I used your video to build this bed, thank you! It was a huge help. The biggest and most complicated thing I've made was a breadbox in highschool...so anyone can truly accomplish this :)
I was worried this would be too big of a project for me, but I gave it a try thanks to this video. The final result is amazing, thank you for walking thru all the steps so clearly.
I've had the kit for over a year and finally got around to building it. Thank you so much for the video. It was many trips to the garage and back to the video to make sure that I got it right. Turned out great and works like a charm. Thanks again Pete!
Just built my bed same plan, thanks for all the tips offered very helpful. One thing I did was to pocket screw the 3/4 ply panels together elevated on saw horses running lengthwise and use that as a workbench to build the bed frame and mount hardware.
I've had NO interest in building a Murphy Bed. But I check your feed and get the itch. Your videos are by far the best I've seen and inspiring. Great work and thanks for another great video!
This is glorious, I've been looking for "easy build your own furniture" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Venoffison Wooden Exploration - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my brother in law got excellent success with it.
That was an excellent demonstration. Quick pace with attention to script and detail. No wasted repetition as is so prevalent on most YT how-to's. Refreshing and very well done. Many thanks.
A thought here.. To add a Desk top area that drops down with a leg when the murphy bed is up and than locks away when not in use or when the bed is down. This could work if space is very limited and you need to use that room as a small office of somethign to that sort.
My dream is to have a couch in front. I've seen em but my husband can't figure out how to build it and he said he would never pay the price of those on the market that r obviously made of OSB
Dang, I have been thinking of doing just that before watching this video or any others. LOL I thought the conception was my own. I got to ask, did you try it?
I'm a DIY guy because it its enjoyable and because it saves money. $289 for a hardware kit is very pricey, especially for a couple pieces of metal with holes in them, screws, and 2 pistons. Looks like I'm going to make those pieces myself too! I appreciate the video for a detailed view into the function of each piece of hardware.
Hey Luke! Sounds great. There are certainly many different budgets and styles for DIY projects. For me, the kit was worth it --- but that's definitely not the case for everyone. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Thanks Pete for a great project! After watching this, my wife and I decided to implement this in our guest bedroom and we did. It did come out good following the instructions as is. Thanks for inspiring us to take up this project and finish it. Our next one from your list is concrete top coffee table.🙂
Finding your video was very timely, I was moving a Murphy bed for a friend. I opened the bed, got on a ladder and removed the screws, you guessed, the bed slammed shut knocking me off the ladder falling on the bed and destroyed the bed frame. My friend rushed in hearing the crash and was very concerned about me. They refused my offer to buy another bed so I’m going to offer making another Murphy bed. Thanks for giving me the extra confidence after watching your video, I can do that now….. Thanks Pete and cheers from Napa, California
Wow, this looks amazing, I'm hoping to build a Murphy bed for my teenage son so he can have more room during the day to hang out. This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks so much for all the great details!
That will be a great addition to your home and a project fun project you could build together with your son for his room. Thanks for watching and good luck with the build!
you can get gas struts for car boots, or springs from hardware stores. The hinge mechanism is pretty basic, a recessed bolt with washers will do great, bearings if you want to get fancy, but i've seen cheap seat swivels used too. I'm just saying you don't need to drop 400 on a mechanism kit. Legs are easy, 10 ways to do those. Your bed is great, good job.
I just ordered my kit. I don't have all the tools you have but will try to do it with what I have. We now live in Kuna Idaho. I'm a 68 woman and can't wait to do this project. Thank you for the video.
Great to here from you Peter! Always feels good to get a new video up :) Thanks for the inspiration to do more! Hope all is well and that you are having a great weekend!
I always wondered how a Murphy bed was built. You made it sound so easy. I am sure it is harder than how easy you made it sound like. Thank you very much Pete.
Looks great. Construction was very well explained. I bought the same hardware kit several years ago but never built the bed. Your video reminded me to get to it.
Thanks, Pete! I have 1 tip for others in regards to 1x2 boards. Some stores sell 1x2 furring strips. Usually these are only 5\8" thick although they will be labeled as 1x2. Confirm with tape measure the actual thickness is 3\4". Again, thank you for this video. Plywood is so darn expensive I didn't want to ruin a sheet lol. Measure 20x cut once haha
Great vid, thanks for posting! I'm planning on doing the same, but with the horizontal kit instead of the vertical one- the room dimensions and the ceiling fan are such that a vertical queen would smack the fan. I love the finished look of yours, and am already considering how to modify it to make my horizontal version look similar. Gotta save up the money first, though!
Have one of these beds made from the same kit. With very little tweaking with a sawzall, we were able to shoe horn in queen sized Murphy bed into existing double closet opening and ended up with a recessed built in guest bed. Put recessed LED puck lights in headrail as well. We used melamine faced cabinet plywood for bottom/exterior. Smooth finish in white, almost no sanding and nailed trim wood to it to give it a judges panel look. Turned small home office into a nice guest room for the few times visitors overnight while getting to use it as an office the all the rest of the year.
Hey Peter, great to hear you were able to free up the space so it can be used as an office most of the year! I'm glad the kit worked out well for you too. Cheers!
Hey Pete! The video is worth the wait. I was dying for your next content and I am glad you are back! I am really fascinated with murphy beds and this one is amazing. In my mind I feel like I am ready to make one because of the way you narrate the instructions and process, 👌🏼very clear and organized. I noticed you specify the silver and black screws, is there a difference aside from the color?
Hey Raymond! Great to hear from you, and thanks for saying hi! I agree, I definitely need to push out more content on the channel. I am confident you'll be able to tackle this project. The kit comes with black screws, silver screws, and machine screws. The machine screws are used whenever a T nut is used. The silver and black screws are both 3/4 inches -- but the silver screws have a slightly thicker diameter. They give you the exact amount of screws needed -- and more black screws are included then silver ones. I found myself going back and fourth in the directions so many times that I wanted to point out which screws to use in the video to make it easier. The company has a very detailed video as well, but there's is 1 hour and 12 minutes. They have some better closeup shots and do a good job, but it is a little long for me to watch without speeding up. I feel like I was able to condense the information and cover it all still in about 23 minutes with the narration and clips sped up. Cheers!
DIY PETE thanks for the lengthy and comprehensive reply much appreciated! I am thrilled to get a response from you 🤣 Would love to see more videos ie continuation of your home build/reno hopefully. I understand it is not that easy to come up with a content so I am willing to wait.
Hey, I was wondering if the mattress would get enough ventilation and no humidity would get build up underneath. Done some research and matresses requires ventilation apparently. Any thoughts on that? I live in uk which is quite rainy but my house is new built well insulated
Thank you so much. I live in New York apartment building. I don't have any tools because of space. I am a conference smart mineded handyman. Im thinking about buying tools after seeing this. I could make side money so easily here if I could do this. More importantly it will help my family and friends. These r simple tools too.
Hi Pete! When you are that close to making a cut on the chop saw you don't have to flip the board over. Just make the cut, the lift up the edge of the board closest to you. The saw blade get wider as you get closer to it's middle, and that will complete your cut.
Nice video, I dig it. Very informative and no garbage talk just straight this is how it's done. Gonna be doing one myself and using this video as my coach. The only thing I'm gonna change is no handles to pull it down instead I'll router inside grips to the top boards and also add a desk. Thank you for the vid.
I like the video, good inspiration. What I miss is the ventilation of the mattress and the amount of wood seems excessive, but that's only because I'm looking for a fixed solution for vanlife. For your guestroom purpose I think this is perfect! Well explained too.
excellent everybody pay attention to what he says about wood conditioner a lot of DIY projects seem to get rushed through with no. wood conditioner before staining . it is a must. follow directions very closely. also there’s A certain timeframe when to apply the stain after conditioning and depending on if it’s indoor or outdoors read the directions.
It can be done with a lot less. It did take me longer, but I was able to leverage tools that friends had and my spare time to build this without any special tools. Borrowed a table saw, used miter saw, circular saw, drills, a tape measure, orbital sander, glue and time.
Great project. Wall bed kits in Canada are in the $2000+ range depending on size and options. After watching your video I will build my own. What I’ve done in the past when cutting panels from plywood is getting one of the big box stores I buy my plywood from to do it for me. First couple of cuts are free and extra cuts are $1.50 each if I remember right. For a few bucks it’s a whole lot faster and more accurate...not to mention easier getting your wood home in the back of your sport Ute.
Having bought this same kit and built it myself, I can say it is a lot of work. From purchasing 7 sheets of plywood, using a table saw to rip and crosscut them to size, drilling screwing and gluing the bed platform together. Drilling screwing and gluing the support frame together. Edge banding all the wood, sanding, finishing, installing hardware. Additionally in my case I also made the two cabinets that are in the plans (www.rockler.com/deluxe-murphy-bed-kits-vertical-mount). This involved making cabinets (book shelves) drilling shelf pin holes perfectly aligned and building drawers and installing drawer slides. Exactly what would you consider DIY in this case? Did he need to make springs out of iron with a forge to make the bed work? Did he need to wind his own motors for the drills he used? What about the pivot points? Seriously it is people like you that bring so much negativity to the world. Try saying something positive. Here are some examples, "Great job! I wish I had the time/expertise to build something like this." or "Wow, murphy beds really do save a lot of space, maybe I should think about building one myself." There is an enormous amount of work that goes into making one of these and if you don't believe me, try it yourself.
Hi Jake, there are certainly various degrees of DIY. I bought the kit for the pure convenience of getting the right struts and hardware. The build was quite time consuming and a lot of work to be honest. You could certainly figure out the struts though and other hardware if you'd prefer. Cheers
We are doing this right now. And we needed a video to explain how to connect the bed to the wall. And yours helped! Yes thank you ! Much support to you! Love and light!
I'm not usually a fan of murphy beds but this looks amazing! Super informative video too. It definitely has me considering doing this at my house. Thanks Pete!
Good job. My only critique is the banding. After working for over 40 years as a carpenter, I found that banding is great for a quick or temporary look, but using strips of real wood 1/8 inch and using a nail gun or nailing by hand with a finger spreading of glue below the surface of the 1/8th inch materialmand using a punch with filler will not only look better but last years longer. Maybe your grandchildren will use it as well. As far as the banding edge a few years of variable temperatures and the oops factor or using Murphy's Law "What can happen will happen" will make it almost impossible to fix the edges at the many nooks and crannies you left it at. that the banding falls off or breaks off. Overall it was a good job, with good visual aspects. Thanks for sharing...
Awesome video, very detailed and easy to understand.👍If anything, I'd add that the solid plywood board right under the mattress only works in countries where the moisture level is relatively low. In New Zealand, for example, your mattress would become mouldy within a couple of months. If you live in an area like that you might want to consider using timber slats instead of solid plywood with some ventilation holes towards the head board or on the side of the frame.
Great video. I really like the way you edit with the voice over. No long winded explanations of what your going to do. You just do it. And no annoying background music, just the sound of voice overs and tools.
Hey THANKS PETE MONTANA MAN! I can't wait to do this since it only takes 23:34 to finish! : ) Sure wish it was only that short! lol I need to rebuild the house first before I tackle this project but it will all be worth it to open up more space for all the other fun stuff that takes up space too. MANY THANKS! YOU MAKE IT LOOK EASY!
Inspirational! I hope to ultimately have a tiny house backing up to an island rainforest. Have the property and you just provided the intent for one room in it.
Great video. The detailed instructions make it clear what a person would be facing. My consideration is I usually make around $85 an hour for carpentry and handyman work. The hours this would take and the space needed to do the project without cleaning up between steps would be prohibitive. I'm thinking the extra $500 or so for the prebuilt kit would probably be worth it to me as I'm sure this project would take much longer than 6 hours. Heck, even if it took 8 hours that would still be $680 of billable hours to do the job. I appreciate your eye for detail but I think many with both time and space considerations (for doing the project) may be better off just paying the extra money for one already done.
I love the idea of a Murphy Bed. We have a two bedroom with 3 kids and I think this will be in our future. Not sure I can pull off making one myself though.
What a great video. One of the best I've seen for explaining a build in simple concise language we all can understand. This video just gave me the confidence to build one for our new home. Thank-you! Keep up the great work!
Great video Pete. I hadn’t thought of a Murphy bed in our guest bedroom but this certainly has me thinking… Thanks for the video. Cheers from another Pete in Montana. 🤠
I'm thinking about building my own little murphy bed in my camper utilizing iron pipe as the pivot, buy my own struts, and creating wood stops at each side of the wall (bed will take up the width of the camper). I appreciate seeing the details! This will help tremendously.
Very, very cool! One added possibility is to make the bed maybe a little higher/thicker and use the underside/outside for things like a dartboard set or other features, maybe a fold out desk or hobby workplace. For a guest room this would be great. For a really small apartment, this would be GREATER!
Hey thanks so much! I think it definitely could be a good solution for that small bedroom. I had the same situation, and am so happy with the outcome. Hope all is well up in Canada!
Thanks for reading all the instructions and providing moving pictures for all us lazy-asses. Ive got an empty upstairs closet with no doors that has an opening the same size as a queen. Gonna give it a stab pretty soon.
I wish I had watched this before I built one off the cuff of a friend. We didn't have the hardware and rely on brute strength to raise and lower it. I have to build one for a "real" customer and will defiantly be using this as a reference. I'm hoping to use solid maple for the entire project. Thanks!
