Fancy a sleepover? Think outside the box with these modern day sofa beds
Christmas sleepovers call for clever solutions because not many of us have a spare room that we’re not using as an office or something similar.
While sofa beds are the obvious solution there are a few more options available.
Charlie Marshall, Loaf.com founder, says: "Stackable daybeds, trundles and boxed beds are great alternatives.
“Our new Bed in a Bun is a marshmallow-y mattress stashed inside a nifty upholstered footstool. Feet up in the day and relax by night... ideal.”
Like most other specialist retailers Loaf is also offering high-quality sofa beds that are comfortable to sit and sleep on, such as its Chatnap sofa bed.
Biny Hyder, director of Hyder Living, says: “For many years sofa beds were either stylish or comfortable, but rarely both. But manufacturing techniques have evolved considerably, and leading brands are now able to supply a living and sleep solution that delivers both without compromise.”
Demand for sofa beds is up thanks to smaller new-build homes and, as with standard beds, technological advances mean mattresses are more comfortable.
Angela Moran, product strategy director at Silentnight, says: “Our new sofa beds include our unique Geltex comfort layer, which offers bounce-back and breathability and responds to the body as you sleep.”
Vanessa Hurley-Perera, chief product officer at sofa.com, offers this advice: “For the mattress it is the composition that counts not the thickness.
Sprung mattresses are much better than foam and are the type we recommend, while the base should be wooden slatted and not made of anything ‘poly’.”