Before & After: A Murphy Bed Room Transformation | Easy Fold Murphy Bed

The difference between a room with a bed permanently taking up the floor and the same room with the bed folded away can be dramatic.

A Murphy bed isn't simply about fitting a bed into a smaller space. It's about allowing one room to serve more than one purpose.

Here's a simple before and after showing what that transformation can look like.

Before: A Spare Room Dominated by the Bed

Like many spare rooms, a traditional bed can take up most of the available floor space even when it's only used occasionally.

The room might technically be a guest bedroom, but for most of the year the bed remains sitting in the middle of the space.

That leaves limited room for a desk, exercise area, hobby space or anything else you might actually use every day.

The room has one main purpose — even when that purpose is only needed a handful of times each year.

After: The Same Room With the Bed Folded Away

Fold the Murphy bed back into its cabinet and suddenly the floor space becomes usable again.

A desk and chair can turn the room into a comfortable home office. The open floor could also be used for exercise, hobbies, children's play or simply as additional living space.

Then, when guests arrive, the bed can be brought back down and the room becomes a bedroom again.

One room. Two completely different uses.

What Makes the Biggest Difference?

The real benefit isn't simply the number of square metres you gain.

It's what you can actually do with that space once the bed is no longer permanently occupying it.

Instead of keeping an entire room available for occasional guests, the room can become part of your everyday home.

That flexibility is one of the main reasons people choose Murphy beds for guest rooms, home offices, apartments and other multi-purpose spaces.

Getting a Good Before and After of Your Own

If you're planning to photograph your own Murphy bed transformation, try taking both photos from approximately the same position.

Keep the lighting and camera angle similar and include enough of the surrounding room to show how much floor space becomes available.

A wide room photo usually tells the story much better than a close-up of the Murphy bed itself.

And don't forget to take a photo before you start the build — it's surprisingly easy to realise afterwards that you never photographed the original room!

Transform Your Own Space

A Murphy bed can turn an occasional guest bedroom into a room you can use every day without giving up a comfortable place for visitors to sleep.

Our DIY Murphy bed kits include the folding mechanism, hinges, gas struts and mounting hardware. You supply the timber and build the cabinet to suit your space and style.

Whether you're creating a guest room, home office or flexible multi-purpose room, a Murphy bed gives you the freedom to make better use of the space you already have.

Browse our Murphy bed kits and start planning your own room transformation.

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