A daybed has to work as a sofa by day and a bed by night, usually in a room with another job to do. This illustrative storage daybed has a painted pine drawer and a slatted base beneath the mattress. It is typically bought for a guest room that doubles as a study.
The buyer is solving a dual-use problem. They want something that looks like seating while the room is an office and sleeps a guest properly when needed. The drawer has to swallow the spare bedding so it is not stored elsewhere. Width is the big decision. At 80 cm it suits a single sleeper and takes less wall; at 160 cm it sleeps two but commits much more of a small room.
Bedroom Configurator demo
Storage Daybed
- Product
- Storage Daybed
- Colour
- White
- Width
- 80 cm
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
The demo shows white, black brown, light grey and sage, with navy and natural pine in the full range. Width is 80 or 160 cm, recorded in the summary. The two widths make very different pieces: the narrower one reads as seating, the wider one as a bed dressed with cushions. A production build would picture both, because the difference is far from a detail.
- Colour: White, Black Brown, Light Grey, Sage
- Width: 80 cm, 160 cm
Why a configurator suits daybeds
Daybeds are hard to sell from photographs because they lead two lives. Most images show one, styled as a sofa, and buyers have to work out the other for themselves. A configurator can switch between day and night views as well as finishes, so the customer sees both modes in the colour they want before committing.
Home offices and guest rooms are often the same small room, so measurements decide the sale. Plan views can show the footprint at each width, the space needed to pull out the drawer, and the walkway left over. With six finishes and two widths, the twelve combinations are easy to present; the planning help is what moves a hesitant buyer.
Daybeds also sit between categories. Retailers list them under beds, sofas or children's furniture, and buyers search under all three. A configurator page that explains the piece clearly, with its storage and both uses, gives the product a strong page of its own. It also cuts the questions sent to customer service.
How a production version would be built
I would build this with two image states per finish, both from the same camera. One is a day view with cushions along the back, the other a night view made up as a bed. The drawer is shown open in a third view. Width needs its own images here, because 80 and 160 cm look like different products. The retailer supplies finishes, widths, the mattress size for each, drawer dimensions and lead times. Orders go to the basket with a mattress and cushions as optional add-ons. There is a related example in my seating configurator demo.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Width choices: 2
- Combinations to support: 6 × 2 = 12
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 36
- Images if widths can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 24
- Data each of the 12 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about daybed configurators
Can the configurator show the daybed both as a sofa and as a bed?
Yes. A day and night toggle switches between the two styled views in the chosen finish. Both are shot or rendered from the same camera, so the change is easy to follow. It answers the question most daybed buyers have, which is how the piece will look when nobody is sleeping on it.
Can buyers add a mattress and cushions in the same order?
It can. The tool suggests the correct mattress for the chosen width and offers cushion sets as add-ons, each with its own fabric if you sell several. The summary lists every item. Buyers get a complete daybed in one order instead of hunting separately for a mattress that fits.
How do you show that 80 and 160 cm are very different pieces?
With separate images and a plan view. The two widths change the proportion too much for one image to represent both honestly. A plan drawing with a desk and chair alongside shows how much of a small room each takes. Buyers can then choose the size that suits the room's main use.
What does the configurator need from us to get started?
Product images or 3D models, your finishes and widths, mattress sizes, dimensions and lead times, plus where orders should go. If consistent images do not exist yet, I can advise on photography or produce renders. My product data guide lists what to gather before we begin.
More bed configurator demos
A configurator for your daybeds
This demo uses an illustrative product. If you sell daybeds, I can build the same experience around your own range, photography and ordering process, connected to Shopify, WooCommerce or a quote workflow. I reply to enquiries within two UK working days.