Recast Plus and Unfurl share the same mattress — both are built on standard Pocket Spring, the manufacturer’s own comfort grouping puts them together. What separates them isn’t comfort. It’s what the piece actually does between “sofa” and “fully open bed.”
What they share
Both use individually pocketed springs under high resilient foam, without the added hyper soft layer that softer systems in the range include — a firmer, more structured feel than Pocket Spring Dual or No-zag & Pocket Spring. Both are mid-century in sensibility, both are built around compact, urban living, and both are Per Weiss designs, though from different eras.
Where they differ
Unfurl is built around three distinct positions — sit, lounge, or lie flat — rather than a binary sofa/bed conversion. It’s less “a sofa that becomes a bed” and more a piece with three intended states, useful in a room where you want to recline without committing to a full conversion every time. Unfurl dates to 2004, designed by Andreas Lund, Flemming Højfeldt, and Per Weiss — the oldest design lineage of any collection covered in this series so far.
Recast Plus converts two different ways, and it’s worth knowing both. Remove the cushions and you get a quick single bed. Or pull the seat forward and fold down the backrest for a full-size bed that sleeps two. That flexibility — single or double from the same piece, depending on what a given night calls for — isn’t something Unfurl offers, and it’s a genuine practical advantage if your guest situation varies from one occasional sleeper to a couple.
Recast Plus also carries the walnut-arm mid-century signature discussed in our styling guide — dark stained legs and walnut veneer armrests, or an armless configuration if you’d rather have the narrower footprint. Unfurl’s arm treatment isn’t confirmed in this pass; check the current collection page for available configurations.
Quick comparison
| Recast Plus | Unfurl | |
|---|---|---|
| Comfort system | Pocket Spring | Pocket Spring |
| Design era | 2011 / 2015 | 2004 |
| Conversion | Cushions off for single, pull-and-fold for double | Three back positions: sit, lounge, flat |
| Arm style | Walnut arms, or armless | Check current collection page |
| Storage | Bedding box included | Not confirmed |
| Signature detail | Flexible single-or-double conversion | Multi-position recline without full conversion |
How to decide
If your room needs to flex between hosting one person and hosting a couple, Recast Plus’s single-or-double conversion is the more versatile mechanism of the two — you’re not locked into one bed size regardless of who’s actually staying.
If you want a piece that does real work as a lounger — reading, watching something, relaxing at an angle — without going through a full sofa-to-bed conversion every time, Unfurl’s three fixed positions solve a different problem that Recast Plus doesn’t address at all.
Both are firmer, more structured mattresses within the range — if you already know you want the standard Pocket Spring feel rather than something softer, the choice between these two comes down to mechanism, not comfort.
Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between Recast Plus and Unfurl? Both share the same Pocket Spring mattress. Recast Plus converts flexibly to either a single or a double bed depending on how you fold it out; Unfurl offers three fixed positions — sit, lounge, and flat — rather than a single conversion.
Which is better for a room that sometimes needs a single bed and sometimes a double? Recast Plus. Removing the cushions gives a quick single bed; pulling the seat forward and folding the backrest gives a full double.
Does Unfurl fully convert into a bed like Recast Plus? Yes, in its flat position — the difference is that Unfurl offers two additional intermediate positions (sit and lounge) that Recast Plus’s binary conversion doesn’t.
Which has walnut arms? Recast Plus is available with walnut veneer armrests and dark stained legs, in keeping with its mid-century design language, or as an armless configuration.
Same mattress, two different ideas about what happens in between sitting and sleeping. See our full comfort systems guide for the shared construction, browse Recast Plus and Unfurl directly, or get in touch to talk through which mechanism fits your room.