Sofa beds for studios

Furnishing a studio apartments is often a challenge for the architect.
You have to make easy all the activities that generally take place in a house, but in a small area.

In this case, it becomes very useful to resort to furniture that cater to more features.
The typical example of multifunctional furniture is the sofa bed, which has become an indispensable element for a one room apartment. In fact, the measures usually available in a studio do not allow you to put in the same room a sofa and a bed.

Design evolution of sofa beds

The sofa bed furniture is a very requested item and almost all manufacturers of sofas produce at least one model. During the last years I have noticed and appreciated an evolution in the design of the sofa beds. It first started with designing quality sofa beds. I speak especially about the ergonomic profile, given that the design tries in many cases to prevent the onset of diseases from wrong posture, and also under the profile of practicality, because the aim is to simplify as much as possible the movements for the change of conformation from sofa to bed and sofa bed.

I have seen an evolution from the point of view of aesthetics and how to use this piece of forniture. Being a piece of forniture visible to anyone entering the house, it is normal to look for something beyond the functional use, something that also has the need to enhance its small living environment.

I also mentioned a change in the mode of use of the sofa bed. Indeed, there are some manufacturers that do not involve only the two traditional shapes (sofa or bed), but also take into account additional structures, such as the chaise longue. In this case, the sofa bed becomes a truly multifunctional furniture, able to adapt to different activities of our daily lives: for reading, chatting with a guest or watching TV you can use the sofa shape, the chaise longue shape to relax and the bed one to sleep. There are some sofa beds that introduce other accessories such as small o big size tables.

The choice of the sofa bed can therefore become a key moment for the furnishing of a studio; from this choice can depend all the rest of the furniture. Let us now give some examples of innovative sofa beds that are on the market, so as to better understand what has been described so far.

Practical sofa beds for studios

We first talked about companies that design practical sofa beds. Here we see Easy Sleep designed by Luca Scacchetti for Paolo Castelli SpA. The idea of this sofa bed comes from the image of a hand that opens and closes. With the same simple gesture of the hand, the sofa bed takes two positions: closed for the day and open for the night. Some side buttons with elastics ensure the closed position. The same buttons then become a useful anchor for fixing the bed sheets specifically designed for this piece of forniture.

The padding is made of high density polyurethane, a material that according to the manufacturer ensures comfort both in the sitting and in the bed formula (and here we refer back to what we were saying about ergonomics). The coating is, like in most traditional sofas, removable and has a wide variety of fabrics and colors to choose from.

Different shapes sofa beds for studios

For people who like trying different ways of living the sofa bed, there is for example Papillon, designed by the Design Centre for Bonaldo .




The two backrests of the sofa bed can both recline and take on different configurations: sofa, chaise longue and bed.




This is therefore an example of that evolution to which I referred before in how to use a sofa bed. You can in fact choose the shape that most suits you to relax from many possibilities, combining the simplicity of the transition from one shape to another.

Multipurpose sofa beds for studios

I finally find interesting to mention an example of a sofa bed that, in addition to fulfilling the functions of seat and bed, also offers additional items of furniture for a studio. It's Happy Room by Futura, a company that produces many models of convertible sofas and armchairs.

Happy Room converts the sofa bed in the main piece of furniture in the studio, because it is also equipped with a pull-out table behind the back of the sofa and lower extractable side coffee tables on the armrests. The concept of sofa bed spreads therefore, into multi-functionality.