Ottoman bed: a useful gift from the East (32 photos)

The attribute from the tales of “A Thousand and One Nights,” the embodiment of the bliss of the East, the ottoman enriched the homes of many countries of the world. Among Turkic-speaking peoples, this word means “board”. Residents of Ancient Persia called the Ottoman. Today it has been modified, but the base remains the same.

What is an ottoman?

The traditional ottoman is a low wide sofa without armrests, with a backrest of small height. It does not fold out like a classic prototype. Urgent needs and demands have modernized the design and construction of this furniture.

In its pure form, such luxury is allowed only by the owners of spacious multi-room apartments. For most, this is an ottoman bed, but they use it both as a bench, and for sleeping, and as a chest. Her seat rises, and under it niches for things are arranged.

Advantages over other furniture

The ottoman combines the best of traditional beds and sofas, therefore, it has the advantages of both pieces of furniture:

• Saving. The purchase of an ottoman is beneficial from several perspectives. The room is freed up, which is always taken into account for most small-sized apartments. An ottoman is two-in-one furniture: a bed for sleeping and a sofa for gatherings at any time of the day. In addition, no need to splurge on an extra piece of furniture.
• Ergonomics. Absolutely flat surface, without joints or seams that most models of sofas have. This provides a more comfortable sleep and relaxation.
• Style. Fits into any room design. The ottoman with upholstery made of silk or a similar fabric adds to the room the aroma of the East and luxury, the tapestry coating gives solidity.
• Universality. It can be safely placed in any room, up to the kitchen, and compliance with sanitary standards will easily provide the appropriate upholstery material.
• Compactness. The absence of backs and armrests makes the couch less overall. It does not take up as much space as a familiar sofa; it looks elegant.
• It is not surprising that it is the ottoman, complete with an orthopedic mattress, that more and more consumers, especially young ones, choose.

The room in which it is located does not look like a bedroom at all. Even if she has white upholstery plus a frame of the same color. However, she sleeps on her no worse than on the bed.

Sofa or bed?

There are many varieties of ottomans on the market. Furniture is installed along the wall or in the corner. It may or may not have armrests.

In the classic ottoman, the back is rather low, but today's double model makes it a full-length headboard.

An ottoman designed for sleeping is one or two. The choice depends on the requests of the owner, purpose, dimensions of the room.

What will it look more like - a bed or a sofa - is determined by the design. Similarity to the bed will give a soft back and headboard on the smaller side. The back, equipped on the larger side, will make the ottoman similar to a sofa. In both cases, the design eliminates the armrests.

Ottoman for every taste

Designers and furniture makers created models for different needs, preferences and budgets.

Corner

The corner ottoman bed looks more like a sofa, so it is placed in the kitchen, living room, public areas. The main thing is to find a suitable upholstery.

The wooden structure involves two backs, of which the smaller is located on the left or on the right, so before purchasing it is necessary to accurately determine the place where it will be installed. Although there are models with mobile segments that are easy to reinstall.

An ottoman with a soft back adjacent to the wall provides additional comfort and protects the wall covering from abrasion.

The angular configuration is chosen for small rooms - it usually occupies empty sections of the room and visually enlarges the space.

With drawers

Significantly increases the functionality of this piece of furniture the presence of a box under the bed. Ottoman with boxes for linen is especially in demand for small-sized apartments, where the problem of storage of things is always present. A drawer can be one large, although it is much better to have several pull-out sections. They are more convenient to use, because everything is easily put forward, and it’s easier to keep things in order. Boxes can perform an aesthetic function as an independent element of decor, but more often they are made of the same material as the ottoman frame, so they are not noticeable visually.

With withdrawable part

The importance of a spacious left-luggage office falls short of the need for another place to sleep. The ottoman with a roll-out bed decides the issue. That is, instead of boxes, the design provides for an additional mattress on the frame. Thus, two berths are formed located at different levels. Sliding models are a good solution for a child’s private room or in case guests arrive.

With hoist

How long and efficiently an ottoman with a lifting mechanism will last, how convenient it will be, depends on its type. It can be a spring design or gas shock absorbers. Springs are not ready for large constant loads, this is a budget option.

Gas-filled shock absorbers are more convenient, withstand a significant mass. Furniture with such a mechanism is not cheap, so you should carefully read the instructions when choosing. It indicates the maximum allowable loads and features of the operation of the mechanism.

Children's ottoman

The endless assortment offered by the furniture industry allows you to easily choose exactly what suits the child. You can always find a model that meets the conditions and norms necessary for children's furniture.

Features

The modern children's ottoman bed resembles a small-sized sofa of an appropriate design, comfortable for children and adolescents. For the girl, the princess’s light bed is suitable: an ottoman with white not only upholstery, but the entire frame. The boy will appreciate the bright ottoman in the form of a car.

A variety of ottomans such as a sofa is especially appropriate for children. This is a wide sofa with a back and armrests. He does not have potentially traumatic legs, which is not only convenient, but also creates additional safety for children.

If the child does not have his own room, a folding model is suitable. When assembled, it looks like a large chair and does not violate the interior of the room.

Roll-out ottoman is convenient for families with weather children. It is much safer than the two-story model, while taking up space as a single ottoman bed.

What to consider when choosing?

Children grow constantly, especially during sleep. To make their posture beautiful, the ottoman should be with an orthopedic mattress and meet sanitary requirements:

• The berth is necessarily continuous and moderately hard: sleeping on a soft bed leads to the formation of incorrect posture in the child, so the best option is an orthopedic bed with a block of springs and polyurethane foam as a filler. This material stably holds its shape for a long time.
• A bed for children needs a safe: all corners are rounded, and the folding model is not able to fold spontaneously and injure the baby.
• Upholstery is acceptable hypoallergenic and well repulsive dust.
• Such furniture quickly becomes dirty, so it is worth buying removable covers for the ottoman.
• For the baby you need an ottoman with a side that insures against falling.
• The mechanism for transforming a bed in a room for a teenager should not be too complicated or heavy to be handled independently.

It is advisable to buy an ottoman in the presence of a child so that he, and not only parents, like the chosen model. Of course, it should be bright, joyful. A practical model containing drawers: adult cabinets are released, and the child quietly learns to maintain order in personal belongings and toys.

With orthopedic mattress

This option for a berth is chosen both as a therapeutic and as a preventive one. A well-chosen mattress makes the standard ottoman much more comfortable.

However, some special models are not provided and are selected as for a regular bed, only with the desired degree of elasticity.

An ottoman bed with a mattress of the necessary level of stiffness is selected taking into account the mass, state of health, age and other personal characteristics of a person.

So, children's or teenage beds provide for the presence of hard mattresses. For the elderly, it is better to choose a model with an orthopedic mattress softer.

Mattresses are also divided into spring and springless. A good mattress with self-contained springs can adapt to the bends of the body as much as possible. The most popular type of springless design is the polyurethane model. This material is different in density, and the larger it is, the higher the quality.

You will have to pay even more for a latex mattress, but these costs are justified: the material gives the greatest orthopedic result, does not provoke the occurrence of allergies, repels moisture, and lasts longer. On such a bed a healthy sleep is guaranteed.

If it was not possible to find the desired option from all the abundance offered, the masters will fulfill an individual order taking into account the wishes and all the parameters.

Material

The purpose of the ottoman as a piece of furniture is to serve as a place of sleep or rest, therefore it is advisable to approach the choice of material for it with all responsibility.

Frame

The skeleton is made of materials of different cost. The budget price means the use of chipboard with laminate for different types of wood. The ottoman bed made of solid wood will cost much more. Usually it is a pine or beech. Array products from the standpoint of environmental safety are more preferable because they practically do not emit hazardous substances. Furniture, for example, from pine well resists fungus, mold, it is durable and lasts a long time.

In order for the ottoman to cope with significant loads, its frame and frame are made of high quality wood, and the thickness of the wood is required at least half a meter.

Upholstery

Intensive use of the ottoman bed makes a strong coating a must. Upholstery fabric is better to take with volumetric ornament: it is not so deformed. The pattern is chosen at will or may be absent altogether, but reliable material is required in any design.

During the upholstery of the ottoman, the fabric is noticeably pulled, so you need to carefully evaluate the quality: the stitch is even, with stitches of the same length, no marks from needles are observed on the surface.

The aristocratic option is a couch with silk upholstery, but this luxury is more suitable for the boudoir and is not intended for frequent use or heavy loads, although the ottoman with an upholstery made of expensive white fabric looks chic.

A removable cover will greatly facilitate upholstery care. It is worth investing in it, because maintaining it in proper form is much easier than stationary upholstery.