Murphy bed
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A Murphy Bed also called a wall bed, pull down bed or fold-down bed is a bed that is hinged at one end to store vertically against the wall, or inside a closet
or cabinet
. To achieve this, the mattress
is attached to the bed frame
, often with elastic straps. Mulrphy beds are used for space-saving purposes, much like a trundle bed
is. Most Murphy beds do not have box spring
s. Instead, the mattress usually lies on a wood platform or wire mesh.
Murphy beds are popular where floor space is limited, such as small homes, apartments and college dormitories. In recent years, Murphy bed units have included options such as lighting, storage cabinets, and office components.
s. A piston-lift or torsion spring
s makes modern Murphy beds easy to lower and raise.
Closet
A closet is a small and enclosed space, a cabinet, or a cupboard in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. A closet for food storage is usually referred to as a pantry...
or cabinet
Cabinet (furniture)
A cabinet is usually a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors or drawers for storing miscellaneous items. Some cabinets stand alone while others are built into a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood or, now increasingly, of synthetic...
. To achieve this, the mattress
Mattress
A mattress is a manufactured product to sleep or lie on, consisting of resilient materials and covered with an outer fabric or ticking. In the developed world it is typically part of a bed set and is placed upon a foundation....
is attached to the bed frame
Bed frame
A bed frame or bedstead is the part of a bed used to position a mattress or foundation set off the floor. Bed frames are typically made of wood or metal. A bed frame is made up of head, foot, and side rails...
, often with elastic straps. Mulrphy beds are used for space-saving purposes, much like a trundle bed
Trundle bed
Trundle beds are usually considered a pair of beds, one a twin bed, and the other slightly smaller on rollers or casters so that it may be put beneath the upper twin bed for storage...
is. Most Murphy beds do not have box spring
Box Spring
Box Spring is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Box Spring is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups are Bead Geyser, Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser. Eruptions of Box Spring...
s. Instead, the mattress usually lies on a wood platform or wire mesh.
Murphy beds are popular where floor space is limited, such as small homes, apartments and college dormitories. In recent years, Murphy bed units have included options such as lighting, storage cabinets, and office components.
Variations
Murphy beds include horizontal-oriented beds that flip up from the side and even bunk bedBunk bed
A bunk bed is a type of bed in which one bed frame is stacked on top of another. The nature of bunk beds allows two people to sleep in the same room while maximizing available floor space...
s. A piston-lift or torsion spring
Torsion spring
A torsion spring is a spring that works by torsion or twisting; that is, a flexible elastic object that stores mechanical energy when it is twisted. The amount of force it exerts is proportional to the amount it is twisted. There are two types...
s makes modern Murphy beds easy to lower and raise.