The average home will either have one guest bedroom, which is normally used these days for a home/office, and will still at times have a bed in the room for overnight guests. The situation always seems to arise where there will be a need for one more bed for visitors in your home. The addition of an ottoman sleeper bed in your living or great room can accommodate one more person with a twin sized foldout cot type bed. The popularity of this morphing mini sleeper stool is starting to catch on, but has been around for decades.

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There are actually twin and double sized ottoman beds available, and the latter is used usually in conjunction with a large sectional couch. They are not only great for reclining and putting your feet up when relaxing, but can be used as a backless love seat too. Arranging a double bed ottoman against a wall with throw pillows as a backrest will look inviting, and at the same time have standby sleeping arrangement ready to go in a moment's notice. As with all sleeper conversion furnishings, the mattresses tend be a little to thin for a real comfortable nights sleep, and these can be upgraded, or replace with an air mattress.

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The most expensive and sought after units are the leather ottoman beds, and the Horchow furniture retailer has one of the best line-ups of these unique sleeping arrangements. However, be warned as the Old Hickory ottoman bed will run you close to three thousand dollars, plus shipping. These are specifically made to order, and will take about one month to six weeks for delivery. Shipping and handling will add another five to six hundred dollars to the final price tag. There are affordable solutions for just about any household furniture budget, and they will generally start at the three hundred-price point.

People have been entranced with hide-a-bed furniture for over a century, and the Murphy bed was one of the first instances to add multiple functions to one piece of furniture. This type of bedding was very popular in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s in efficiency apartments in New York, as you could unfold your bed for sleep at night, and the let it retract into the wall during the day for additional living and eating space. Some units even had a two-seat table attached to the outside of the unit to be used for dining or working when not in it sleeping mode.

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