craigslinst find, Murphy bed !
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:37 pm
I've been wanting to rent a room out , but with the not huge bedrooms I was debating over providing a double bed or a single, which would allow a bit more room for a desk.. But I can hardly sleep in a double, I have to sleep corner to corner or it's too short.. i have one bedroom with the laundry in the closet , it's not a bad size but not overly wide.
then I found a Murphy bed ! Free yea.. that's within my price range Picked it up Saturday. it isn't vintage, just a veneered plywood box that goes against the wall and the fold down section is powder coated black, but the great thing is that it's 6'6" and the width of a single. Now I'll have tons of room when it's not being used and no height problems , I even got an extra long sheet set with it. The mattress was perfect. made in Canada even I doubt it was used more than a few times.
they had removed it from the wall during painting and somehow it had opened and sprung a weird way. It has a bunch of heavy springs to facilitate closing it, and they got overstretched. so I have to find some new springs but I think I can just order those online if I can't just scrounge up some that will work.
now I'm rearranging furniture. Ill have to make some little cutouts in the back so it can fit over the baseboard. Ill take a pic when I get it installed.
then I found a Murphy bed ! Free yea.. that's within my price range Picked it up Saturday. it isn't vintage, just a veneered plywood box that goes against the wall and the fold down section is powder coated black, but the great thing is that it's 6'6" and the width of a single. Now I'll have tons of room when it's not being used and no height problems , I even got an extra long sheet set with it. The mattress was perfect. made in Canada even I doubt it was used more than a few times.
they had removed it from the wall during painting and somehow it had opened and sprung a weird way. It has a bunch of heavy springs to facilitate closing it, and they got overstretched. so I have to find some new springs but I think I can just order those online if I can't just scrounge up some that will work.
now I'm rearranging furniture. Ill have to make some little cutouts in the back so it can fit over the baseboard. Ill take a pic when I get it installed.