The airbed and the pump come out of the hall cupboard the night before someone arrives, and go back the morning after, flat and faintly damp. The Nest Linen 1 Seater Sofa Bed is what ends that arrangement — cream linen, rubberwood legs, and a spring package packed in with the sponge and fibre filling.

Folded, it runs 88cm along the wall and stands 85cm out from it. There is no shallow side to turn against the wall, so the space to measure is the walking room in front rather than the wall itself — and both figures are what it takes with the bed still packed inside.

We do not publish the length once it is opened out. If a tall guest is what this turns on, the Hastings 1 Seater Fold-Out Sofa Bed - Beige gives its folded-out size on the page.