Good Questions: A Good Guest Bed/Pull-out Couch?

Hello AT,

I'm looking for a reasonably priced, elegant, convertible guest bed. Something with clean lines and a modern flair, not the typical dumpy, velour covered loveseat/convertible that leaves you with a bar in your back all night.

Also, not a slouchy college futon. I just don't have enough space to sacrifice an entire room to a big queen size bed that only occasionally gets slept on.

I'm open to unconventional solutions. I checked out the FuChest but I just don't like any of the exteriors very much...plus they only go as big as a double.

How have you guys solved this dilemma?

Thanks, Alicia.

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Hey Alicia- Well, it's a hard order to find a good queen size pull-out without the space to hold 7 feet worth of sofa (that's what the couch needs to house the queen size mechanism) The Fu-Chest is funny, although we wonder about its comfort factor. Have you thought about a murphy bed? with so many people making higher end versions, it might just be your solution. AT has a few options HERE.

Anyone else?

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I've always like the look of CB2's Flip Flop convertible sofa, which comes in indigo or orange.
It's not as structured as a conventional sofa, but it doesn't look slouchy, either. The CB2 store staff are very helpful; I once asked them to sit on another sofa and describe its level of firmness, and they did it - cheerfully!

See it here:

http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=102&f=147
Good luck.

posted by Molly S. on 2006-02-27 11:22:28

You don't need 7 feet for the queen sofa bed. Jennifer has a unit that is about 72" (I just installed one in an apartment). Plus I added the cool aero mattress that pumps up in 30 seconds. You don't feel the metal mechanism at all. The FU seems more like an F.U. since it takes up loads of space and serves no other function when not in use.

posted by So'n'so on 2006-02-27 12:31:10

An expensive but amazing option. I needed a sofa but wanted a bed for guests as well. The Pierrot sofa from Bonaldo turns into a queen-sized bed in about 5 seconds. The sofa is beautiful, doesn't look like a sofa at all, and the bed is very comfortable. The downside: about $4000 from Decadence on Beverly in L.A.
http://www.bonaldo.it/prodotti.php?idCategory=1&idMenu=28&idProduct=256

posted by Andrew Irving on 2006-02-27 14:47:59

Check out Room and Board's [www.roomandboard.com] sleeper sofas. They use a memory foam mattress (comfortable!) -- and brag about the dimensions of their sleeper sofas. They allegedly have a footprint that's significantly smaller than most.

posted by Dave on 2006-02-27 15:05:11

...and also have "twin" beds that transform from end chairs.

posted by Dave on 2006-02-27 15:06:39