Easy DIY Murphy Bed Queen Size Hardware Kit - Wood Frame Folding Cabinet Wall for Guestroom to Build, Made in USA

Great product, exactly what I needed at great price.

The Easy DIY Murphy Bed Kit is great. The hardware is good quality and it worked well for my build.This is a large project that takes a lot of time, and money, to complete. In total I spent $917 (including tax for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada).Items you’ll need (in addition to the kit): 4 sheets of ¾ sanded plywood ($69 a sheet), 2 sheets of ¼ plywood ($40 a sheet), 100 feet of 13/16 Edge Banding ($32), handles, wood clamps, wood glue, construction adhesive, various drill bits, 200 2 inch wood screws, 200 1 ¼ inch wood screws, sand paper, metal plate for mattress strap (should be included with the kit!), wood conditioner, wood stain or paint.I used pocket holes in some sections where the instructions called for visible screw heads.Another item to note is that you almost certainly will require a table saw for this project. I had Home Depot cut some of the pieces required however in Victoria, Canada they won’t cut anything smaller than 12 inches wide. There are lots of cuts that are less than 12 inches wide if you plan to use the left-over plywood for the bed frame struts (the alternative is to spend even more $ and buy 1x2 pine strips).You need to have very accurate cuts and assembly needs to be near perfect so that corners are square and plumb. You’ll also need 89 inches of ceiling clearance. Good luck!

This project took me 4 full days to put it together. It is not a minor project and it requires tools and skills. This is not a beginner project. The hardware kit, which is just over $300, is only a small part of your expenditure. I bought 4x8 sheets of finished maple plywood and all the pieces the instructions told me I needed at Home Depot and spent another $900. I had the plywood cut at Home Depot as the cut sheets are included in the instructions. Getting it cut on their panel saw was easier than doing it on my table saw, it took about a half-hour and cost me $20. The instructions provided with the hardware are great, and there are videos to follow on the Internet at YouTube. Read the instructions and watch all of the videos before you even start, it will save you troubles. The bed is great and gives us a lot of extra space in our spare bedroom. It's very sturdy and easy to open and lift up when finished. The bed pictured is the vertical Queen sized bed.

I thought I would be saving money building with this kit. In between the wood (there is a lot of it) and the time I spent building it (also a lot of it) I would have been better off buying something new. I wasn't even totally happy with my result (but that is more my fault). The only good part was that I learned stuff.

This kit is fantastic. The hardware is high quality and looks like it will last a long time, and we've had no issues with it in the first year of use. I have "advanced basic" woodworking skills and had absolutely no difficulties in building the cabinet and bed. If you have successfully assembled IKEA furniture and think you're up for something only just slightly more challenging, you CAN build this kit yourself. All of the tools and resources are clearly laid out, and you get written instructions, diagrams, and videos for each step that are way more clear than any IKEA bookcase or dresser. I didn't have the tools at home to cut all of the plywood myself but when I took the enclosed cut list to Home Depot I had no difficulty at all having all of the cuts made perfectly by an employee who was impressed at how easy it was to follow. We're thinking about turning our home office into a spare room with another Murphy bed after the first one turned out so well, and I'll be buying and using this kit again.