Win A Sofa.com Bed in a Box Worth £850

The interiors item that I couldn’t be without is a huge soft crocheted granny square blanket that I made. It’s actually quite funky! I watch TV wrapped in it, Skype friends, read cookery books and, of course, crochet!
Hope I win the sofa bed box – I could even fold up my blanket on top!
Amanda Townsend x

Kitchen table – it’s a dumping ground, desk, food prep area, dining area and all round good place to be.

What on earth would I do without my coat rack?! Innocuously attached to the wall in the downstairs loo, the house would be a disaster area right now if it weren’t there. Coats would be perilously strewn all over the place, or, worse, stuck upstairs in the wardrobe!

I can’t live without my shoe cabinet that doubles up as an organizer and catch-all by the door. It creates a faux foyer for my non-existent entryway!

I can’t leave without my throw. I am cold every single night, even in the summer nights, and my throw is right there to save me at all times. It’s super soft and warm!!

My bathtub. Bubblebaths restore me to normality, or something resembling it, every day.

Hey. Mine is the blanket. My blanket is on one side with pink color with big red stripes and in these big red stripes are round ornaments.
On the other side is the same but with blue color.
Very warm colors, Cosy, pleasant material. Simply love xx

A drying rack!! Not so glamorous but all the more practical. Had to leave without one when I was in between moving flats and it was a nightmare to try to hang all my clothes.

The interior item that I could not live without is my solid Oakwood coffee table. It is the centre piece of all my tea times. Where we share delicious hot treats and cold drinks in the summer. Where I lay out tempting treats for our guests. I couldn’t do without it!

An electric blanket for those really cold nights.

Beeswax candles for dotting around the bath, adding atmosphere to snuggling on the sofa, and making yin yoga so relaxing…

After moving countries multiple times, I have to keep things very minimal. Yet, I can’t live without my Austrian Christmas ornaments! They follow me everywhere and are up all year long. 🙂

I cannot live without my bed cushions, particularly my Marilyn Monroe cushion! Cushions are a quick way to personalise a home, and Marilyn was my idol when I was younger – my mum bought me the cushion to add some character to my room, and to remind me to channel my inner Marilyn at all times! Marilyn is talented, beautiful, iconic and, as a cushion, she’s comfy too! Cushions are a girl’s best friend!! 🙂

As I spend up to 8 hours in the day time trapped underneath my beautiful sleeping 8 month old baby (who doesn’t sleep in the pram, car or sling and wakes up if I put her down) i would absolutely have to say my bed and nice bedding! My husband has let me choose whatever bedding I like, however feminine as he knows how long I sit staring at it!! This sofa in a box would be SO USEFUL in our tiny flat for guests x

I can’t live without my comfy bed. I really miss it whenever I travel.

I can’t live without scented candles, especially now the Winter nights have drawn in. A festive scented candle and a cosy throw could not get any more Hugge! X

I couldn’t live without my little wrought iron table i have with all my lovely house plants on. Although I love plants so much i will soon need a bigger one

Silk pillowcases! The only thing that saves me from looking like a fuzzy yeti type creature in the morning. Plus, it’s a guaranteed bliss night sleep for me.

My sofa—the only seating in our living and loved by cats and humans alike!

My favourite interior item would have to be my footstool…its the centrepiece of the living room – whether it’s used as a seat for visitors, to host a coffee table tray with some of my favourite trinkets or to simply rest my feet after a long day!

It has got to be my fairy lights! Can’t not put them in the evening because otherwise it just doesn’t feel as homely! So cosy in the evenings with the lights twinkling and even more so now with the Christmas tree! I think after Christmas my house will be covered in them hahahaha!

My pillows! Soft, squishy and perfect for a good night of sleep!

My down comforter and duvet cover! These make my bed so fluffy, comfy and welcoming. I look forward to bedtime every night because of this setup. 🙂

I couldn’t live without my handmade katha blanket made out of my mother’s first sari in the summer, which I’ve had since I was a baby, and my furry bear rug from West Elm in the winter!

My favourite household item would have to be my parents old kitchen table – the perfect place to gather. Whether for a friendly cup of tea, a wondrous dinner party or snacks at the end of long night!

I couldn’t live without my cosy blankets that I have on my sofa ready to snuggle into. Pillows too. So cosy.

It’s difficult to choose a favourite, but I would have to say my favourite interior items are the photos from my travels that I have pinned to the wall in my living room. They remind me of so many great memories and beautiful places, sometimes it’s really relaxing just to look at them.

My great grandmothers silver candlesticks are the interior item I cannot be without. They are sentimental, and, can move around to set the mood for dinners and lunches on the table, go to the fireplace mantel, a side table, or a bedside table for late night reading. And with the nifty LED tapers I found, they provide a lovely flickering, cozy light into the wee hours.

Our dining table. Made and given as a gift by lovely friends. It is the centre of socialising, working and the hub of the house !

I couldn’t be without my knitted blanket, super warm and snuggly. It’s one of my favourite things I’ve knitted.

my little ceramic teapot for one that has come with me all the way to the York from NZ, via a five year stint in Sydney. It’s now now longer functional as it’s been broken twice with all the moving but with some deft kitsugi magic it now looks beautiful on my bookshelf xx

Definitely my huge snuggly blanket! Brought from America to the UK, it’s my all year round comfort!!

I picked up a vintage robins egg blue with black rim enamel baking dish (with lid!) at a quaint little flea market a long time ago. It has been with me and used for baking, storing, center-piece with fruits and flowers or round ornaments, and sharing (bake some brownies, put the lid on and take to a friends) for years. It is such a versatile interior item to have, and I look at it or use it every day!

It has to be my kitchen table, it brings people together whether it be over dinner or a cup of tea.

I couldn’t live without my lace wire photo holder, it’s easy to take with me when I move, and allows me to display all my photos of family, friends and beautiful cards I have received, it makes every house feel like home.

I couldn’t live without my late grandmother’s foot poof it’s old and torn and she had it since I can remember but I love it because it’s a part of her in my home and when I throw my feet up at night a scent of her comes wafting up at me from the tears that have now formed.

Cannot live without my comfortable pillows and brushed cotton bed linen – so soft!

Fairy lights! We have some sort of fairy lights in just about every room, and they immediately brighten everything up and make it cosy, even on the dullest of days (like today).

I couldn’t live without my big, pale blue, 10 cup teapot. A few years ago, it successfully replaced a virtually irreplaceable oriental flower vintage teapot which cracked and is now ornamental. It’s part of a revered daily morning ritual, of breakfast with pretty vintage crockery and a huge pot of green tea, which is enjoyed throughout the day. When finished, it’s sometimes replaced with Earl Grey….and nowadays, it’s shared with my almost 2 year old daughter, who, like her great grandmothers, grandmothers and aunties, is a bit of a tea jenny. Since our daughter’s arrival, our tiny garden flat has no proper ‘guest room’. My mum sleeps on the sofa when she comes to stay, so I’ve been looking for a bed-in-a-boxo for a while. Winning one would be like christmas come early….for me and my mum! xoxo

I couldn’t live without my cosy, fleece blankets! I probably have one too many of them, but I love them. Especially on a cold night with a cup of tea and a couple German Christmas biscuits!

Am actually trying to declutter (failing miserably), as I will be leaving my current place soon for a smaller pad. One of the main things I will miss terribly are my very good oven and gas stove (these count as interior items right?). Both have been excellent companions on my mini culinary adventures.

I couldn’t live without my Grandmother’s inherited oak oval dining table. The shape is just the best for all our family meals. It reminds me of when I grew up spending Sunday’s with all of the family squeezed round the table with my cousins. Eating the lovely food my Grandmother had made, Lemon meringue pie and other scrummy desserts. Happy days…

I couldn’t live without my plants, which bring colour and character, and are something that is moving and growing day by day in each room. It is such a joy to watch things grow slowly, to relish the slightest the progress of each bud opening or leaf unfurling.

The interior item I can’t live without is my chaise-long!!!!!!! Soooo comfy by the super sunny window!!!!

My beautiful, knackered, thoroughly worn and even more thoroughly loved, wooden kitchen table. It’s the home of so many happy memories and our gathering point on a daily basis

The fleecy blanket that I put over my lap in the evenings. It makes me sound like an old lady but I’m just a cosy one!

I think for me, it’ll always be photo frames. Everything else could be missing, but so long as there’s a slew of happy memories immortalised in frames, I’m happy as anything!

All the blankets, even in summer I will sit on the sofa with a blanket haha

I have a funky jewelry box on my kitchen table- essential for when I come home after a long day and pop my earrings in there! Haven’t lost a pair since I’ve gotten it!

Good question! Mine is an oldie, a bleached pine blanket box that I’ve had since I was little. It’s had many, many uses over the years, from a dressing up box to its current life as a coffee table. It’s housed toys, DVD’s, books and of course blankets! I don’t think I’ll ever live without it! X

I could not live withouth my winter duvet that keeps me warm all cold winter nights. I hope i win this sofa bed box to put in my renovated bedroom. It would fit in just perfect.

My favourite item is my beautiful rug.

Hey I’m a college student! I would really appreciate bed in a box! My favorite interior item is two drawer white wooden desk. It’s the perfect space and fits all my studying materials perfectly!

I couldn’t live without my art and trinkets. Paintings that I’ve fallen I love with and saved for, prints picked up to remind me of favourite places, gifts from friends and travel treasures. It’s those things that make it home.

I couldn’t love without my Norfolk dresser. It holds all our cookbook, wine glasses, vintage tea sets and dinner sets. It’s a family heirloom that my dad grew up with, as did I and now my kids will too.

My cosy national trust woollen blanket. An essential to keep nice an warm during these winter evenings!

I couldn’t live without the ginormous pillow I use to prop myself up in bed to read. My mum made the cover for it so not only is it very practical it also looks gorgeous.

Since I moved to another country far, far away from my family (13h travel with two plane & car rides) my most cherished interior item is framed photographs. Especially the 2 large black and white, 40 year old ones I found up in the barn attic of my father working with his black smithery.

Which interior item couldnt I live without? Oh my beloved bed. Wooden, big and oh-so-comfortable that I’m almost happy when holidays are over so I can go back to it!

My welsh dresser that houses all my various cups/saucers/glasses!!

the sheepskin, a rather small and unimposing interior piece ….used in both my babies cots, as a portable play mat, and now they dont have it in their bed it’s stylishly thrown on the sofa ready to be used on a garden chair to make it comfy when we have more people than seats over or as an exercise mat, or just for the kids to sit and snuggle on while watching tv!! we’d be lost without it!!!

My photos!
Everything else can be replace or at least, has a subtitute.

The item I can live with out is a kitchen island. It makes the kitten super functional.

I can’t live without my sheep skin rugs. It’s pretty blooming cold where I’m from, so when I wake up freezing and my tootsies touch the soft sheep skin rug it’s heaven!!!! I hope I’m lucky enough to win the sofa bed box, it would look fantastic in my new home!

I can’t do without an eclectic art collection that I’ve thrifted (or am lucky enough to have bought off artistic friends)!

I couldn’t live without the ‘you got this’ bunting that I lovingly sewed for my somewhat anxious self. It’s a gentle reminder above my desk that I can do something, I am capable and I will get there!

My favorite interior item it definitely a good sofa.
One where you are sucked in as soon as you sit on it.

Honestly, at home there are so many favourites. But to answer this question truly & accurately I must say it’s my favourite, fluffiest Cushion/Pillow.. we’re inseprable when there’s a nap or lie down or sleep involved (yes true, it even has a name a special care routine and its own bag, more like a pet).. the only interior item I take with me outside home, sleepovers, hotels, travel.. You know, never compromise your comfort .. makes me feel at home when I’m not..

Couldn’t live without….My Moroccan poof which I sit on all the time one whilst playing with my two boys. Saves my bum from getting cold and doubles up as a tackling mat for them when I am not occupying it.

I absolutely cannot live without our dining room table, it’s where we eat, socialise, host, share, draw, read, it’s the centre of our home and where we always come together.

My brushed cotton (neatly ironed…I know!) sheets. Nothing nicer on a cold evening than snuggling under them!

I simply cannot live without my silk pillowcase when it comes to sleep! It’s perfect against my skin. It really helps me to sleep better

My fancy dress box full of weird and wonderful goodies picked up from all corners of the world to add entertainment to any dinner party!

I can’t live without my scented candles – my favourites are spiced apple or pumpkin as it reminds me so much of family in America, and spending holidays with them. It would be wonderful to win this bed, as they are coming to visit next year and it would help enormously in giving them a comfortable place to stay!

All of my prints, paintings and artwork. They just make me smile whenever I look at them and they all remind me of somewhere different or have a different memory attached. I love adding to my collection!

I would feel completely lost without my armchair! I’ve changed the upholstery twice and the week it took them each time seemed an eternity. Replace it, you say? Impossible! It’s in my reading nook and we have shared so many adventures, stories, epoques together that it would be a treason replacing it!

My couch

The old wooden trunk box!..which was passed from older generations

I can’t live without our yellow armchair with a matching footrest. It’s a spot where everybody who comes to visit wants to sit in. Our friends, our family members, when they sit there, they feel like home. And when there are no visitors and it’s just me and my husband, one of us takes a blanket, hangs around it and half sits, half lays in the armchair. We read there, we are watching movies from there, we even sleep there. The only bad thing about it is that we have only one 🙂

Could not live without my kitchen dresser, had beautiful craftsmanship , it defines the room whilst providing plenty of storage and therefore having a huge practical element, just like the bed in a box!

I could not live without my coffee table which also doubles up as my dining table due to the outrageously small flat I have!!!

I can’t live without my couch! It is the most comfortable piece of furniture. It has so many memories – chats with friends, long-day glass of wine, family gatherings, tears and laughs. Hopefully, maybe the bed in box will hold many more memories! Xx

Mine would be a footstool, because sitting down isn’t the same unless you’ve got your feet up! 🙂

I could not live without my family photographs that sit on my gallery wall shelves in my hallway. To see all my family and friends when I come home is a real blessing and puts a big smile on my face everytime. Especially when those special ones who are sadly no longer with us, are smiling back at me.

Definitely my scented candles. I’ve suffered from depression since I was a teenager, and aromatherapy has been huge lifesaver in helping me cope.

I couldn’t live without my sofa. Everything happens there.. the best conversations, family chill-out time, and it’s where we make memories x

I couldn’t live without a very simple pine armchair that belonged to my great grandmother and my mother rescued and restored. I never sit on it without thinking of its history. The bed box would be an opulent contrast to the chair and perfect for pair for a relaxing cuppa!

My favourite interior item is my vintage writing bureau that was a gift from a dear friends parents who no longer had room for it. My granny in Ireland had always had one whilst I was growing up and it was always my favourite as I knew that’s where she kept all the letters I’d written to her over the years. I was so upset when she had got rid of it. That when I heard that my friends parents were getting rid of theirs I knew I had to have it. It was falling apart but my dad is a carpenter and restored it back to its original beauty. It know takes pride of place in my hallway. It makes me smile and think of my granny every day x

My hot water bottle, it has a fur outer cover which feels so soft and cosy and it can travel with me x

The interior item I can’t live without is my scatter cushions. I only have little legs and need them to behind my back when I sit on the sofa.

I can’t live without big comfy blankets, great for cosying up on winter evenings with a cuppa and good book! Makes any place feel like home!

My velvet fluffy throw. Cosy, huge and everyone can snuggle under it. If we can get the cat off it.

Without a doubt, photos of friends, family and places I’ve visited. Postcards and posters from around the world – simply makes anywhere feel homely and reminds of lots of excellent memories! Kx

I can’t do anything without my soft throw blankets on my couches!

I couldn’t live without my dads photo of Derwent Water that I have framed in my living room. Not only a beautiful photo which reminds me of my childhood but wonderful to look at something of my dads everyday xx

It doesn’t really do much. But I can’t live without my book case! Where else is it acceptable to let a Paddington Bear hang out on the top shelf and little knick knacks my husband gathers lay around next to my well worn books.

The item in my home I wouldn’t want to live without is my teapot. Just picturing it calms my insides. It’s old, from the 70s I think, and my gran used it daily. I asked for it when she died and I use it everyday. The sound of the lid clinking as I pop a teabag in evokes her image in my mind, and I can see her in her purple housecoat and slippers. Tea doesn’t taste as good any other way.

I love our lovely side table at the front door. Its got handy drawers, is home to the phone and we pile our shoes on the under shelf. I love it.

I think it maybe knocked of its pedestal if I won this super handy sofa bed box

My first ever brand new bed. Heaven!