DIY Murphy Bed Kit Full Horizontal | Murphy Bed Hardware for Wall Cabinet, Horizontal Full Frame, Deluxe Mechanism Kit with Bonus Tools

This company did an awesome job putting together an excellent product! It came with very detailed, and easy to read and understand instruction pamphlets. One pamphlet outlined the materials you need and a very detailed cut sheet on exact sizes to cut every piece needed. The other pamphlet is a detailed step by step instruction sheet on how to build your Murphy bed. Also they have tutorials online to view if you need more help. I can’t say enough how impressed with the quality of the product as well as the instructions. I did not follow the instructions to the letter, as I did not want to build mine out of plywood. I am a furniture builder and I love exotic wood, so I had to change some of the measurements to get the end product that I wanted. But the information provided, allowed me to make adjustments as I needed along the way. Great company, great product and it works perfect!

We hired someone who specializes in woodworking; he used top quality pine wood - sturdy yet lightweight. We plan to polyurethane the wood. We would buy the product again.

This was an easy to use kit with great instructions. (I also bought the horizontal bed kit and there were some typos, but we figured it out). Highly recommend renting a table saw for this project if you don’t have one already. My dad and I built-in both beds with additional cabinets. They are not included in the kit/instructions, but it was super easy to add on to for the custom built-in look I was going for.

This was a big project but couldn’t have asked for a better product to use. Instructions were invaluable. Couldn’t have completed it with out them.

Awesome kit and clear instructions. I purchased a table saw for this project and nailed it 1st try. I'm going to try another horizontal queen for another guest room.

You do need to have woodworking tools and skill.The instructions were pretty good. On the cut list, the measurements did not match on one sheet, printing error. And another spot it said to use 1 1/4 screws to connect a 2x2 to a 3/4” ply……ya, use 2”😅. And you don’t need to band everything they say. But unless you have intimate knowledge of the parts, you’re just going to have to band everything. And one or two smaller print mistakes like if you want a twin support rod, it’s not 39” like in the book, if it sounds fishy read shared and make your decision.Customer service is very quick to respond.I asked them if I could take 2 singles and make a bunk and if they had plans for that. They said, no, do not make a bunk out of it. As you can see in the pictures, I did it anyway. I made a couple modifications.1- side boards are double tall so it’s one piece.2- reversed the legs on the top bunk for a roll bar….. not sure that was worth it 🤷‍♀️.I painted before I put together because it is way easier to paint before hardware and corners are created. I painted one side of each banded board. And I read ahead and found a few more un-banded boards that would need paint.This project did take me working for several days (I do get interrupted a lot).The instructions were easy to follow. The video was helpful, but super annoying not to have words. Maybe people complained about the audio before🤷‍♀️.Yes, I recommend this item.

This kit is marketed as a home DIY friendly build, but in my opinion, not for a complete beginner or some one who has done little to no wood working skills. Even for two people who have a lot of experience with working with tools this was not as DIY friendly as it is marketed.Firstly, the total cost of materials including the kit was more than we had originally planned for; about $500, not including the tools we already had (Miter saw, power drill, table saw). The shopping list part of the instructions was clear and concise, but after getting the wood cut down to the right dimensions we had quite a bit of leftover lumber. This was useful when we had to redo 1-2 cuts, but overall it seems a bit inefficient. Which brings me to my next point, the building instructions.Part of the instructions had fully drilled and partially drilled holes, but due to the convoluted directions we made a mistake and had to recut some of the wood. Another section did not explain how to install the hydraulics correctly, they were extremely stiff and eventually learned that the bed must be closed to install them but is not notated properly.Overall, it took us about 3 days to put the bed together. It would have been faster if we did not have to make the majority of the cuts ourselves. The video in the product description says his local hardware store (Home Depot) had them cut the lumber down for him but that was not our experience as they don't do project cuts.In the end, we are happy with the end result but if we were to build another murphy bed it will not be from this company.

I’m no expert woodworker but I took this project head on. It was really fun. You have to be patient. This project took me a few weekends, but I was also working alone. The only thing I would’ve done differently was waited to install the plate the fat part of the piston snaps onto until the end. I ended up using a ratchet strap to compress the piston and get it to fit but I wouldn’t recommend anyone do that. It was dangerous and stressful lol. If I would’ve waited until the end to install the plate I could’ve made sure it was in the exact right position for the piston to fit on without compressing it. I would also recommend the seller upgrade to more of an adjustable style piston plate to allow the builder to make minor adjustments.