… starring the best sofa bed ever.
Oh, it’s a teeny tiny little budget makeover for a tiny little office turned guest room. They didn’t need a total transformation, and we wanted to spend very little as we already had redone a girls room, boys room, master bedroom, and family room. So this room wasn’t a huge priority budget-wise, but they did need a place for guests to stay. They used the office as an office one day a week but ultimately it needed to be way more functional.
And after …
Why yes, I did gift them a puppy for their makeover. We always try to include some sort of newborn animal to really conjure up the “grateful tears.” (Kidding.)
But, first thing first: we brought in this vintage sofa bed. Let’s talk about sofa beds for a second, shall we?
Finding an attractive and comfortable sofa bed is like finding meaning in a Pauly Shore movie … WAIT, more like finding meaning in a Carrot Top prop comedy act. It’s basically magic when you do. So let me tell you a secret about sofa beds: Many sofas can be turned into sofa beds for around $1, 000 IF they are boxy enough to hold the mechanism inside. I know that’s not cheap and I don’t know the rules of sizing, but when you are desperate for an attractive pullout sofa, you’ll do anything. So here’s what we did:
Orlando and I bought this sofa at goodwill for $100 when it was HIDEOUS (read Orlando’s blog post about it). We loved the simple modern shape, with the slim arms PLUS the fact that there were sofa bed innards inside. But obviously you don’t want to sleep on a nasty 1954 mattress, so we had the mechanism and mattress totally replaced for $700. In fact, if you buy a boxy enough sofa, you can have it retrofitted and turned INTO a sofa bed, but I don’t know the rule about it or anything (and I asked my upholsterer and due to a language barrier I didn’t really get the answer). Orlando wrote about this sofa bed on his blog, HERE. I will say this, the foam that was put on top was really firm, so make sure you ask for the foam to be wrapped in feather or down (same thing? not sure) so it’s not crazy hard and you can properly cuddle with your cat.
Resources: Sconce from OneFortyThree, rug from RugsUSA, pouf is vintage, gold stool from Target, Roman shades from Country Curtains, painting from the flea market and then framed.
Meanwhile on the other side of the room we put a smaller scale desk against the wall and added a classic Bertoia desk chair. Â They stored the filing cabinets in the basement and added one on the other side of the sofa.
Sorry, we didn’t take more photos, Zeke and I were chasing the light (oh, such photo terms abound) and so I only had time to get in these two pics, but I think they capture how happy, fun, cozy, open, and wildly more functional it became.
Thoughts? Feelings? Inner desires?
Resources: Desk from West Elm, chair from H.D. Buttercup, lamp from H.D. Buttercup, art print from Etsy, blue tray from Crate and Barrel, yellow and white stripe from CB2. Â
Shoot produced/styled/art directed by me, shot by the wonderful Zeke Reulas.
For more of the Silver Lake Hills Home: Master Bath Reveal |Â Bath Intro | Living Room | Living Room Progress | Kitchen Reveal | Guest Room | Master Bedroom | Boys Room | Tween Bedroom