--- title: Tablebed: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 description: Find out why Tablebed is one of the best inventions of 2021 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115486/tablebed/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-11-10T11:13:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:56:17.879Z og:title: Tablebed: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:description: Find out why Tablebed made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115486/tablebed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48e3538d0983fbbc/698a1ea7d07533d241e6c264/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Tablebed.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tablebed: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tablebed: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Tablebed made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48e3538d0983fbbc/698a1ea7d07533d241e6c264/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Tablebed.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # A Table to Sleep On Tablebed by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  _SPECIAL MENTION:_ No living space is too small to host a dinner party when your bed doubles as a table. [Tablebed](https://www.tablebed.com/en/) ($3,649) is a step forward from the [sofa bed](https://time.com/shopping/article/best-sleeper-sofas/) and Murphy/wall bed, converting from a six-person dinner table to a double bed in only 10 seconds. The Finnish-designed space savings innovation is perfect for the work from home era, allowing people to more easily live and work in the same space. _—Jared Lindzon_ **Buy Now:** [Tablebed](https://www.tablebed.com/en/store/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115486/tablebed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115486/tablebed/"},"headline":"A Table to Sleep On","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:13:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:56:17.879Z","description":"Find out why Tablebed received a special mention on TIME's 2021 Best Inventions list.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115486/tablebed/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48e3538d0983fbbc/698a1ea7d07533d241e6c264/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Tablebed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48e3538d0983fbbc/698a1ea7d07533d241e6c264/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Tablebed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115486/tablebed/","name":"A Table to Sleep On"}}]}] ```