Terrones Murphy Bed

Overall happy with the purchase, looks great and is extremely practical for having a n extra bed in a small space. One thing I would be wary of is that it’s quite tricky to assemble and you need to make sure you are able to attach well to a wall (at the very least to the studs). The instructions for assembly aren’t very clear when it comes to installing the mechanisms and springs. Also the delivery wasn’t great - the company delivered later than the expected date and refused to bring the boxes up one flight of stairs in the apartment building. I appreciate the current COVID restrictions, however leaving it in the hallway on the first floor is not much different to leaving it in the hallway on the ground floor w.r.t entering the building. Items were very heavy and needed more than one person to move.

Very challenging to build. 4 hours the instructions said... ha! 2 freaking days! They have just updated the instructions on this product but the ones that came with my bed were very chaotic. Here some advices I hope you find useful if you end up buying this product: - Once it is built, it is heavy as f. I recommend you build it in the same room where it will stay. - When building the skeleton, think about the wall you are going to have to put it in. We didn't and we struggled a lot to turn it around inside the room. - The instructions said to put the 6cm wooden pegs on piece 18 first, and then on the following step you have to introduce them on piece number 5. We found that very difficult. Much easier was to put the pegs on the piece number 5 first, and then attach piece 18 and piece 6 to them. - Add a tag on every wooden piece with the number of the piece. It will help you later, trust me. There are some pieces that are so so similar. - Don't open all the bags with all the screws at once. My bags were numbered with the steps they are for. It is important since there are some screws that are very similar WM4 and WM5 have only a 6mm length difference, and trust me, you need those extra 5mm for fixing the legs to the bed frame. - Piece number NO is a beauty. It is a flat metal ring with a hexagonal layer on it. They are supposed to be concentric but they were not in my case. This is important because you need that when attaching the frame to the skeleton using the massive metal hinges. So what I recommend you do if your rings are not concentric is to put first the two WM3 bolts that are closer to each other and then put the one on the extreme at the end. You might have to rotate your hexagon/ring until it aligns with the holes on the wooden and metal frame. - When attaching the frame to the skeleton, I recommend using two car Jacks to lift the frame and keep it in position. Also use the legs of the frame that you should have mounted by now. - About the springs, I am so grateful I read some of the comments before mounting this beast. They were totally right. If you put all of them, you better fix the bed to a concrete wall using some serious heavy duty screws. If you are mounting this into a drywall like me, forget about using all the springs. I used half of them on each side. Also, you want to aim for the studs behind the drywall. Unfortunately the chances of having the drywall perfectly align with where your L brackets are supposed to be are… low. What I did to solve this was to take a very long piece of timber that had more or less the same thickness of the skirting and the length of the bed and fix that into the wall using 10cm long screws directly into the studs. Then you can place your L brackets wherever you want on your wood with slightly shorter screws. I also ended up using 3 more L brackets because I don’t trust the people who made these horrible instructions.

A bit expensive, but definitely worth it!

Once we eventually got the product built it is fab. However, building and installing was another story, instructions aren’t the easiest to read. Took hours!!! Also was missing a part. Apart from that it was well worth the hassle as the room it is in is small and increases my sons floor space through the day.

It looks great once it is finished, but to get to that point is tough. The instructions are difficult to follow and there is no real detail instructions about the two most important parts of the setup 1 the tension on the springs (because you never know if its right till you have mounted it to the wall) 2 Mounting it to the wall There are some incorrect parts as well (at least in my delivery) the middle bar of the bed was the wrong type for the plastic slate holders so everything is off centre... I have contacted support to see what can be done but am still waiting to hear back from them... day 3 If I had to do this all over again I would go for hydraulic opening (like my neighbours) seems a lot easier. I also expected this to have the storage on top (as shown in the picture) however this was a mistake and after contacting the support people I was told that you couldn't buy just that part to add to it.... actually having read what I have written I am taking it down to 2 stars