Sleeper sofa (or ?) for guests

[glgene]

Planning our move to TV (Sanibel). As all future TVers do, we're mapping out each room for furniture selection/placement.

We anticipate having guests at our TV home 4 to 6 weeks a year; the remainder of the time the guest bedroom wouldn't be used for sleeping purposes. So if we have a dedicated bed (to sleep 2) for that room, that room would go heavily underused 46 to 48 weeks a year.

Would a Murphy bed, or sleeper sofa make more sense? We plan to bring our treadmill with us, and it would either go in the guest bedroom or BR 3, which we plan to use as our office/study.

Our TV home model is a Lantana.

If we go the sleeper sofa route, we would want a very comfy one that would look great and serve admirably for sleeping purposes (wouldn't look/feel like a wafer-thin mattress).

Or should we just accept the fact that a stand-alone bed is the best solution, and accept the fact BR 2 would go heavily underutilized the overwhelming part of the time?

Gene & Kathy

[KathieI]

G & K, I brought with me a futon when I moved from LA that has a temperpedic (sp?) mattress on it. It did cost a lot but its well worth it. I very rarely have guests but when I do, they say its the best mattress they have ever slept on. Because its a futon, it doesn't have to fold so many times as a sleeper sofa so its really comfortable when transformed into a bed. Most futons had really thin mattresses so I upgraded mine to get a firmer, more comfortable mattress. It allowed me to use the 3rd bedroom as an office. Good luck!! Can't wait for you guys to get here permanently.

[jblum315]

I have a queen-size sofa bed in one bedroom and twin trundle beds in third. Seems to be flexible enough and works out pretty well. If they hate the sofa bed they won't stay too long LOL

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I stayed with my sister in Boston for a few days last year. She had no extra sleeping space but bought one of those air beds and put it in her living room. It was much more comfortable than any sofa bed, futon or murphy bed that I have ever slept on. The other nice thing about it is that it folds up into a little 18" X 18" little box which, unlike a sofa bed, doesn't take up any room in your second bedroom at all.

[cquick]

Would a Murphy bed, or sleeper sofa make more sense? We plan to bring our treadmill with us, and it would either go in the guest bedroom or BR 3, which we plan to use as our office/study.
Gene & Kathy

I vote for a hotel.

[eweissenbach]

Essential EZ Bed Inflatable Guest Bed - Frontgate (http://www.frontgate.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/essential-ez-bed/157070?redirect=y)

[Barefoot]

Planning our move to TV (Sanibel).
We anticipate having guests at our TV home 4 to 6 weeks a year; the remainder of the time the guest bedroom wouldn't be used for sleeping purposes. Gene & Kathy

We had many unanticipated guests the first few years. You may be surprised how many friends you suddenly acquire! :D

Now we have twin beds in the guest room, and a queen size pull-out sofa in the office. We keep a four-inch queen-size foam pad rolled up in the attic. It makes the pull-out sofa very comfy if we have overflow company.

[KathieI]

Essential EZ Bed Inflatable Guest Bed - Frontgate (http://www.frontgate.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/essential-ez-bed/157070?redirect=y)

this is a really nice inflatable bed. I have a queen size inflatable bed but it lays on the floor and I'm always apologizing to guests that they are sleeping on the floor. But this bed is on legs,,, I wish I had seen it earlier. Nice suggestion!!

[BobnBev]

We have a queen size sleeper sofa in the den. It has a built in air mattress that's very comfortable. You can adjust it for just the right firmness, just like a sleep number bed. Got it at Southern Lifestyles @ Sumter Landing. Tell Sharon Starr you want to look at one just like Bob & Bev purchased. She's a big help. She'll know just which one you're talking about.

[Serenoa]

If you go the sleeper sofa route make dang sure it's one of those that has the dang bar across the middle that strikes most people right in the small of their dang back. Everyone raves about those! LOL

[tag460]

We are looking at a sleeper sofa with a inflatable mattress seems to be comfortable. We also have an inflatable queen bed that stands alone, you can sit on the edge when fully inflated you are not low to the floor.

[pooh]

Essential EZ Bed Inflatable Guest Bed - Frontgate (http://www.frontgate.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/essential-ez-bed/157070?redirect=y)

This is really neat, Ed! I've had a futon, a queen sized bed, a sleep sofa, a king sized bed and now am back to a queen bed in the guest room. Do have two twin inflatable mattresses as well as a queen inflatable....but this EZ bed is so easy! I enjoyed the video presentation, too....:D. Thanks Ed!

[MSG@TV]

If you go the sleeper sofa route make dang sure it's one of those that has the dang bar across the middle that strikes most people right in the small of their dang back. Everyone raves about those! LOL

Boy, can I relate! When my parents retired to Florida (something I said I would never do until I visited TV), we used to sleep on one of those sofa beds and although we were young and with good backs, we couldn't wait to get home to our comfortable king. Now that we're moving to Florida, we have one of those ourselves. We plan on using it in the "office," but because it's not in the best condition, we are likely to replace it after we've spent out money on other things we need. :22yikes:

[MSG@TV]

Planning our move to TV (Sanibel). As all future TVers do, we're mapping out each room for furniture selection/placement.

We anticipate having guests at our TV home 4 to 6 weeks a year; the remainder of the time the guest bedroom wouldn't be used for sleeping purposes. So if we have a dedicated bed (to sleep 2) for that room, that room would go heavily underused 46 to 48 weeks a year.

Would a Murphy bed, or sleeper sofa make more sense? We plan to bring our treadmill with us, and it would either go in the guest bedroom or BR 3, which we plan to use as our office/study.

Our TV home model is a Lantana.

If we go the sleeper sofa route, we would want a very comfy one that would look great and serve admirably for sleeping purposes (wouldn't look/feel like a wafer-thin mattress).

Or should we just accept the fact that a stand-alone bed is the best solution, and accept the fact BR 2 would go heavily underutilized the overwhelming part of the time?

Gene & Kathy

I don't have any suggestions for you, as we're also laying out our furniture on scale drawings to not only determine furniture arrangements, but to decide between two models. However, one advantage you'll have is the Lantana has, IMHO, the largest spare bedrooms of the Designer series; that affords you a number of options.

[rubicon]

glgene: We had a fold-down queen size bed custom built. We spent several weeks with different layouts and decieded to have a conbination dresser drawer/TV unit built . It is high and we placed our flatscreen on it and provided an area to place the control box. We wanted storage space and have three drawers the length of the dresser and two opposite the control box opening.

On the opposite wall we build a combination desk folding queen size bed.

We added two leather recliners. So we have a consolidated a TV/Office/Bedroom. My wife calls it the man cave. We did it in our favorite wood paneling

[glgene]

Essential EZ Bed Inflatable Guest Bed - Frontgate (http://www.frontgate.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/essential-ez-bed/157070?redirect=y)

The EZ Bed video seems convincing. Gracie's husband also mentioned it to me as an alternative. Has anyone here actually used it, or know of someone who did? Would appreciate "real user" feedback (pro and con). Thanks.

Gene & Kathy

Ps: Moving isn't easy. But moving to TV is going to be so-ooo worth it!

[ariel]

I have an EZ bed in a twin size. It is very comfortable and guests like it. Have had it for about 3 years and used multiple times. Wish I had gotten one a little bigger. It is the coolest thing when it "crawls" out and "crawls" in.

[CaptJohn]

You can also put an air mattress on the sofa sleeper to make it more comfortable and would be off the floor as well.

[eweissenbach]

The EZ Bed video seems convincing. Gracie's husband also mentioned it to me as an alternative. Has anyone here actually used it, or know of someone who did? Would appreciate "real user" feedback (pro and con). Thanks.

Gene & Kathy

Ps: Moving isn't easy. But moving to TV is going to be so-ooo worth it!

Check out the comments and the ratings on the website.

[ducati1974]

Just make sure the guest bed is not too comfortable or your guests may stay!

[glgene]

I don't have any suggestions for you, as we're also laying out our furniture on scale drawings to not only determine furniture arrangements, but to decide between two models. However, one advantage you'll have is the Lantana has, IMHO, the largest spare bedrooms of the Designer series; that affords you a number of options.

The BR2 and BR3 sizes are one of the benefits we saw in the Lantana:

The front one measures 15'9" x 11'8" -- that's what we'll use as our office/den. Overlooks the front yard, and has a bay window.

The other bedroom is 12'2" x 12'5" -- that's what we'll use as the combo guest bedroom and exercise room. This is the room where we're deciding on a sleeper sofa, EZ inflatable bed, or whatever. Seems questionable to devote this room to a full, queen-sized bed that would be used only 4-6 weeks a year. We would like to also make this into our exercise room (incl. a treadmill). Got to try and stay healthy!

Any further ideas on how best to utilize BR2 and BR3 would be appreciated. Both have closets.

Gene