What do your guests sleep on?

Dark_Star

Our spare room is titchy but we were lucky to get a lovely sofa bed from freecycle which fits in & *just* has room to unfold into a double bed

I did think about one of those guest beds which is a single size with another bed stashed underneath to then become a double but nothing would fit in the room...

Have endured deflating air beds/concrete floors/uncomfortable spare beds (mattress on last legs) /futons etc & I'd opt for the sofa bed any day

The sofa means we can use the room for crafts/reading/laptop etc instead of it sitting empty with just a bed in it (nothing else would fit!).

aliasojo

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

The foam mattresses are by far the most comfortable. They are supportive without being too hard, like futons. I have been known to sneak one camping when space allowed before and thus highly recommend them. I think they were £60 each.

Having said all this, I would offer adults a bed, either the master bedroom, or a child's bedroom with proper beds (& sleep on mattresses myself.)

I'm just back from Ikea after going to see what their offerings might be like. I suspect I may end up with a cheap mattress and slated base from there.

Just for the record (in case anyone thinks we're being selfish not giving up our own beds......there are no beds to give up)

I'm doing someone a favour here and I'm going to be out of pocket doing it. Such is life.

Brighton_belle wrote: »

By 'old fart' do you mean full of wisdom, grace and wit accumulated by attending the 'university of life'?:D

Oh indeed, that's exactly what I meant, you know me so well. :D

Spendless

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

We've had them for years, but I imagine their current most similar product would be this: (Sultan Fonnes foam mattress if the link fails)

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10144418/#/70144420

There is also a cheaper, thinner mattress available (10 cms vs 12cms thick.)

Thanks. Where do you store it when not in use? Or does it roll up?

Sparkles87

I have a guest staying this weekend and I'll be offering her my bed as our sofa bed has now gone, I'll sleep on our sofa which is very comfortable.

joolsbfd

lostinrates wrote: »

We have a really good sofa bed. Probably more comfortable than our bed. That sofa is pretty nice slept on as a sofa for one too. We also have a day bed I sleep on sometimes, and have slept on with dh, and another sofa long enough for a really tall man to sleep on. If we have guests who are a couple or family we give them our room ( and a second couple the sofa bed if necessary) and sleep on the sofa / day bed with our doggies who think its an adventure.

What make is the really good sofabed/more comfy than your bed bed??? Looking for sofabed, but finding them very expensive and mostly probably such thin mattresses that pointless to spend money on them and offer guests a very uncomfortable night's sleep. blow up mattress up til now, but getting older and more weary, and so are my friends. blow up good and comfy tho with a duvet on top of it to soften it.

bloolagoon

Try 2nd hand? We sold our sofa bed that cost a fortune new for £80 - used only a handful of times, it had sun bleaching as in orangery but physically as new.

onlyroz

We got a sofabed from DFS. It cost £500 about seven years ago, and I think this one is probably the closest thing they've got to it now:

http://www.dfs.co.uk/sofas/sofa-beds/splash/2-seater-sofa-bed/

It's comfy enough for a few nights, but the mattress is probably too thin for extended use. None of our guests have ever (dared) complain though...

Alias_Omega

Intex queen size full height airbed, about £45 with built in pump.

>> Link <<

seven-day-weekend

I've slept on a really uncomfortable and cold airbed.

Personally if that was all I had I would give my bed to the guests and sleep on the airbed/futon myself.

We have a spare three-quarter bed and a sofa bed. When we have guests we sleep on the sofa bed. It's really comfortable.

seven-day-weekend

ca55ie wrote: »

Both my daughter and I have this sofa from Ikea - LYCKSELE LÖVÅS
Even I think its comfy ( and thats saying something). Many people who use it are amazed its not a "proper bed"

Our sofa bed is also one of these and we used it for six months when we came back to the UK from Spain. It is as comfortable as a proper bed. Recommended!

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S99849193/

(We got ours for £100 though. I was sitting on one in the IKEA store when another customer came up to me and said if I was interested she'd got one exactly the same that she had bought a year ago for her grandchildren to use, but they preferred the single chair beds. We went and collected it the same day. Good as new ).

My son got given one similar to this http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/8234737/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+and+garden%7C33005908/c_2/2%7C33005908%7CSofas%2C+armchairs+and+chairs%7C33008988/c_3/3%7Ccat_33008988%7CSofabeds%2C+chairbeds+and+futons%7C33016631.htm
when he was moving into his flat. He uses it as a sofa, but his friends have slept on it a couple of times, it is more comfortable as a bed if he takes the cushion off and puts it on the floor .