Erika's slim sloped arms and pointed back cushions give it a shape that's harder to ignore than most sleeper sofas, and at 68.5 inches wide for a queen, it's more compact than you'd expect. Most queen sleepers run closer to 80 inches. The Erika makes space for a 60-inch bed without requiring a living room-sized footprint.
The Nest mechanism is what converts it: lift the seat, walk it out, lay the back flat. Two steps, manual, no motor. You set the back cushions aside before you start. The Nest has a half-open mode too, where one end is laid flat and the other stays upright as a backrest. That works if the sofa is also your reading chair and your guest's bed in the same room, on the same evening.
The bed is a standard queen: 60 inches wide by 80 inches long. The mattress is 5 inches of CertiPUR cold-cured high-density foam, built into the frame, rated for daily use. Open depth from wall is 84.75 inches, so plan for about 7 feet of clearance. Seat height is 17.25 inches, seat depth 21.75.
Frame is solid spruce with mortise-and-tenon joinery and birch plywood, FSC and PEFC certified, EU-made to order. Four to six weeks lead time. More than 100 fabric and leather options, selected through your dealer.
Erika Queen is the frame for someone who wants a queen sleeper with a distinctive silhouette and is willing to trade some seat depth for a narrower overall footprint. If you want the same bed in a smaller package, step down to the Erika Full XL; if you want a queen sleeper with a more conventional arm shape and looser overall feel, look at the Elfin Queen, which sits nearly as compact at 63.75 inches.
