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Zoë Phillimore

Can you sleep on a sofa bed every night? This is what to know before considering it

Made up sofa bed with white bedding and bobble rug.

If space or money is tight, you might be wondering if it’s possible to sleep on a sofa bed every night. While it’s probably not the ideal choice for you and your back long term, there are ways you can make this a possibility.

Even the best sofa beds aren’t really designed for every night use, year round. They’re built with occasional use in mind. But this doesn’t always mean once in a blue moon. ‘People use sofa beds as regularly as once or twice a week if they have kids coming to stay who don’t normally live with them, or for people who work different shift patterns and need to sleep undisturbed,’ says Megan Thompson, Buyer for Benson for Beds.

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