Murphy Bed Kits (Queen) Recommendations

[Scott Jashinski]

Next project on the list is a Murphy bed for the workout/guest room. Looking for a hardware kit. Any recommendations and/or experiences good or bad? Rockler has a kit and Amazon has dozens.

Thanks

[elinourrumming]

Not inexpensive, but for heavy-duty hardware for similar uses, I've had good luck with Hafele.
https://www.hafele.com/us/en/product/hae...d00020023/

[Cooler]

I have no experience with Murphy beds, but my Sleep Number bed is much lighter than a conventional mattress and the lower weight might (might) be an advantage when folding up against the wall.

Probably a 30 or 40 pound savings.  (A regular mattress weighs about 75 to 80 pounds).

[chips ahoy]

another place to check is Lee Valley.

Mel

[Joel H.]

I used the horizontal queen kit from Rockler.  The instructions and DVD were very detailed.  Since most of the bed is 3/4" plywood, it's a simple project.  It is very, very heavy when ready to assemble.  I added some walnut pieces to the front and built walnut bookcase/cabinet side units.

The gas shocks work perfect - and the mattress must weigh the 75-80 lbs for the bed to stay down - a lighter mattress will require adding weight to hold down.

Overall I've very happy with the kit and results.

Joel

[Timesale]

I bought the instructions and kit from Lee Valley. I thank the hardware in the kit was from "Create a Bed." I was very happy with the instructions and video that came with it. Once you build the basic box, you can customize the front of it like I did.

[MikeBob]

On LumberJocks some one wanted to do one, depending on exterior wood and detailing, if I remember right about $3K when all said and done