DIY Poor Man's Murphy Bed
A couple of weeks ago, I shared the Inexpensive Storage Cabinet Refresh in my spare bedroom and I mentioned that I was giving the whole room a makeover. I'll be sharing the whole makeover soon.
This room will serve two additional purposes aside from storage for my Etsy shop inventory and shipping supplies. Today, I am sharing one of those two extra purposes. It is now ready to act as a guest bedroom when needed! I don't have many people stay over except my daughter but I'm ready now if the need arises!
As I mentioned in the post about the storage cabinets, this room is pretty small... about 10' x 10' is all... so how is it possible that it stores all my Etsy shop inventory, holds my shipping supplies, serves as a guest bedroom, and one additional purpose??
In order to cram all that is needed out of a small space like this, I built a poor man's murphy bed!! 😄
DIY Poor Man's Murphy Bed
This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission which helps keep my blog up and running but it won't cost you a penny more)! Click here to read my full disclosure policy.This was actually very simple, I did this all by myself! The only part I had help with was measuring to make sure I got it correct and shopping for the supplies!
The mattress I had is a full-size, so I measured for a full-sized Murphy bed. The wood I chose was pine and I had them cut at the hardware store where I purchased them. These are the cuts of wood needed for my full-sized Murphy bed:
- 2 - 55" x 10" for the top and bottom of the bed
- 2 - 77" x 10" for the sides of the bed
- 2 - 55" 1x4's for attaching the bed to the wall
- 2 - 28 1/2" x 77" plywood sheets to create the mattress platform
- 2 - 57" 1x4's for the top and bottom trim on the front of the cabinet
- 2 - 75" 1x4's for the side trim pieces on the front of the cabinet
- door hinges for attaching the bed platform to the frame
- corner braces to make the box
- wood screws
- hook and eye (not pictured) for closing the bed up
- a square
- a drill with drill bits and screwdriver bits
- a tape measure
- a stud finder
- a pencil
- construction screws
I was thinking to add feet also. It's hard for us old folks to get down to that level
ReplyDeleteYes, feet would be good. I was trying to keep costs down as much as possible but I think feet would be good.
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