[spoonjim]

This stuff looks really cool in videos but as someone who owns some folding / roll-out furniture it's fucking annoying as hell. You have to have absolutely nothing in a room to make folding furniture work. Otherwise you have one little thing out and now it's in the way.

[Cthulhu_]

It's a bit like living in a hotel, I feel. More of a place to sleep than a place to live. And for some people, that's just fine - I can see setups like this really work for people who spend their day at work and their spare time out as well. Might work for e.g. airbnb's, but you'll want something cheaper and more idiot / roughhousing proof for that purpose. And expats or contractors who need to be put up in an apartment for, idk, up to a year.

It's no longer viable if there's more than one person in a place like this though.

[spoonjim]

Yeah we use the folding furniture as a way to make the office a guest bedroom. So the few times a year we need it, I have to put most of the office junk into a trash bag and drag it into the garage so I can unfold the bed.

[mekkkkkk]

I can imagine. It feels like these transformable living solutions require you to adopt an ultra-minimalist approach to everything. Can't have a stray plant or fuzzy carpet. You have to obey the intricacies of the furniture.

In some situations and for some people I guess it pays off. Seems like a hassle to me.

[ljm]

It would quickly turn to hell if depression or burnout set in and you didn't have the energy to keep the place perfectly free of clutter. I suppose if you could afford a place with that kind of furniture, you could afford housekeeping, but you'd still have to deal with the time in between cleans.