sofa-beds

Here you find blogs covering our range of sofa-beds, futon mattresses and futon covers. Our sofa-beds collection includes the Fiji, Tokyo, Panama and Cuba sofa-beds.

mid century style Hoxton bed in Walnut wood

After the Second World War, manufacturers, designers, craftspeople and the general public, started to look for something new. Something brighter, something modern. During this time, people sought homes and homewares that suggested a new future; a break away from what had gone before. Out of America and the Bauhaus movement […]

kyoto day bed futon base

Cosy Compact The Cosy Compact Sofa Bed is a great, simple Sofa bed option, giving you the flexibility of a space saving sofa which pulls out into a full 80x200cm, 140x200cm, 160x200cm or 180x200cm sized bed.The fabric base comes in in a range of colours to suit your style.This sofa […]

Panama solid wood futon sofa bed showing futon with a charcoal wool removable cover

Futons and Sofa Bed Bases have come a long way from the days of staying on your auntie’s old pull out mattress or crashing on a friend’s cheap futon on the floor after a night out. Natural Bed Company have been making futon mattresses for over 30 years and we […]

Black Lotus Walnut Cuba sofa-bed with wool loose cover

The Cuba sofa bed is the most luxurious option in our futon sofa-bed collection that also includes the Fiji, Tokyo and Panama bases. Available in both solid oak and walnut as standard, with our 7 layer futon and sprung beech slats added for extra comfort, the Cuba sofa bed works […]

guest bedroom styles - Tao wooden bed frame with a colourful painted headboard

With summer just around the corner, we’ve seen an increase in enquiries from customers looking to update the beds in their holiday lets and holiday homes.

Walnut shaker style storage units

Due to the popularity of our Black Lotus solid oak bedroom storage we have decided to add a range of walnut bedroom furniture to the Black Lotus Collection.

Black Lotus Cube solid oak contemporary bedroom storage furniture collection

We make all our beds (and most of our bedside tables) in our Sheffield workshops, but unfortunately we don’t have the space or capacity to make our designs for chests of drawers and other bedroom furniture too. We tried to find someone in the UK who would make to our […]

The Panama Sofa Bed in Oak supplied with futon mattress for sitting and sleeping

Over the last couple of months here at Natural Bed Company, we’ve noticed a dramatic increase in orders of our Panama sofa bed base, so now seems like the perfect opportunity to take a look at the reasons for its popularity. Looking at the Panama, it’s easy to see why […]

Oak Panama futon sofa bed with wool floral cover. Shown with Cube side table.

We no longer make our own sofa beds as listed in this blog post. We have left this post here for reference or information if you own one of our existing designs, but we now have a whole new range. You can find this here on our website. Our sofa […]