If you have a daybed or need one, you may be wondering how in the world you are going to make it look nice sitting in your loft or in your living room. A daybed has a function of providing more than one benefit. For example, it needs to serve as a bed for those night time hours or when guests come over. But, it may also need to double as a location for people to sit and enjoy themselves. Can you use the same piece of furniture for each of these needs? You can if you take the time to dress them up correctly.
Daybed Qualities To Consider
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One thing to consider when purchasing a daybed is the size that it is. Most of the time, they are smaller than the size of a standard bed, in length. They may be too small for some that need a larger sized bed. In addition, you want them to fit nicely in the area that you have for them. Since you can purchase various sized daybeds, you'll want to purchase the one that fills your needs in these areas.
Now, consider the quality of the bed that you are purchasing. Since it will be doing double duty, it is important to take into consideration the strength and firmness of the mattress. It should be a firm mattress, not a pillow top and definitely not a soft mattress. Otherwise, when someone sits on it, they will sink into it, which doesn't give the correct appeal to a daybed during the day. Look for a well built, sturdy frame, too, as that will help to make it fit well with the other furniture and give the same type of stability that's important with all furniture that's to be used as a couch or chair.
Dress It Up
Now, when it comes time to convert your daybed into a couch or sofa like piece of furniture, you'll want to take into consideration several key things. First, you want to provide some backing for the individual to rest on. Start with several large, hard pillows. These will provide for the stability that the back of a couch can have. If you can't find the right color or textures, you can easily make covers that will slip over them and completely change them.
With these in place, you can work on improving the area between the pillows and the person's back. Because this is a daybed, that area will be larger and therefore you'll need a lot of little pillows to fill it in. One consideration is a well chosen body pillow that will run the length of the daybed. This gives the added support that is required, but also fills in the space nicely, without being too obvious. Again, cover it as necessary.
Finally, top your daybed with decorative pillows and make sure that there is a nice bed skirt on it, covering up the space between the floor and the bed. When well made like this, a daybed can be an easy fit into any living space.
