Daybed guest bed?

[Anonymous]

I’ve decided it makes no syndrome for me to have a queen bed all the time in our smaller guest bedroom/office when we have a guest in there once every 3 years.

I work from home and am often in video meetings contorted in a corner so only the wall shows and in my sight line is a lovely fluffy queen bed-makes no sense!

I’m looking at either a room and board daybed with a pop up trundle (making it a queen bed when needed) or else a pop trundle sofa bed or maybe two twin size day beds. (so not the rickety metal kind.)

Any tips or advice appreciated!

[Anonymous]

It sounds fine to me, but I’d go for a couch that turns into a bed - at least full size. That would be more comfortable for you to use.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, pp! You think a couch that turns into full bed would be better than a daybed that turns into a queen?

[Anonymous]

A pop-up trundle will for sure be more comfortable for your guests but if you’d actually use a couch day to day I think it’s a solid choice.

[Anonymous]

Daybeds suck; they are only good for one person and only in twin size. The pop-up trundle sounds like a good idea, but then the seam between the two mattresses means days of back pain from your body falling into the gap at the waist. Or if you turn 90 degrees, that means one person is fenced in by the railings and has to climb over the other to get out of bed.

Signed,
Still haven’t recovered from sleeping at the in-laws’

[Anonymous]

Just blur your background.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just blur your background.

+1. Use a professional office back ground.

[Anonymous]

We are in a similar boat. 4 bed house, no basement, one kid -- so primary bedroom for the adults, one bedroom to son, and one bedroom for each of Dh and i to work from home on zoom all day.

We have visitors maybe once every 3 years. After a recent renovation that involved re-thinking multiple rooms, DH -insisted- we maintain a sleep arrangement in that room. He feels embarrassed like we're college kids if we don't have a space for people to sleep if they want to visit.

(as an aside, we're very successful, both making seven figures, and have a beautiful historic house - we just happen to live in a geographic region without basements so it's unusual to have TWO extra home office spaces).

We settled on a American Leather pull out queen. It's actually a very comfortable couch, albeit a bit harder than a fluffy couch. Don't go through Room & Board - buy directly through a distributor for more options.

Ironically, my husband is kind of irritated with how his office turned out, and doesn't enjoy spending time in there. Meanwhile, my office is a comfortable utopia that he loves spending time in. I told him if we got 3 years without an out of town guest, we should sell the couch and re-do his office.

Frankly, if we'd just bought a regular couch for $1500 instead of a fancy sleep solution for $5000, i pointed out we could put friends in many nights of $600/night luxury hotels. And not have them sleep on a pull out sharing a bathroom with DS. So i'm pushing that with DH.

[Anonymous]

Pull out couch or Murphy bed

[Anonymous]

This is what I got for the same reason. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hemnes-daybed-with-3-drawers-2-mattresses-white-agotnes-firm-s39428124/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=9775539288&gbraid=0AAAAAD27g7yX-kGzHsFZoejME4AZIoYXQ&gclid=CjwKCAjwxb7RBhA5EiwAQ-AAdFc3gh6XL0H5Iiw4cEjgV21SuQbeNpMiqBL_OO4OyP6HxZrk6gpWBhoCwu4QAvD_BwE

If you search Etsy (ikea hemnes daybed cover) there are many sellers offering custom covers and pillows.

[Anonymous]

We have this daybed in our second home for a small bedroom that also is used as an office. If you place it against the wall and use bolsters and throw pillows, it reads as a sofa (even if it's not as comfortable for sitting as an actual sofa.

https://www.serenaandlily.com/products/avalon-rattan-daybed/551787

I've never slept in it, but I have yet to have a guest complain about it.

[Anonymous]

I have used a day bed in several houses, with a pop up trundle that slides underneath. The only thing I would think about is that it's not that easy to get into the daybed when the trundle is up. I've just turn it into a two twin bed sleeping arrangement. But the room has to be big enough.

I've also used something like this and it worked out well. Inflatable bed that inflates onto a metal frame. I bought mine at Frontgate several years ago, but this looks similar.

https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Ivation-EZ-Bed-24-in-Full-Size-Air-Mattress-with-Built-in-Pump-Anti-Deflate-Technology-IVIAEZBFA360BG/321755123?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl&pla=&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-HDH-GGL-D59H-059_023_MATTRESSES-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-RDC-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-%7C059_023_002_MATTRESSES%7C_PMAX_phase_2&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-HDH-GGL-D59H-059_023_MATTRESSES-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-RDC-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-%7C059_023_002_MATTRESSES%7C_PMAX_phase_2-20279569591--&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20270379321&gbraid=0AAAAADq61Ue2e8HFIwNSFFk_gzbjtFpcG&gclid=CjwKCAjwxb7RBhA5EiwAQ-AAdCVZnK7ZftkyoCtLS115Xif1SmV0thNKtWoQ3-X1dS5LZIFHU9G1UxoCU-0QAvD_BwE

[Anonymous]

Murphy bed or day bed with pop up trundle over pull out couch. And all those are better than an inflatable mattress.

[Anonymous]

Never. Always a regular bed. Murphy beds are depressing and nobody wants to sleep on a sofa bed.