7 Benefits of Installing a Murphy Bed in Your Florida Home

In the early 20th Century, William Murphy designed a bed that could be pulled down from the wall to add extra sleep space to any room. Unfortunately, this bed quickly became a running joke in cartoons and comedies. In addition, it was not known for being a comfortable spot. However, improvements have been made that make these beds something to consider when redecorating your home. So, what are some benefits to installing a Murphy bed in your Florida home?

When it comes to Murphy beds, the benefits of owning one include:

• Space-saving design
• Create a multi-purpose space
• Variable sizes
• Don’t give up comfort
• Easy to use
• Adds style to a room
• Adds value to your home

Ready to learn more about the benefits of owning a Murphy bed? Curl up in your favorite cozy spot and keep reading!

The concept behind the Murphy bed that made it so famous was the ability to fold it up and out of the way. It allows you to add a mattress to any room that wouldn’t be able to easily accommodate anything larger than a twin-sized bed full time.

In your kids’ rooms, you’ll be able to push the bed up and give them plenty of room to play during the day. It is the ideal solution in smaller homes where the bedrooms may not be very spacious. Traditional-style Murphy beds could be bulky and take up a lot of room even when folded up. However, newer designs offer slimmer storage to take up less space even when not in use.

Smaller homes are often lacking space. Because of that, you may not have enough room for visitors to stay with you overnight. Murphy beds allow you to turn any room into a makeshift guest room for family and friends.

Unless you constantly have guests staying in your spare room, it can seem like a waste of space to dedicate that room to a bed that remains empty most of the time. A Murphy bed allows you to repurpose the room into something more functional. You can use the extra space for a home office or hobby room. The room magically becomes valuable square footage instead of an empty shrine.

Back when Murphy beds were newer, they came in a limited number of sizes. Generally, you could find them in twin or full-sized options. However, now you can find them in a wide array of sizes to accommodate your needs. Today’s more modern Murphy beds come in sizes ranging from a twin all the way to a California King.

If you’ve ever slept on a Murphy bed during the early ’60s or ’70s, you might remember that they weren’t the most comfortable thing in the world. Regular beds with mattresses not designed to fold away were much more comfortable. To some extent, Murphy beds were about as comfortable as sleeping on a sofa bed with a thin mattress.

Newer designs, however, accommodate thicker, more comfortable mattresses. In addition, the designs give you a restful, regenerative sleep just as you would have in a standard bed. The only difference being that you can fold up your wall bed and a traditional bed stays where it’s at.

Knowing that you can have a thicker mattress on your bed might make you think that a Murphy bed is no longer an option for you. There is no way, in your mind, that you can move that bed up and down daily. It’d be too heavy!

Believe it or not, you are incorrect.  Murphy beds are easy to fold and unfold each day. In addition, these beds are constructed with a counter-balance making it easy to pull the mattress down or raise it up.

Murphy beds themselves are also stylish and multi-purpose. For example, many come with shelving or wardrobes on either side of the bed. On others, you may find a small desk or bookcase when the mattress is retracted into its cabinet. These features help the cabinetry blend into the background rather than stand out like a sore thumb.

In addition, according to Wallstreetjournal.com, newer designs come with improvements to help disguise the bed when not in use. Heavy mirrors and spots to mount a flat-screen TV can help it blend in.

Unlike other beds, Murphy beds can add value to your home. Murphy beds are installed onto the wall of whatever room you use them in. While you can dismount it and take it with you when you move, you may decide it’s not worth the hassle and want to leave it behind for the next owner.

If you decide to leave it behind, you can include the price of the bed in the asking price for your home. It is one of the few upgrades to your house in which you can recoup most, if not all, of the original investment.

Murphy beds are no longer the clunky, maligned beds seen in slap-stick comedies such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Today, they are sleek and stylish furniture that add space to a room and allow you to double up on the room’s purpose. They are easy to use and much more comfortable than traditional Murphy beds used to be.

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