| Do you have a studio or loft apartment and | | | | possibilities are endless. |
| don't quite know how to hide the bed? Then a | | | | |
| Murphy bed is for you! | | | | The first step in choosing a wall bed is |
| | | | selecting the cabinet size you want. Wall |
| The Murphy bed, or wall bed as it is | | | | beds are available in queen, twin and double |
| sometimes called, goes back to the 1800's | | | | bed sizes. Measure the area where you want |
| when many people simply lived in rooms. At | | | | to put the bed. If you want side cabinets |
| that time they were beautiful pieces of | | | | you will have to think about placement |
| furniture that could act as a bed at night, | | | | carefully to make sure the whole unit, along |
| then during the day, the actual bed part | | | | with the side pieces, fits. |
| would lift up and the entire piece would | | | | |
| become a mantle of sorts. | | | | Secondly, decide on the type of mattress. |
| | | | These beds can be made with the mattress |
| Todays Murphy beds can be an ornate piece of | | | | attached to the cabinet itself or you can put |
| furniture like those of the past, or simply a | | | | the mattress in afterwards whenever the bed |
| piece that fits right into the wall or a | | | | is being used. An air mattress, or a foam |
| cabinet. Todays wall beds are easy to lift | | | | mattress or a coil spring mattress can be |
| and hare great for people with small rooms, | | | | used. |
| that have one room living or that want to | | | | |
| make a guest room do double duty. Wall beds | | | | Side cabinets are optional but a great way to |
| can also be used at dormitories, hospitals, | | | | add more storage space to your room. Two or |
| firehouses and hotels. | | | | more side cabinets can be attached to the |
| | | | main wall bed cabinet. Side cabinets will |
| Today, they use the latest technologies to | | | | give the whole unit a finished look much like |
| design these beds. With these new designs you | | | | a big wall unit - no one will ever know there |
| get a comfortable place to sleep as well as a | | | | is a bed hiding in there! The side cabinets |
| great piece of furniture. Murphy beds can | | | | can be built in a library style with shelves |
| also help you gain space, something that is | | | | for keeping books, photo frames and other |
| much needed in small living quarters. When | | | | articles. |
| you have a studio or loft, having a murphy | | | | |
| bed can open up the room into a whole new | | | | Wall beds are great for getting added use in |
| living room. Once you fold the bed up, it no | | | | small spaces as well as extending the use of |
| longer needs to serve the purposes of a | | | | your guest rooms. Instead of the typical |
| bedroom and can be used for most anything! | | | | sofa couch, surprise your overnight guests |
| An office, a bar, a home theater, a gym - the | | | | with a bed that folds down from the wall! |