The 3 In 1 Tent Sofa

Have you ever wanted a little privacy when having an out of town guest stay with you? Well this 3 in 1 tent sofa transforms, giving the user the ability to put a roof over their head for some incognito shut eye in the fold out bed...

London designer Philippe Malouin has created Tent Sofa for the Italian manufacturer Campeggi.
The sofa is made of soft polyurethane panels, therefore, it can be unfolded to create a real life tent. Watch the transformation happen over here (you'll need to click on Tent Sofa on the left)

We love the idea for the impromptu sleepover guest or for your kids as well. Hopefully we'll see this fun piece in production soon!

(via: SwissMiss)
(Images: Philippe Malouin)

Comments (13)

it's a bit on the clunky side, but i love the concept

I really dislike feeling all "out in the open" when staying at a friends house who doesnt have a guest room...so I like the concept. No one can see the sleeping guest with his/her mouth wide open and drooling...

but the execution of this looks clunky and tacky

If it were pink, I'm sure my 4 year old niece would love it. But for an adult? No.

I agree that this would be great for kids--I always loved making forts or even just throwing a blanket over the coffee table and hanging out under the table. But for an adult--it's pretty ugly.

Better solution to the same problem: Get an ordinary sofa bed, install some tiny hooks above it, and hang lightweight curtains/mosquito netting, etc when your guests want to sleep. The rest of the time, no one's going to notice a couple of tiny hooks in the ceiling.

well, I guess the privacy outweighs the discomfort of feeling like one is sleeping in a coffin

lurker2209, that's a great idea! I think I'll use that one. Thanks!

Wow. Uh. I don't care for this (as my mother taught us kids to say). I like lurker2209's idea much, much better.

And do we really need more reasons to use polyurethane?

is the bottom left shot to show the process of the transformation. or are you supposed to sit in it half tent style...

just really weird.

My 5 year old son and his friends would love "camping" indoors. How much are these...tent chair beds?
Phillip

Phillip--your five-year-old will probably have better memories of building a tent out of some dining room chairs and blankets. Let him use his imagination. We dictate their fun and spend too much money trying to give them idyllic childhoods.

Or consider a pop-up tent that you can probably find at a garage sale. It takes up less space.

As a kid I built myself a treehouse that ended with my requiring a tetnus shot. I'm not recommending anything that causes injury, but I was really proud of both the treehouse and the tetnus shot.