Anonymous
Post 02/06/2025 12:44     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
"Overwhelmed" by this?
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2025 12:14     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Not OP, but resurrecting this thread to ask if there are any recommendations on a comfortable sofabed/day bed or something else for a guest room used as an office 95% of the time.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 10:48     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Buy a daybed. Set it up like a couch.


They are comfortable for sleeping but not for sitting / working. Too high and deep.


I have this set up and I like laying down to read a book on the daybed. While I wouldn’t go this route in my living room, it’s pretty cozy and comfortable in an office/guest room.


But not really for TV or zoom calls.


Well she can’t put her elderly mother on a sleeper sofa. That would be a non-starter for me.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 09:33     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Buy a daybed. Set it up like a couch.


They are comfortable for sleeping but not for sitting / working. Too high and deep.


I have this set up and I like laying down to read a book on the daybed. While I wouldn’t go this route in my living room, it’s pretty cozy and comfortable in an office/guest room.


But not really for TV or zoom calls.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 09:14     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Buy a daybed. Set it up like a couch.


They are comfortable for sleeping but not for sitting / working. Too high and deep.


I have this set up and I like laying down to read a book on the daybed. While I wouldn’t go this route in my living room, it’s pretty cozy and comfortable in an office/guest room.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 07:55     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:Buy a daybed. Set it up like a couch.


They are comfortable for sleeping but not for sitting / working. Too high and deep.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 07:53     Subject: Re:Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:We have a pop up air bed with a metal frame for guests. I add a memory foam topper. It's not luxurious, but it definitely beats a sleeper sofa and it folds away and lives in the closet. It makes the room much more functional for us.

I don't get having a whole room taken up by a guest bed that's rarely used. I'd rather use the room myself the other 99% of the time and pay for a hotel room.


We had one of these in our old house (no guest room). It was very comfortable!
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 07:46     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:We have a guest room that is rarely used by guests. My mother comes once or twice a year and has a bad back. We have a comfortable queen sized bed in there for her.

Our teenager's bed has reached it's last legs. It's an old bed and the mattress is sagging.

I don't want to spend $1K or more on a new bed for teenager's room, but she needs something comfortable because every night she's been sleeping in the guest room. She loves that bed.

Question is - I'm thinking of moving the guest room bed into the teen's room and making the guest room more functional (for Zoom calls, meditation, TV, etc.). I'm afraid if I get a sleep sofa though, my mother won't be able to sleep on it. Is there such a thing as a very comfortable sleep sofa or should I scrap the plan and just get my daughter a new bed?


There really is one. Amazing. I slept on it at a friend's last week. I will get the name.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 07:40     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
I think the daybed and the room switch for visits are both good ideas. But I wanted to mention that I got a thick foam mattress that folds in three for storage that I put on our old sleep sofa mattress when it is used as a bed and it really makes it a lot more comfortable.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 07:24     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can you do a daybed with real mattress for mom in the guest room? I really hate sleeper sofas and I'm only 41.


I’ve hated sleeper sofas since I was a teen. The funny thing is it’s always more comfortable to just sleep on a couch than the pullout. It’s purely cosmetic.


Not if there are two of you!
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 05:15     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:
Well, you neglected to mention the autism component in your original post.


Why does it matter? The teen needs a new bed. What does autism have to do with wanting to avoid a sagging mattress and old bed?
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 04:36     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:Can you do a daybed with real mattress for mom in the guest room? I really hate sleeper sofas and I'm only 41.


I’ve hated sleeper sofas since I was a teen. The funny thing is it’s always more comfortable to just sleep on a couch than the pullout. It’s purely cosmetic.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 04:31     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
I would get a daybed for the guest room with a great twin mattress. This should be comfortable enough for your mom while maximizing usable space.

I would never buy a sleeper couch. Even the most expensive ones are incredibly uncomfortable.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 04:25     Subject: Re:Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a wall/Murphy bed for the guestroom. You can use pretty much any mattress you want on them. They are not cheap, and ours was a full day job to put together for my very handy husband (and heavy to lift for me and him). I'd get one from a place that installs them too, if you're not handy and fit. We love having the floor space back when guests are not in town (aka 95% of the year).


Yes, this is a great solution. Our friend did it at his house and loves the extra space.

We have a day bed with a pop-up trundle which is good unless you are like me and use the bed for storage


Have the posters suggesting a Murphy bed priced them out? They are VERY expensive. Several thousand dollars.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 04:18     Subject: Overwhelmed with bed/guest room situation - please give me suggestions!
You should make it a sleeper sofa and expect an old person to sleep on it. They are awful. If you want to give your daughter the guestroom bed, do, but you need to get a real bed for the guestroom. Do not make your mother sleep on a sleeper sofa.