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Anyone familiar with daybeds?

MoodyBlues

MoodyBlues

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I need to buy a daybed, and I have my eye on a particular model (the white/frost version), but I'm absolutely LOST when it comes to all the choices that are available. :confused: I used to work at a furniture store, but I was upstairs in my office programming, not working the merchandise! :)

Here's what I want:

- The actual daybed, i.e., the white, wooden furniture thing that appears in the picture.

- The ability to use it as a twin bed/sofa.

- Preferably, the ability to use it as one large bed with two twin mattresses side by side (level with each other); less preferably, as two uneven twins.

I'm lost when seeing additional parts like "link spring," "pop-up trundle," "roll-out trundle," "front panel & roll out", etc. WHAT THE HECK do I need so I get what I want? I know I'll need two twin mattresses, but that's as far as I get.
 
I see what you mean - confusing :eek:

A quick google suggests you need a pop-up trundle if you want the mattresses to be at the same level. The roll out one appear to mean you get the two mattresses at different heights.

Link spring I do know about - it's how the mattresses are made. Basically, the springs in the mattress are linked - I know: duh! The alternative is pocket spring where each spring is in a separate fabric pocket.

The advantage of pocket springs are that when something heavy presses on one spring, the adjacent springs aren't dragged down with it. This is mostly a benefit for 2 person mattresses where one person is a lot heavier than the other - the smaller person doesn't end up sliding down the mattress into the heavier person :D

The disadvantage of pocket spring is they tend to be quite a lot more expensive, particularly when you get the ones with like 4,000 springs which are like $1,600 (for a kingsize) in the UK. Not sure if they're worth the extra expense for the single mattresses on a day bed.
 
breadnatty08 said:
Ikea is your friend. :)
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No it ******* ain't! It's my mortal enemy!

As a guy, you want to go direct to what you're after, then direct to the till, then directly out. This makes Ikea (=Swedish for out-of-stock) the most frustrating store in the history of man :mad: - and consequently, the most hated store by pretty much every man in history.

Plus, they're totally incompetent.

In the pre-interweb days, I drove an hour and a half across town to buy a bed from them that they had assured me was in stock when I called. Got there. You guessed it: no bed. So I ordered it. Waited months. Got a call to say it had arrived. Drove 90 minutes to collect. No stock. Again. Waited another couple of weeks. Got another call, drove another 90 minutes. They had a piece of shelving for me :eek:

I wound up going into a shop while visiting in friend in Belgium and ordering an entire bedroom suite from there - because it was easier. As well as the furniture being better looking, better quality and much the same price - including international delivery.

One minor downside: the (2.2m) wardrobe, vanity unit, bed and bed-side tables arrived flatpacked. The complete assembly instructions read, in Dutch: "assemble first, then hang doors" :D

Amaingly, it all stayed up for around 15 years, most of that with the house rented out.
 
Okay okay. I agree/disagree. :)
Ikea is great for us since it's convenient (there's a store in College Park, not far from here). Most of their stuff is fine. I never recommend moving it (to a new house/apartment). It'll just fall apart. My old dresser was a POS from them and it really did fall apart. The new one is working out fine. Most of our furniture in our apartment is from there, and it serves a purpose (mostly for $). It's also great for small spaces which ours definitely is. ;)
In regards to assembly, ah it's usually fun. The biggest project I had was my computer desk. I think it was ~45 steps. I screwed up a couple things here and there. Cursed at it several times. Had a drink and finished it. It's a great desk. :D
And again, sorry MoodyBlues for totally going OT in your thread. :o
 
Link spring means it HAS springs. We had one that had a heavy duty some kind of canvas mattress holder.

You usually wind up sitting too far back for a daybed to be comfortable as a sofa, and you need special linens with the daybed needing a split skirt top and bottom.

A futon can work better as a sofa, but it isn't that comfortable as a bed.

Your best bet would be to find some kind of a cot with springs, and add really large sofa type pillows to the back if you only need a single bed.

I had just what you wanted years ago. The back of the sofabed was a spring, which you could let down and turn the bed into a double. When used as a sofa, large cushions in the back.

I have a trundle, and it needs space between the top of the mattress and the frame for the trundle to slide out. It's old, newer ones might be better.
 
zuben el genub said:
Link spring means it HAS springs
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That's a bit different to the UK, then. A link spring is where the vertical springs are kept in place by horizontal metal struts or springs, like this:

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While in pocket sprung the springs are not physically connected but held in place by fabric pockets, like this:

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Why do I only see "link spring" as a component? Depending on the site I'm on, and which configuration of the bed I'm looking at, some will say "free link spring" (not "free link spring mattress") and others will offer "link spring" at additional cost. I don't see any reference on any of them to "pocket spring" mattress or anything with the term "pocket spring."

And what about this front panel & roll out? If I don't buy that, will I be left with a gaping hole in the front of the daybed? :confused:
 
Futon mattresses have come a long way and seem like they are more practical than a daybed.
 
Gmash said:
Futon mattresses have come a long way and seem like they are more practical than a daybed.
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I debated getting a futon instead, but most of the ones I've seen just didn't do anything for me. I like the look of the daybed I'm planning to buy, and think I'd be happier with the more substantial look of it than a futon.
 
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