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When space is limited, standard Murphy beds are the perfect compact solution. Also known as a wall bed, a fold-down bed, or a pull-down bed, these full-size beds tuck away into a wall, closet, or ...
Murphy beds aren’t just for swanky apartments and Charlie Chaplin gags—they’re an ideal space-saving solution for guest rooms, tiny homes, and cramped walk-ups. Also known as wall beds, Murphy beds ...
Discover how to build a DIY Murphy bed that hides away in your office! This space-saving wall-bed design keeps storage intact ...
A Murphy bed helps you save space: Pull it down when you need it, back up when you want to use the room for another purpose. Murphy beds are expensive, though. Make one yourself with IKEA cabinets.
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How I built this Murphy bed

Five years ago, I built my first Murphy bed, and it was a disaster. This time, I’m building a Murphy bed for a military family using Rockler’s Horizontal Murphy Bed kit, and it turned out much better.
As a boy, Don Kosten saw a bed drop from a closet in his aunt’s apartment and it struck him as a neat idea. When the Indianapolis businessman retired in the late 1990s, he used his woodworking skills ...