When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Growing up, my parents had a pull-out sofa bed that my friends and I used during sleepovers. It was ...

Growing up, my parents had a pull-out sofa bed that my friends and I used during sleepovers. It was the kind with a metal bed frame and a super thin foldable mattress that had the thickness of a ...

'To visualise how the sofa bed will sit within your space, I find that it's useful to lay out pieces of paper in the shape of ...

A sofa bed’s conversion mechanism determines what kind of mattress it can contain. Metal pull-out mattresses are typically thinner, between 3.5 and 5 inches, since they have to be folded three ...

This comfortable twin pull-out sleeper sofa is perfect for hosting guests in a small space. Made with foam-filled cushions, it turns into a very firm bed and back into mid-century modern seating ...

With an A-frame sofa bed, the back of your sofa becomes your sleeping space. Pull the whole sofa toward you and push the back out to reveal a flat bed. As you need to pull it right out to reveal the ...

Yes, sleeper sofas are still a thing—but if a creaky contraption with lumpy springs comes to mind, then your idea of one is as dusty as the pull-out mattress in your memory. Admittedly, I was ...

Then, I made sure each sofa bed and sleeper met the following criteria: a) that it was indeed a sleeper sofa with a mattress or a pull-out sofa bed (not a futon), b) that the cushions were soft ...

You pull the under-bed mattress out then lift it to turn it into a double bed. Credit: Natalie Chui At the moment, the sofa only comes in two colours; cream or dark grey.