Designing a Guest Room

When designing a guest room, the type and style of furniture plays an important role in creating a theme for the room.

If you want a traditional style, then wood furniture would be more desirable than metal furniture. If you want more modern or something less expensive, then metal furniture or even wood composite furniture may work better with your budget. If you want to maximum space and accommodate multiple overnight visitors at one time, then a trundle bed may be the perfect solution.

If your guest room only has space for one bed because of all of the other furniture in the room, by choosing a trundle bed you can add an additional sleeping mattress without taking up more floor space in the room. The trundle bed is hidden underneath the bed when not in use and can pull out when needed. Surprisingly, some established and well known furniture manufacturers offer trundle bed units to some of their beds. So you can furnish the whole room using the same furniture collection from one manufacturer and have the trundle bed option.

Vaughan-Bassett Furniture is one of the largest American manufactures of wood furniture. They have been manufacturing bedroom furniture since 1919 and are based in Bassett, Virginia. Wood solids and wood veneers are used to create a variety of bedroom styles and collections in woods ranging from pine to oak to cherry. A variety of finishes are also offered. You can find a twin bed with trundle or a trundle bunk bed, and a matching dresser, nightstand, desk, and mirror in a variety of styles to match what you are looking for.

Another well known furniture manufacturer is La-Z-Boy Incorporated. Their youth furniture division, called Lea Industries, originated in 1869 and is currently headquartered in High Point, North Carolina. They focus on youth furniture and offer a trundle bed or storage drawer option on many of their beds. The furniture styles are designed specifically for either boys or girls, offering style and function all in one. If you are looking for affordable furniture for a kid's guest room, then the styles offered by Lea may be just what you had in mind.

Some online furniture manufacturers focus exclusively on daybeds or bunk beds, but there are too many to list here. They most likely offer a trundle bed option so you can purchase a daybed with trundle or a bunk bed with trundle. The most popular and common size for any type of trundle bed is a twin size bed with a twin size mattress for the trundle. The trundle may either pull out like an underbed draw or may roll out on a metal frame and pop up from underneath the main bed. The pop up trundle style raises the height of the trundle mattress to match that of the main bed.