Our latest lookbook explores how futons and daybeds can offer a tempting spot for relaxation in different residential interior settings.
By providing a place to sit, lie down or take a nap with a compact footprint, the humble futon, and its more sophisticated cousin the daybed, can be a useful tool for interior designers.
Our selection of projects below includes various ideas for how they can be deployed, from corridors and cosy reading nooks to living-room centrepieces.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring sculptural coffee tables, statement rugs and oversized sofas.

Photography by Shantanu Starick
Longhouse, Australia, by Partners Hill A plushy daybed next to a woodburning stove provides a warm spot to rest in the living room of this sprawling home and restaurant in the Victorian bush, designed by architecture studio Partners Hill.
The base is made from Australian cypress pine, while the cushion's pale blue is intended to invoke summery blue skies even in the depths of winter.
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Photo by Jill Tate
North Bank, UK, by Elliot Architects
A futon languidly festooned with sheepskin rugs, throws and cushions occupies a corner of the double-height living, dining and kitchen area of this barn-like house in north-east England's Tyne Valley designed by Elliot Architects.
It is nestled in the crook of a large square window, providing v...