A different starting point
European homes have always had to do more with less space. Paris apartments, Barcelona flats, London terraces. Guests are expected, spare rooms are rare, and the sofa bed has been taken seriously because it has to be.
The FARO and VIENNE come from that tradition. Designed as proper sofas first, the kind you actually want in your living room, and beds second. Not the other way around.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. Most sofa beds are designed around the mechanism. The FARO and VIENNE start with the person using them. What does a good sofa actually feel like to sit in? What does a good night's sleep actually require? And how do you make one piece do both properly?
It is a more demanding brief. The results are worth it.
What sixteen centimetres means
Both the FARO and VIENNE open to a queen-size sleeping width with a 16 centimetre mattress.
Most sofa bed mattresses sit between eight and twelve centimetres. Enough to technically be called a mattress. Not enough for a decent night's sleep. Sixteen centimetres is actual support, the difference between a guest who sleeps and one who endures.
Your guests will not mention this. They will just look forward to coming back.
FARO or VIENNE
The FARO is the larger piece, a full three-seater with genuine scale and the kind of presence that owns a room rather than apologises to it. It opens to a queen-size sleeping width, which means an actual night's sleep rather than something you endure until morning. In Atrani cream it keeps things feeling open and unhurried. In Atrani grey it grounds a space that already has warmth and material interest. Either way, it is a piece that works every day, long before anyone mentions the word guest.
The VIENNE is a little more considered in its footprint, still a proper three-seater, still a queen-size sleeping width when it matters, but suited to rooms where space is genuinely being managed. In Tolfa khaki it sits in the warm earthy register that Australian interiors do so well, grounded without being heavy, the kind of neutral that looks better every year. In Tolfa cream it keeps things light and unhurried.
Both convert with the same mechanism. Both offer the same mattress depth. The question is simply what the room needs.
The guest room most of us do not have
Spare rooms in Australian homes are increasingly doing other jobs. The home office, the kids play space, the gym that never went back after lockdown.
A sofa bed is not a compromise. It is the practical, considered answer to how Australians actually live. Europeans worked this out decades ago. The difference now is that the good ones are finally here.
Buy it for the sofa. Your guests will thank you for the bed.
From the European Lifestyle Collection
The FARO 3-Seater Sofa Bed in Atrani Cream and Atrani Grey. A full three-seater sofa that opens to a queen-size sleeping width with a 16 centimetre mattress. In cream it keeps the room open and light. In grey it anchors it. A piece that works every day and proves its worth when it matters most.
The VIENNE 3-Seater Sofa Bed in Tolfa Cream and Tolfa Khaki. The same queen-size sleeping width and 16 centimetre mattress in a slightly more compact footprint. The khaki sits beautifully in warm earthy Australian interiors. The cream keeps things unhurried. A sofa bed that does not look like one until it needs to.
Both available now at European Lifestyle.