guestbeds

Foldable guestbed. Image borrowed from JYSK

Sometimes you get guests who need to sleep over for one reason or other. Then you need some extra bed or solution to make that possible. If your space is limited and live in a smallish place, that is not all that easy to find a solution.

The above bed is from JYSK and probably one of the most common models for temporary beds. Usually awful to sleep on. And n you need space to store it when folded, mattress and all. IKEA has a similar model and there are probably many similar ones in the market.

Inflatable guestbed from JYSK. Image from JYSK.

Another solution is to get an inflatable bed that doesn’t need all that much space when stored and not used. That’s what I did. The above one is from JYSK and comes in a small tote. The bed when air in it can, in my case, be put in the kitchen, just beside the fridge. Below you see how little space it takes.

Inflatable guestbed in its tote. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Neither of these solutions are very comfortable though. For one night or maybe two, but…

I recently saw an arm-chair bed at IKEA. It is called VALLENTUNA.

VALLENTUNA arm-chair guestbed. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

This is one smart arm-chair guestbed. Comes in a couple of different colors (I prefer the light grey one above) and you can get it either with a high back or a low one. And you can get it with or without armrests.

To use it as a bed you take hold of the bottom front of the chair and drag it out to full-size bed-length. You then use the zipper of the cushion you normally sit on and you get a mattress.

VALLENTUNA arm-chair-bed with low back. Photo. ©nini.tjader.2016

VALLENTUNA arm-chair-bed with high back. Photo. ©nini.tjader.2016

No, I wouldn’t want to have it in orange…

ASARUM 3-seater sofa-bed Photo: ©nini..tjader.2016

Another solution, if you have the space for it, is a regular sofa-bed. The above one is called ASARUM and is also from IKEA. It is 3-seater, which you actually sit comfortable in. Problem with most sofa-beds otherwise is that they are uncomfortable to sit in.

ASARUM sofa-bed. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Not only is this a 3-seater sofa when not used as a bed, but you can transform to a smallish double-bed, 132 cms wide by dragging out the mattress.

ASARUM sofa-bed. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

It also has a very good price… It is simple with clean lines. I really like it. It has space under the mattress for keeping the bedding for it.

ASARUM is my favorite. But I don’t have the space for it unfortunately. Maybe if I sold my chaise-lounge… (which isn’t long enough to sleep on). But two differently grey sofas in the livingroom would be a bit much, right?