The place I'm currently staying doesn't really have a ton of room for me to put a real bed. So I've been using a roll out mattress of sorts. Now, because I know I have a tendency to be somewhat lazy and a bit of a procrastinator (I intended to write this a couple weeks ago and kept telling myself "when more of the bed is done"). So I decided to look in to Murphy Beds. Wow. They are crazy expensive and well outside of my price range. After looking them over, I thought to myself - "They don't look to complicated to build. I can do this!". First, I needed a horizontal one and a custom size; Second, I needed to be able to move the bed if the need arose; and Third, money was absolutely an issue so it needed to be....well....cheap.
The hardware sets I looked at were ridiculous. Far more moving parts and such - it'll be easier to just figure out a hinge and latch setup for it (I tried to convince myself while grimacing at the $350+ price tag on just the hardware). So I looked over dozens of different design ideas and watched a lot of YouTube - the problem with YouTube is you end up falling down a rabbit hole. I'd start with 'Murphy Bed DIY' and before I knew it I was watching 'Midget hot boxing a dryer' - yes it's real and has some swearing.
So I decided to figure out designing the plans myself. Here is a rough draft of what I wanted. Now. I can picture the bed in it's entirety in my mind. Getting it out and on to paper. Not as easy as I thought it would be.
Fast forward and now I have the bed part itself made (I got 90% of the wood from a lumber mill I work at so it's all nice white and red oak with some pine), the cabinet started and am racking my brains on how to not have to secure it to a wall or the floor when it's folded up and the hinging part is not as easy as I'd hoped.
All in all it's been a unique experience and a valuable lesson in patience and paying attention to details.
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