Building a Murphy Bed with Create-a-Bed

[@BillGoodwin1]

Looks great, man!

[@davehernandez4177]

Profesh! Not the dancing, the bed. Hahahahaha. Great video. Great job.

[@pedroramos6408]

Great and clean job. I am making a bed just like yours. But have to make my own hardware. Because here in El Salvador there's nothing like that. There's no Rockler store. I will use 1/2 inch bolts as hinges and a couple gas shocks 15n. I hope will work. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from El Salvador.

[@NathanSink]

Could you share what pull handle you used & where you got it? I’m guessing it’s 36” long? Thanks in advance.

[@Mehriary]

Just beautiful!

[@notorious062]

Bonjour Je suis de France ou es que je peut trouver uniquement les vérins a gaz, leur longueur et puissance en newton? Merci Cordialement

[@antoniovieira50]

Amazing video. Thanks a lot!!!

[@richardponton3920]

Question for you. I am getting ready to build one myself. The plans use mostly 3/4" (0.75") plywood. Quality sanded plywood is sold in 23/32" (0.71875") Yes, this is a tiny difference. Did you need to adjust anything for that difference?

[@HouseholdHowTo]

Great question! The actual product thickness I used was 0.701". I did not have to deviate from the original plans.

[@Schellite]

Create A Bed instructions say 3/4" x 1 1/2" for the struts, yet you say you used 1" x 2" pine boards. Did you follow the kit instructions exactly (when purchasing the wood), or improvise?

[@HouseholdHowTo]

So the 1" x 2" pine boards that you get from the big box store actually measure 3/4" x 1.5" in real life. One of those strange "why do they do that?" things. Great question though!

[@Schellite]

@@HouseholdHowTo I suspected as much. This is something that drives me insane when buying wood.

[@robertbuckhannon1125]

Great video! I’ve had the kit sitting in the room for a year and need to just build it! Did you use a specific plywood? For example, Birch maple or pre finished?

[@HouseholdHowTo]

Regular old birch plywood from Lowe's. Sorry for the late reply! Thanks for checking it out!

[@noixoan]

How much for total project?

[@kevinl9180]

When did you paint?

[@HouseholdHowTo]

All of the individual pieces were fabricated, sanded, and then painted prior to assembly.

[@mviswan22]

@@HouseholdHowTo Great video! Follow up question regarding painting...why did you put the hardware on before painting? Wouldn't painting before applying the hardware make painting easier? Thanks!

[@HouseholdHowTo]

You're right! So what I did here was assemble all of the hardware onto the pieces, then took it all back off to paint. This way I was able to make sure the hardware fit correctly so that I could address any issues before painting. Thanks for watching!

[@mviswan22]

@@HouseholdHowTo Thanks for clarifying! That makes a lot of sense. Do you mind sharing your priming/painting steps? We also want to paint our murphy bed white but I wasn't sure how much sanding / priming I would need to do. Thanks again.

[@HouseholdHowTo]

Sure! The plywood didn't need a ton of sanding work before the primer. I just used some 220 grit to remove any stray chips and gave the whole thing a light pass. Zinsser BIN was the primer used, two coats with a light 220 sand after each. The finish was Sherwin Williams Pro Classic with some added Floetrol, two coats applied with a foam roller. This stuff levels out really nicely and dries rock hard. I'm very satisfied with the finish, but I'm sure there are definitely other options out there. I'm definitely a fan of alkyd paint for furniture.

[@douglasgreen437]

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[@SpanishGamers]

Se nota que sabes lo que haces. Buen resultado.