Purchasing furniture based only on a brand name is not the best way to shop for furniture. Most important is to know how its made and materials used. On a sofa sleeper unit the most important factors are the cushions (whats inside), the mattresses and the metal unit. None of these McCreary Modern makes, as a matter of fact 99% of any other upholstery manufacturers dont make either. They purchase all these from individual suppliers. Then upholster/assemble into a sofa sleeper. C&B doesnt say exactly what they are using, so I would only go with a retailer that can supply this information. And for this price, the seat cushions should be a HR foam of a density of 2.0 or higher.

Well, changing linens won't be that much of an issue, since it might get slept on maybe twice a year....but I do wonder if the back on the Overstock one is just too high. I have now realized that the "day bed" in the inspiration pic isn't even a day bed after all! Just a regular twin bed. I still want a day bed. This may be my late summer/early fall project. This house was reno'd 7 years ago and we just threw stuff in the room without much thought. Now my wheels are turning... of course I'll need a different (taller) table and a new rug and and funky floor lamp or wall sconce...and of course tons of pillows.

Stay far away from West Elm. I ordered the Harris sleeper sofa sectional - after 1 week, it squeaks when it we sit on it, my husband is about 190 lbs. and the cushion he's sat on maybe 3 times is now sinking. The material is also loosening on the chaise after 7 days. To top it off, when I received it, it had 2 tears, one in each cushion and some dirt stains. I'm going to return it.

I don't think I have really slept on a comfortable sleeper sofa and I have slept on many. You always seem to fall to the middle and the springs and mattress hurt your back. I have heard the comfort sleeper by American Leather is better designed but I haven't slept on one. Have you thought about a nice daybed instead? You can decorate with pillows? We have one from World Market that's a light grey boho style - the "antique grey Indonesian". Not sure if you are more into modern style - if you are - then that won't work for you. We also owned a folding sleeper chair/like a narrow twin bed. It was more comfortable than most sleeper sofa's but really ugly and not practical to sit on in a living room. Good luck!