DIY Murphy bed

If you can’t decide whether your spare room should serve as a home office or guest room, Murphy bed might be the answer.

We wanted a budget Murphy bed in a closet that does not take too much space. There are many Murphy bed-kits, but they are quite expensive, so we chose to go for a cheaper version which makes it slightly harder to pull up and down.

You need:
2 Pax cabinets with doors
2 Lurôy Ribbebottom
Bed Feet
Timber
Some hinges
Double mattress
We used two Pax cabinets, one that is 1 m and one that is 50 cm wide. To accommodate a double bed cabinets it must be spliced. If a single bed is on your wish list, you can get away with one cabinet of 1 m.

[carolebrown]

Hey Bjorn I love this ❤ Thank you so much for sharing. I am turning my spare room into an office and I have been contemplating a murphy bed, for guests, but very expensive.
This is perfect as I have some pax wardrobes, that was going to throw out, but now looks like I am going to try this out. 😊

[hayleyceleste]

Hey Bjorn, I’ve got my Pax cabinets and ready to make this! How did you connect the 2 cabinets together?

[simolindstrom]

Hi Bjørn, I am designing my own murphy bed and try to get all the measurements for the stuff correctly. Could you be so nice and tell what is the bed height and what is the depth for the pax cabinet? Should the cabinet be more depth than the bed so that there is room the bed roll in? Thanks for the inspirational video! Cheers from Finland

[Nikisquarepants]

Hi! Love this! Can you explain why on the instructions I need 2x Luroy? Did you use two single sizes? Thanks!

[ignaciogarciadelalamo]

Great hack. How deep are the PAX cabinets? 38cm?

[gentledracula]

this is only comercial not diy !!!👎👎👎🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️