If you flinched at the words “sofa bed,” you’re not alone.
For years, these space-saving hybrids have been written off as a last resort — lumpy, squeaky, uncomfortable contraptions that look like they belong in a student flat, not a curated living room. One Reddit user summed it up with brutal honesty: “Sofa beds are like sporks. They do two jobs… badly.”
But something’s changed.
Across UK homes — particularly in design-savvy, space-conscious cities — a quiet revolution is unfolding. And it’s being led by a small group of furniture makers who’ve decided that compromise is no longer acceptable.
One of them is Furl.
We’ve all been there: a guest arriving, the scramble to make the room look presentable, the awkward apology as you unfold that dreaded sofa bed.
It’s the same story across the UK — even design-conscious homes still treat sofa beds like a necessary evil. Lumpy mattresses. Ugly frames. A night’s sleep that feels like a punishment.
But what if the real problem isn’t sofa beds themselves… ? It’s the way they’ve always been made.
At Furl, we set out to change that — not with gimmicks, but with smart engineering and no-compromise design.
Most sofa beds come with a 7/12cm slab of foam and a metal bar that haunts your spine. Ours don’t.
We fit every Furl sofa bed with a full-depth, pocket-sprung or memory foam mattress — up to 18cm thick — supported by a flat base, with a proper sleeping surface similar to a real bed.
Re-designed in such a way that, whlst the steel bars are still present (they are needed for folding) we positioned them in places you're not goiing to feel them. Combinned with deep luxury mattress options, you'll never know your bed folds into a sofa.
The patented mechanism of a Furl sofa bed is where the magic happens. Unlike a traditional sofa beds, you remove the cushions (throw them somwhere in tht room) open the bed, cringe at the mattress and quiclly cover it up and make it look presentabke! Furl sofa beds open in one single movement without the need to remove any cushions, simple, fast and clutter free.
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Offer your guests the best bed in the house, with a furl sofa bed you can be confident your guests will have a good nights rest. Youll no longer dread that morning conversation asking how they slept, in fact they will probably ask you were you got your sofa bed from!
Opening and closing a Furl sofa bed takes about 3 secods flat! If you sofa bed is in the living space or your home office, returnig the room to its daytime use is effortless, your guests will amost certaily do it for you.
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Excellent and clear help with my choice of sofa bed and the delivery was great.
Very pleased with our Tokyo sofa bed, most comfortable sofa bed we've ever had. The whole experience was good, from the welcome we received from Marcin at the Swiss Cottage showroom and all his help to find us the best option, to Lyubo, who delivered and assembled our sofa. Lyubo was meticulous, courteous and explained everything we needed to know about our new purchase. We're now looking forward to taking delivery of our Max ottoman bed!”
Throughout the process, our experience of Furl has been excellent. This includes sales at the Swiss Cottage branch, the updates during the production process, and the first class delivery and installation. Delivery was rearranged to suit our availability and on the day Fabian and Phil on delivery were on time, knowledgeable, helpful and quick. ”
For years, the sofa bed has been the punchline of family gatherings. The dreaded metal bar in your back. The paper-thin mattress. The awkward frame that feels like it might collapse.
We listened to these complaints. Really listened. The problem was clear. Traditional sofa beds were uncomfortable because they were afterthoughts – sofas first, beds second.
We flipped this thinking entirely.
What if we created a bed that happend to be in a sofa, not a sofa with a bed shoved into it? This fundamental shift changed everything.
Working with expert metal frame makers, we identified the main culprit: poorly positioned steel support bars. These bars are essential for the folding mechanism, but they don't need to ruin your sleep.
We repositioned them where they wouldn't be felt. Simple in concept, revolutionary in execution.
Next came the mattress. Traditional sofa beds use thin, flimsy mattresses that barely deserve the name.
We designed three proper mattresses: pocket sprung, reflex foam, and memory foam. Real mattresses that just happen to fold.
But comfort alone wasn't enough. We needed to solve the usability problem too.
Our breakthrough was creating a mechanism that opens with one hand in three seconds – without removing cushions. This one-hand operation eliminated the need to find storage space for cushions during use.
No more cluttered rooms. No more cushions on the floor.
The aesthetics presented another challenge. Beautiful design means nothing without comfort, but comfort means nothing without beautiful design.
We created sofa beds so visually appealing that most people never suspect there's a bed inside. When sitting, there's no sensation of a mattress folded three times inside a steel frame.
Quality sleep shouldn't be a compromise. This philosophy guides everything we do at Furl.
The lesson extends beyond sofa beds. When industries accept mediocrity as inevitable, the opportunity for revolution appears.
We refused to believe that sofa beds had to be uncomfortable. By relocating support bars and rethinking fundamentals, we transformed a dreaded piece of furniture into something people actually want to sleep on.
Sometimes solving an old problem requires completely reimagining what the product should be.
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