A sleeper sofa is a space-saving superhero. With one, you can warmly welcome family and friends into your home, for a night or two, even if you don't have an extra room to spare. And here's the thing. Even if you do have a guest bedroom, you can make it more functional with a sleeper sofa. The space can easily work as a home office, a little gym, or a craft room, with a comfy sofa for lounging that transforms into a cozy bed whenever needed.
While sleepers are practical, not all deliver comfort, and some even look too bulky and awkward that you wonder if they're worth investing in at all. But not American Leather's Comfort Sleeper®. Unlike conventional sleepers, the brand offers maximum comfort with its five-inch mattress and the Tiffany 24/7™platform sleep system, which ensures good support, even without springs and bars. It also features a mechanism for easy transition from sofa to bed.
Now, American Leather Comfort Sleepers® come in 16 styles of modern sofas, with a wide range of mattress sizes, from cot to king, including a plethora of upholstery fabrics and other custom details to choose from. You might wonder where to start exploring with all the options. Well, here's a guide to help you.
Measure Your Space for the Best Mattress Size
Before you get swept away by the gorgeous fabrics and all the beautiful ways you can make the Comfort Sleeper® the star of your living space, ensure this piece of furniture you're eyeing actually fits the room.
Measuring Checklist:
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Sofa Dimensions: Note the width, depth, and height when closed.
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Bed Clearance: Comfort Sleepers have zero wall clearance but spread out into 80 inches of sleep surface.
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Walkways and Flow: Consider the foot traffic and any movement around the open sleeper, especially in multi-purpose rooms.
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Entry Points: Ensure doorways, hallways, and elevators can accommodate the sleeper sofa. Comfort Sleepers are designed for standard doorways, but double-checking is always a smart move.
Choose the Mattress Size
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Cot and Twin: Compact size for smaller spaces like the kids' room or a snug corner in the living room. They're also perfect as versatile daybeds.
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Full and Queen: These are the go-to choices for most guest spaces. They comfortably sleep one person with extra wiggle room. A full bed might fit two, but it's roomier with a queen sleeper.
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Queen Plus: This size offers plenty of space to fit two without the larger footprint of a king bed.
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King: The perfect sleeper size for a larger floor space. As a sofa, it also provides a roomy spot for lounging.
American Leather Comfort Sleepers also come in sectionals, with a wide range of sleep surface sizes available.
Curate Your Comfort Sleeper Style
American Leather's Comfort Sleepers have more than a dozen styles. Narrow down your choices by considering a few details, aside from style, which include:
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Leg Height: Low-leg models such as Clara, Bentley, and Olson have a contemporary and minimalist feel, embodying the look of modern sofas that are popular today. High-leg designs like Harris and Sully bring a light and airy elegance, with the bonus of easy floor cleaning.
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Arm Styles: Most Comfort Sleepers feature a track arm style: straight lines and a square form, with a flat top for the armrests. These track arm sofas are available in various widths, including petite and wide options. Some models may include curves, like rolled and sloped arms, which provide a gentle contrast to the straight lines and angles of a sleeper sofa.
Default Details
All of the brand's sleeper sofas are built with the Tiffany 24/7™platform sleep system to ensure a smooth transition from sofa to bed, as well as an even, supported sleep surface, without bars or springs poking at your back. Moreover, the sofa frames are made from kiln-dried hardwood to keep the structure strong, without cracking or warping.
The frame has a lifetime warranty plus a 10-year warranty on the mechanism.
Decide on the Mattress Type
Average sleeper sofas have thin, foldable innerspring mattresses often supported by a pull-out frame with bars, which dig into your back and make you uncomfortable.
Mattress options include HiPerform Foam with a Crypton Performance Fabric cover for easy maintenance and a Cooling Gel mattress that contours to the body and helps regulate temperature.
Note: As a sofa, it's also comfortable due to the high-resiliency, high-density foam cushions sitting on top of the mattress. The cushion typically has two styles, plain or tufted.
Choose the Fabric and Leg Finish
Now, if there's anything American Leather is famous for, aside from crafting high-quality furniture, it's the extensive selection of upholstery options they offer. Except for the Sully Comfort Sleeper, all models have wooden legs, which also come in a range of finish colors.
With hundreds of fabric types available, including other custom details, there are endless possibilities: you can design a sleeper sofa just as you imagine.
Fabric cover options include Crypton®, InsideOut®, and Ultrasuede®, which offer good-quality performance fabrics that don't stain quickly and are relatively easy to maintain.
Note: It's best to find a retailer and get help from the store's design consultant. While American Leather's website is pretty interactive and you can see the options quickly, a consultant can guide you thoroughly. It's also recommended to order fabric swatches rather than solely rely on digital swatches.
Finish with Optional Add-Ons
To complete your sleeper sofa experience, you might want to consider some add-ons. American Leather partnered with two brands, DreamFit for the no-slip silicone corner bands to secure the bedding, and SFERRA for the luxury Italian linens specifically made for Comfort Sleeper®.
Your Comfort Sleeper® Checklist
- Measure your space and determine the mattress size.
- Go for a sofa style that fits your living space aesthetic, in terms of arm shape, leg height, and overall silhouette.
- Choose a mattress type for your comfort and your guests.
- Customize the upholstery and leg finish.
- Consider optional add-ons available.