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Discover everything you need to know about sofa bed mattresses, from sizes and thicknesses to types, care and how to choose the right one.

Yes, you can sleep on a sofa bed every night, and done properly it can feel just as comfortable as a normal bed, night after night. The trick is knowing which features actually matter for regular use, since two sofa beds can look nearly identical in a photo, while performing very differently once one of them is doing a full-time job. This guide covers what changes when a sofa bed goes from occasional guest duty to permanent use, whether it's bad for your back, and what to look for if nightly sleeping is the plan from the start. Can you sleep...

Colour is the one sofa decision you can't easily undo once it's in the room, unlike a cushion you can swap out on a whim. What colour sofa you should get depends on two things above all else: what's already in the room and how much you're willing to build the rest of the space around it. This guide covers how to choose a sofa colour that works with your existing walls and flooring, which shades are proving most popular right now, and what changes when the colour is on a sofa bed, rather than a sofa that never has to...

A guide to getting the most from a space-saving sofa bed, how the storage works, which designs suit a small room, and what to check before buying.

Not sure what sofa bed mechanism you need? This guide covers click-clack, pull-out, 2-fold, and 3-fold designs, plus how the locking mechanism works.

Not sure where a corner sofa bed fits best? This guide covers dimensions, small-space layouts, and where it works best in a living room.