Check out this simple design for a built-in daybed in a shabin, tiny home, or cabin.

If you have a tiny house, bunkie, or shabin, then space is everything. These built-in daybeds serve so many purposes:
- Storage: They have a huge amount of storage space underneath. We store practically everything there; bedding, cooking supplies, tools and paint, toys and so much more.
- Sitting: Since our shabin is only 8 feet wide, the side-by-side daybeds are ideal living room seating. We can even fit a folding table between the benches, perfect for playing a board game.
- Sleeping: Our shabin is so tiny, the daybeds aren’t exactly single-bed sized. However, they are fine for anyone sleeping in a sleeping bag, particularly if you’re a child.
How to make a built-in daybed
The key to our design was to have the daybeds permanently anchored to the wall and floor. This ensured that they were strong and sturdy, without many anchor points.
The instructions do not provide specific measurements since the size of the daybed will depend on your space and layout. We anchored our supports directly to the studs, so the spacing of the legs was based on that. We also had to make one daybed shorter than the other to accommodate the window.
The long daybed was 29-inches by 75-inches, and the shorter bed was 67-inches long. Standard seating height is 18-inches, so we made the beds 15-inches high, then topped them with a 3-inch latex mattress. We chose latex because it’s durable, long-lasting, and eco-friendly. Since we needed to have the mattresses custom-made and upholstered, the cost difference between latex and foam wasn’t the biggest part of the expense.
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