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She approaches and peers into our little mobile abode. "Come and have a look at this!" she calls to her husband. "Does it pop up? What's in there? Can you stand up? What do you do in there?"

Our caravan is different to others cruising Australian roads: it is low-slung and streamlined and features art-deco curves that resemble the shape of a tear. It is called a Teardrop.

We are exploring the beaches of far eastern Victoria for a few days, road-testing the second-hand Teardrop we bought from an advertisement in our local paper.

On this maiden voyage we'll pitch up in a caravan park in Lakes Entrance and bush camp at Cape Conran Coastal Park.

This is an opportunity for us two caravan rookies to find our towing legs.

We give the woman and her husband a guided tour of the "little cutie". Inside the Teardrop, a double mattress takes up the whole floor space. (Unless you are of Lilliputian proportions, you cannot stand up.)

Doors on both sides mean an easy exit in the middle of the night. There's clothes storage above the foot of the bed and more stowing space behind our heads. A central fluorescent light and neat LED reading lights take care of night-time illumination.

Outside, at the back of the van, we lift the hatch to reveal the natty kitchenette: fridge, gas cooktop, sink, space for food preparation and storage for crockery, cutlery and pots and pans.

Fixed to the front is a capacious metal box for the wet-weather awning and non-perishable food. At the caravan park we pitch at a powered site and in the bush we use the battery. The Teardrop is light and manoeuvrable and needs neither stick-out mirrors nor the grunt of a 4WD to tow.

Teardrop trailers-for-two first hit the road in the US in the 1930s but it wasn't until after World War II that the phenomenon properly took off. The September 1947 edition of Mechanix Illustrated: The How-To-Do Magazine featured building instructions for a double bed on wheels in the shape of a teardrop.

Teardrops went hand in hand with Americans' desire for a simpler life after years of wartime austerity. The backwoods and the water beckoned; what better way to experience the romance of the open road than in a trim caravan with fetching retro curves?

Early models were built from salvaged World War II Jeep axles and wheels. Exterior skins came from the wings of wartime bombers.

Americans' love affair with the classic teardrop waned in the 1950s. They wanted bigger and better in their mobile homes, and over the years got what they wished for: chunky caravans featuring not only a kitchen sink but dishwashers, washing machines and dryers, top-end entertainment systems and more.

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Have you heard the term daybeds or daybeds with trundle units , daybed is one versatile piece of furniture that can be used as a bed and also as seating . So this is an item of furniture that have a dual function that is suitable for a variety of home decor. While daybed with trundle is a special form of a daybeds which have a second bed or additional mattress which lies underneath the main bed to expand sleeping capacity. For trundle daybed mattresses there are several types to choose from such as memory foam, innerspring, and a cotton mattress. The most common types of trundles are pop-up and pull-out.

Daybeds with trundle is a type of daybed that can be a couch  or sofa banquette during the daytime but can be converted into a comfortable bed for sleeping during night. Converting the trundle daybed from sofa to bed generally only requires get rid of a few pillows and a cover of a daybed.  Trundle daybeds have a unique design and style. Simple, functional, timeless, and elegant is characteristic of ordinary daybeds or trundle daybed unit.

Daybed with trundle is ideal and perfect for living room or family room that has a small room size. Because the extra mattress designed located under the couch, daybeds are very efficient and the best ways to maximize the amount of space that you have during the daytime and to still have a comfortable place to enjoy sweet dreams at night, and this is the main benefit of the daybeds of trundle. This practical design can be pulled out when needed and then can be pushed down the sofa when not in use so you do not need to have an extra bedroom.

Generally there are two standard models are available in the market; the drawer trundle type and pop up trundle type. For the first type, the second mattress frame as a drawer on the front. It pulls out and holds a second twin-size mattress. The second type of pop up Trundle daybeds can be used in two ways. It can be used as a second bed in its lowered position, or it can be elevated into the pop-up position to convert the twin-size daybed into a king-size bed.This model is the more popular choice. The daybed with pop-up trundle is typically exclusively made of metal.

Nowadays, daybeds with trundle come in various styles (traditional or classical, contemporary, transitional, canopy, chaise, kids, mission, and sleigh) and different designs that you can buy for your home either for living room, family room, living room, den, or children room.

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