Murphy Beds
A Murphy bed (sometimes known as a wallbed, or fold away bed) is a bed that flips up at the head end for vertical storage inside a closet or cabinet. To achieve this, the mattress is attached to the bed frame, often with a bolt at each corner.
Murphy beds are used for space-saving purposes, much like a trundle bed is. Due to space limitations, most Murphy beds do not have box springs. Instead, the mattress usually lies on wire mesh. Most Murphy beds are also not equipped with headboards, footboards or bed rails.
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While less frequently used in today's homes, Murphy beds can still be found in areas with limited square footage, such as mobile homes and apartments. Since the late 1900s, Murphy Beds have been incorporated into modular cabinetry with glass, mirrors, lighting, or additional units for entertainment storage or computer centers.
On the most well-known style of Murphy bed, the head end is permanently mounted inside a large closet located in the wall of a bedroom or living room. This type of Murphy bed (and its closet) is usually concealed behind a pair of closet doors. In some cases where construction budgets were tight, there are no doors. Instead, the bottom of the bed is a solid panel. When folded up, this solid panel appears to be part of the wall.
Less typical variations of Murphy beds included one type that was mounted on a swing arm. This arm pivoted the bed between room and closet. On another type, the head end was on casters. This allowed the bed to be stored in any large closet and rolled into any room for use. In many cases, the closet where the Murphy bed was stored doubled as a standard clothes closet.
A similar type of bed is the hideaway bed, first patented in 1885 by Sarah E. Goode. A hideaway bed also folds up when not in use, but is not concealed behind a wall or closet, instead serving double use as a shelf or desk.