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These look great, but there's gotta be a solution that doesn't cost $5000 and take 6 months to ship from Italy...

This is clever. But I think my freshman dorm room layout was better. I had a twin bed on wheels that tucked under a wall-mounted storage unit during the day. The storage unit was mounted just above bed height, ran the length of the bed, was about 10" high and had doors on the front that were slightly slanted back toward the wall. When the bed was tucked under the storage unit during the day, the mattress became a comfortable couch, and the doors provided an inclined backrest. I think the doors opened from the top, for easy access. And, as I remember, the top of the storage unit was the same height as, and connected to, my desk. It was a great use of space in a tiny room.

Wow greer, that set-up in you had in your dorm sounds amazing.... very efficient. I priced out horizontal murphy beds in Vancouver and they were certainly a lot less than $5000. I'm sure if we have them here, you have them in the States.

This actually seems like something that an ambitious diy-er could do...esp since it's a twin.

I think I had the same dorm setup, greer. With material upgrades, it would have been really nice.

bepsf, there are certainly other horizontal murphy beds - although not as stylish.

http://www.wallbedfactory.com/murphy-bed-horizontal.html

http://www.bedderway.net/store/category.asp?CATEGORY_ID=2

http://www.spacead.com/Horizontal/HorizontalThumb.html

http://www.spacesaverswallbeds.com/product/10001-7

http://www.deskbeds.com/

http://www.vipkids.co.uk/tgt_hy_sideliner.htm

I heart you AT for posting any and all creative murphy bed designs. If i stay in the city like i'd hope to i will never have a room that can be just a guest bedroom.
I too have seen dorm's with that design. They were actually comfortable as couches. The design i'd seen had uphostered fronts to the backrest/storage cupboards. many crafty students would staple thier own fabric over the awful orange nubby stuff for a custom look.

You could do two twins in a den/TV room instead of an office like shown.

Greer, you didn't go to Tulane did you? I had the exact same set-up in my freshman dorm!

The best looking one I've seen is also the cheapest, the Moddi Ikea hack, approximately $200:

http://www.moddidaypeople.com/murphy_bed_wall_bed/murphy_bed.html

Horizontal Murphy Beds are the wave of the future.

Mine is a vertical one, just the frame, which opens from within a set of double doors built into my apartment. It cost $250, with free shipping from Murphy Bed Depot. It was quite a daunting effort assembling the beast. It didn't include any cabinetry to conceal it though, which I didn’t need.

I’m not sure I like the laminate look.

Check out pics of my Murphy Bed/Home office/living area all in 480 square feet!

www.dcrinteriors.com