Queen Murphy Bed

Remember last week when I told you my sisters are coming? I’m still so excited! And remember I said the daybed situation isn’t great for guests? And then I said I ordered a new solution?

Well, it came and I’m ready to share all the details on our new queen Murphy bed!

The Inspiration

One of my favorite YouTube channels is Happiest Place. Suzanne is an interior designer and frequently features beautiful finds from Pottery Barn and the like.

Her super power is finding dupes and making recommendations on her channel.

She recently did a program on Pottery Barn dupes from Lowes.

From Lowes she found some Murphy bed cabinets the size of dressers instead of the size of an entire wall.

That really got my juices flowing. If I could find something the size of a dresser, I could keep my workout room and still comfortably share it with guests.

I really loved one of the Lowe’s Murphy beds, but it didn’t come with a mattress and I didn’t want to mess around finding the right one.

Wayfair to the rescue.

Suzanne is always prompt responding to her channel’s comments and answering emails. When I reached out to her about the Wayfair dresser I found, she quickly linked it for me.

I will link it here for you, but just for convenience. I am not an affiliate.

Faux Dresser

Through hundreds of choices from a number of online retailers, I found my second choice from Wayfair and it’s Lark Manor Queen Murphy Bed.

Here is all the good, bad and ugly.

Good

It really is beautiful. And it really doesn’t take up too much space in our room.

The mattress folds into threes and hides in the faux drawers.

The memory foam seems comfy, but is a little thinner than we are used to so I’m considering buying a topper. That’s just one more thing to store, so I’m still pondering it.

The $800 price (choke, choke) seemed to be inline with what things are going for these day. The free Wayfair delivery is a huge savings, of course.

Also good is that the assembly occurs in stages so we could move sections to the bedroom one at a time without breaking our backs. Okay, my back was totally done by the time I took these pictures!

The Bad

This puppy is heavy! As in the boxes were several hundred pounds. The delivery person must have used quite the dolly to deliver it to our front porch.

Luckily we have a dolly and luckily hub is pretty much recovered from shoulder surgery to help get the boxes in and unpacked.

Also bad is that while the design seems ingenious, the assembly is a pain in the a@#$ (per a source in my house). There were 62 steps!

It took us a good 6 hours (split between two days) to assemble.

A few of the boards’ labels had worn off so we had to guess at their IDs.

And we had boards and screws and doodads all over our living room.

The instructions called for manual screwdrivers, etc. Without a drill we would still be putting it together with a bad case of carpal tunnel. A drill is certainly necessary.

I’m not sure how to comment on the quality. It is heavy duty and seems perfectly safe. But the material used to paint the boards is like plastic and was easily damaged.

Luckily the places we nicked are all hidden.

Also lucky for us, we have a third helper when it comes to big projects.

You guessed it, Roxy was all over in the middle of the activity. Even the power drill didn’t deter her.

Especially fun for Roxy was knocking the doodads all over the floor. Yep. That cat!

The Ugly

The hardware! I love a good gold accent, but the hardware is bright yellow. Even John, who is not known for caring about finishes, said, “That is ugly.” Ha.

We have a lot of different spray paints, so he gave them all a light coat of nickel. It isn’t whole coverage, just enough to tone it down a bit.

By the way, the chair and lamp in this picture are old purchases from Wayfair. The rug is an old World Market find.

I have a really beautiful piece of art for the space, but I need to find a frame.

Wrap Up

This room actually still has the daybed and it isn’t terribly crowded so I might keep it for a while. My rebounder and stability ball are in the corner and the weights are in the closet.

What do you think?

After we completed the project, friends who have a full-size Murphy bed told us they paid to have theirs assembled. Dang, I didn’t know that was an option. Because it would have been worth it.

But the instructions were fairly good and we only had to redo two steps, I think.

Without John’s IBM engineering brain and skills, I would still have 350 pounds of Murphy bed sitting in my living room!

Thanks for joining me in another brilliant shopping escapade. And as always, may God bless you and yours.