10 Easy Pieces: Modern Daybeds - Remodelista
The hardworking daybed stands ready to serve as sofa, bench, and crash pad for afternoon naps and overnight guests. Here are 10 current favorites from high to low. Designed by Mermelada Estudio of Barcelona, CB2’s Boho Daybed is made of whitewashed rubberwood inset with wicker panels; $1,299 with the pewter-fabric-covered mattress included, and $829 for the frame alone. Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Couch is one of the all-time most referenced pieces of furniture. See his line in Born to the Trade: Michael Felix’s Handmade Furniture. West Elm’s Mid-Century Daybed is made of eucalyptus and comes in white or natural; $899. Gesa Hansen’s oak Remix Nightcouch becomes a single bed with the removal of the back cushion. It’s available in a range of fabrics; Velito gray wool is shown here; €2,690 from Connox. Photograph by Matthew Williams. Day Bed One by UK furniture company Another Country is made of solid European oak and has a coir- and wool-wrapped latex Naturalmat mattress; £2,585 ($4,025.88). A Danish classic by Poul Kjaerholm, the 1957 PK80 Daybed from Fritz Hansen is $20,770 in satin-brushed stainless steel and leather from The Line. Ilse Crawford’s Sinnerlig collection for Ikea–making its debut in Ikea shops in the UK this month and in October in the US–includes this steel and acacia wood daybed with jute webbing; $350. Daniel Heer s Keil Daybed has an oak frame smoked oak and walnut also available and a hand stuffed hand stitched... ...horsehair and wool mattress Fabricated without any metal parts or glue it has a base of leather strapping 11 700 from Matter The Box Daybed by Melbourne, Australia, furniture designer Mark Tuckey is available in oak or a wood that Tuckey calls Oregon, and your choice of upholstery fabric; $6,100 AUD ($4,454 USD). Newly available in black via Goods We Love, Danish engineer Ole Gjerlov Knudsen’s 1962 OGK Safari Daybed has a beech frame, linen cover, and black-dyed sisal roping; inquire about retailers.