How To Build A Murphy Bed | The Ultimate Office Design

Today we are going to walk through the process of How to Build a Murphy Bed. Having a secret bed for when guests are over helps free up a ton of space to utilize as an office, gym, playroom, or anything else under the sun.




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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Murphy Bed Cost
0:56 - Murphy Bed Frame
2:01 - Murphy Bed Hardware Install
5:53 - Making Header Board
7:04 - Assembling Murphy Bed
7:57 - Installing Built In Cabinets
8:18 - My Favorite Finish Work
9:48 - Using a Paint Sprayer Lessons Learned
10:36 - Cleanup
10:51 - Murphy Bed Office Project Complete

[leek]

I just watched your video. I like you mentioning your mistakes. That helps people a lot because most DIY people are not carpenters. Also, you have some sense of humor. I like that. I may want to make this bed someday. That’s for the video.

[iansprescott]

Great job. Am seriously looking to make something just like this. Your end result looks brilliant. Thank your for honesty showing all those potential pitfalls (mistakes).
Am sure I will also find a few ' pitfalls' of my own but feel encouraged enough to have a go. Many Thanks.
Ps thanks also to the people asking good questions .

[blobzyj]

I appreciate the transparency 🙏🏽 respect

[MHenschke-]

Looks great! Thank you for sharing your process. Did you have a link for the plans you used for this build?

[denishood]

Nice job! The door fronts on the bottom of the bed really make it looked built in. Does not look like a bed in hiding. Next project go for the twin. The Murphy door

[JefeDog]

Very nice job! I bought the same exact kit, and found it very challenging. I made two right rails (similar to your non-mirroring verticals). Also, when all put together, I have larger gaps at the bottom portion of the folded up frame than I do the top. Figured I'd try to hide it with the trim when I get there. Also, you lucked out having the bottom cabinets match the dimensions of your faux cabinets. Mine will be somewhat larger, so not sure if it will look funny.

In retrospect, not sure I'm handy enough for this kind of job. I'd probably buy something pre-built if I had to do it again.

[davidlan]

Dude, that is a masterfully made Murphy bed. Thanks for taking the time to make this very helpful video

[salemadnan]

Amazing! Great Job and thank you so much for the video with the details. I am going to start on it this week and very excited. Looking forward to your next project!!
May I ask what kind of lumber you would recommend for the trims and the cabinets? What kind of sand paper grit would you recommend? - Thank you

[jasminegoode]

Thanks for this video it was super helpful! I want to do something like this but I don’t know if the full vertical will hold the weight of the double mattress I have already.

What mattress did you use? Did you go for a lightweight one? Is it comfortable?

[salemadnan]

Did you use Brad nails for the Trims and Faux Doors?

[bskelly]

You made that look so easy and I really enjoyed your style of doing the video. I am seriously going to order the kit you listed and make this for our guest room / office. Thanks!

[kyathobi]

Want to make this for my basement. Does the bed frame have more space than an actual queen mattress? Is there wiggle room? I was hoping to shorten height of the bed frame by a 2-3" bc of my ceiling height.

[themadhatter]

Great vid. In my head i was picturing around €300-€400 for timber but then mine was going to be very basic. I like your finish though, definitely going to take some inspiration from it.

[ericrodman]

Great video! Definitely one of the better ones I've watched. Thank you for the pro tips on cabinet pulls. I noticed that a lot of people don't paint the interior of the murphy bed cabinet - why is that? Also, have you considered changing the headboard? One other thing, what did you do about your baseboards? Cut them off for flush mounting, or angle cut around them?

[flyashleyfly]

I've totally made a good chunk of the same mistakes you did 🙃 I'm officially at the vertical stage also realize all this really means is I'm maybe about halfway through considering filling, sanding, painting and building a cabinet to frame one side. Most days I totally feel like I'm over my head (....I don't REALLY know what I'm doing....mostly playing Ash the Builder 🤫).

I'm still deciding on a hardware solution because the long ones I want are dumb expensive 🫥. Were you able to get the 1x3s flat once you screwed the pulls in?....Or should I maybe install the pulls before I secure the mattress support?

Also (because I have no clue what I'm doing 😁) do you have any vides of how you built the cabinets? 🤔 Thanks!

[marcusdenny]

Thanks for sharing, that was cool I will be trying it at some point this year👍

[timb]

How did you build those cabinet doors? Given how you are assembling them, it looks like they may be prefab? If so, let me know where you got them, they look great!

[maxwelldonahue]

When you open the bed do the faux cabinet handles rest on the ground? Or what holds the base wait of the person sleeping? And great video!

[letsseeitaly]

Thanks! Great tutorial. Don't you think that handles on trim will pull the trim off?

[janjakabovic]

Is the bed strong enough in the middle? Is it deflexing in the middle? I think the support beams are too small in height to prevent bending in everyday use.