Okay, so in a little bit we’re going to feature the full home (so stay tuned).
And to be honest, we’re not big fans of the Murphy bed per se.
But we have to admit, this solution for extra guests made us smile.
And considering the original Murphy Wall Bed Company started in San Francisco…
…it all seemed rather apropos.
UPDATE: Seeing as how a few readers just couldn’t wait: 3975 19th Street.
very cool idea. i just ordered three. my agent just gave the green light to relist my 2 BR condo as a 5 BR condo.
seems unnecessarily very hazardous.
Soes it operate via garage door opener?
it seems like a regular murphy bed would be much more practical. you can just pull it down, and the bedside lights etc are already set up. as opposed to dropping the bed, and then putting up those shelves and those lights.
still, I guess it’s cool.
Is this contraption something that I, as a guest, would be sleeping on….and someone, by accident/on purpose, would retract me into the ceiling?
Seems contrived. If there are chairs and tables in the room, what are you supposed to do with them?
We have a Library Bed in our spare br / office. Very practical and does not have the obvious Murphy Bed look.
http://www.librarybed.com/
This odd bed and Jon’s comment above invoke the Condor’s infamous white piano and the unfortunate demise of Jimmy Ferrozzo.
Jimmy “the beard”.
Ave Jimmy
“Seems contrived. If there are chairs and tables in the room, what are you supposed to do with them?”
This is my question about ALL murphy beds. I never really understood them because for them to come down, the room has to be empty…and then what is there when the bed is up?
I think this looks pretty nice, but I’d see using it in a “don’t change it often” kinda way, either in a studio, keeping it open until you care to have some company over, or in a den/office that you want to convert to a guest bedroom in a way that is a bit nicer than a pullout couch or futon.
I guess I wonder how much ceiling clearance you need to put one of these in, or did they drop the whole ceiling to cover it up
Did anyone notice the two wings on the side? They look like mini closet rails… Now that’s cool! Your guests have a place to hang their clothes!
You guys are looking at this all wrong – it’s a way to hide the bed during parties when you need the extra dance floor!
I didn’t realze you could buy a two thousand dollar library bed.
Us po’ folk use a toilet bed.
Couple of boards over the toilet seat and the edge of the bathtub with a sleeping bag on top of the boards. The tank makes an attractive headboard with a built in shelf on top. The toilet bed stores in any closet.
^^^ And you don’t even have to get up to get a drink of water if you get thirsty in the night.
A ridiculous overpriced and overdesigned contraption. It looks as if the entire room has to be cleared as well as anything along the back wall for the bed to be lowered (a practical murphy bed should not require an entire room be cleared for it to open.) It would be alot better if the bed only lowered half or a third of the way down, like a loft so that nothing on the floor had to be removed.
The deluxe version has a built-in sound system that plays “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” when lowering the bed, and Loony Tune’s “That’s all Folks” when closing it.
This is my question about ALL murphy beds. I never really understood them because for them to come down, the room has to be empty…and then what is there when the bed is up?
The room doesn’t have to be empty for a murphy bed to come down. If there’s a couple of chairs or a coffee table in the way, you’d move them out of the way, against a wall or something. Just like when you pull out a sofa bed.
Futon slipcovers are available in a wide variety of fabrics, colors, and styles.
Costs begin for the folding bed mechanism at about $300
and go up from there. Determine your furniture and draw
an outline for each piece. These fittings are well accommodating in the free space and hence look like built-in furniture.
absolutely COOL. But only as a extra bed. It takes up what would be empty floor space to allow for it come down to be put in most homes a traditional cabinet style either vert. or horiz. would have been a better choice. Imagine a bed behind a bar!
‘I love it’! Is it possible to purchase one? Thanks.
How do you set up the garage pulley system for the bed?