Like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, sofabeds put two wonderful things into one even awesomer package. People like sitting, and people like sleeping—it’s the perfect combo. So how could a sofabed possibly ever be improved? With an electric mechanism that automatically unfolds and retracts the mattress, with the cushions still attached.
Unless you grew up to become an architect, you’re probably wondering if you wasted your toddler years playing with blocks when you could’ve been learning more valuable skills. But worry not—thanks to designer Scott Jones, anyone can put their longstanding block skills to good use with this lovely modular Bloc’d Sofa, which can be rearranged into countless seating configurations.
Every sofa doubles as a black hole that sucks and traps the pocket contents of all who dare sit on it. But when the TV remote goes missing in a room accented with this lovely Tri-Folds sofa by Camille Paillard, the odds are pretty good that it’s just hiding inside one of its folded pockets.
Need to stash a few extra seats in your place? You could opt for folding chairs like a rube, or you could hang that spare seating on your wall. More »
A big comfy couch is fine when you know who you’re cozying up to. But when it’s all strangers squeezed together on a sofa, you’re probably more inclined to just stand. Unless it’s Matali Crasset’s Concentré De Vie which features removable cushions that double as single seats. More »
Eating dinner off a TV tray is an awkward experience because it and your sofa were designed separately, preventing them from working together in harmony. And that’s an oversight that Merely’s Marcin Wielgosz has solved with this brilliant Hocky seating collection featuring custom designed end tables that slot into sofas and loungers. More »
You Don’t Need an Engineering Degree To Transform This Sofa Bed [Furniture]
Posted in: Today's Chili Your typical pull-out sofabed is a marvel of modern engineering, but with all those interconnected parts and a mattress that’s designed to fold away, they’re not exactly the epitome of comfort. At least not compared to Guido Rosati’s brilliantly simple Scoop sofabed which simply opens and closes like a giant pair of scissors. More »