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o300/zeedub2_photo/Daybedprototype.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o300/zeedub2_photo/Daybedphoto8.jpg

Oh my gosh, I absolutely love it!

Now... where AM I going to buy it???