Anyone have a Murphy bed?
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Comments (4)Tom (skagit_goat_man) posted a thread about murphy beds back in October. There was some information and a couple of links if I recall. I'll search and post a link... Good luck! Amy Here is a link that might be useful: murphy bed thread...See MoreMurphy bed hardware experience?
Comments (2)Thanks Geoffrey, I saw their site and it looks good. In fact, the quality of their hardware and wood products looks really good, in general. I live chatted with a rep for Rockler and she said the hardware comes with designs; user reviews on the site were good....See MoreAdvice on a Murphy Bed project...
Comments (12)Wow, I didn't expect a post of mine from three years ago to get brought back to life. We still have and still love the Murphy Bed (and I still show it off a lot). But $600? Ouch. I don't know. Certainly not with the materials I used ($1,250). The only way I could imagine it with the kit I used (which is $300 itself) is if you made it with particle board and already owned a standard queen mattress and all the bedding. But even then I'm not sure you could do it for under $600. My advice would be to call the company (I received very good customer service from them), tell them what your goal is, and ask for the supply list on the particle board version of the queen bed so you can price it out locally. Consider also that, while the version I built is easiest to install version I encountered, it does require that you screw four long screws into the studs to mount the puppy. Would your prospective landlord allow such a thing? Are the "charming, historic" walls built in such a way that this is an easy task? Finally, take a peek at the time lapse between my first post (12/07/04) and my "I did it" post (3/26/05). This project takes some time (an experienced person could have probably banged it out more quickly). It also takes some space (do you have access to a workshop?) and some tools (heck, a compound sliding miter saw alone would blow your budget). I've talked my husband into all sorts of craziness over the years, but if "winning" involved us sleeping on the floor in a very cramped apartment while I spent months building a bed in and amongst the boxes with the neighbors complaining about the noise of my power tools... well, it would probably be cited as an example of "why I should never get my way" for the rest of my life. It might possibly be done, just make sure you have your ducks in a row first, as ducks have a way of wreaking havoc when trapped in charming apartments with very small bedrooms. ;o) Good luck!...See MoreMultifunctional Murphy Bed
Comments (5)try a search for Ikea hacks, I saw one using a Billy shelf unit, though I would wonder about the stability for nightly opening and closing. I've used my sister's Murphy bed on short visits and we put it up each morning. You can get pretty good at anchoring the blankets and sheets so the bed stays made. All you have to do it lower it, add the pillows (note, you need a place to put the pillows during the day), and snooze. I believe she bought a kit and they assembled it. It is very comfortable to sleep on. They got it long ago, sorry, I doubt she could tell me where she got it....See Morechris8796
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