Customer Service: Daybed Information

Daybed Information             View our Daybed Collection The Sleep Shop stocks a beautiful selection of wood daybeds and metal daybeds.
Today's daybeds come in a variety of styles from contemporary metal daybeds like our Lincoln Park Daybed, to our very traditional deep cherry wood finish Maison Phillipe Daybed.   A daybed frame generally consists of two daybed arms or sides and a back.  The daybed frame is connected by a daybed linkspring (shown below.)     The daybed linkspring serves two purposes: 1. To connect the two daybed sides and 2. To support the top mattress.  The daybed linkspring acts like a box spring for your daybed mattress.  Other websites offer an "upgraded" linkspring which has canvas in place of the metal links that are used on the daybed linkspring above.  For over 10 years, The Sleep Shop has been selling our daybeds with linkspring like the one above with no problems whatsoever.  In our opinion, the "upgraded" linkspring offered on other sites is an upgrade in price, not necessarily in quality.  Daybeds are a great solution for guest rooms with limited space, home offices that double as guest rooms, and children's rooms.  Any of our daybeds can be used with a pop-up trundle, like the one shown below.  A pop-up trundle is a metal bed on rollers that slides discreetly under the daybed when not in use.  When you need extra sleeping space, simply roll it out, and pop it up. The best part? With the trundle hidden underneath, your >daybed will take approximately the same amount of space as a twin size bed.  But when you have guests, you can pull out the pop-up trundle, and you'll have either two twin size beds or one king size bed for couples!   Daybeds use standard twin size mattresses, which measure approximately 39" X 75".  Daybeds WILL NOT accommodate twin extra long mattresses, which measure 39" X 80".  When selecting a mattress or mattresses for your daybed, there are a few things to consider.  If you are planning to use the daybed as a king size bed (with the pop-up trundle directly beside the daybed), you will need to get two identical mattresses, one for the daybed and one for the pop-up trundle.  This way, your daybed and pop-up trundle will be the same height when the pop-up trundle is next to the daybed.  You will need to limit the height of your daybed mattresses to 8 inches.  If you get mattresses that are thicker than 8 inches, you run the risk of not being able to easily slide the pop-up trundle under the daybed.   If you are planning to use your daybed as two twin size beds, you can select a thicker mattress for the top mattress, but you will still need to limit the bottom mattress to 8 inches for easy fit under the daybed.   At The Sleep Shop, our wooden daybeds come in a variety of fashionable finishes:  Our Seaside daybed has an antique white finish, our Landen Cane Daybed has an antique black painted finish accentuated by cane, and our Maison Rustica Daybed has a beautiful medium oak finish.