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I looked at someone's "guest house" (aka tool shed) for rent and there was a contraption like that on the wall that they called a murphey bed in the ad. It reminded me of a prison cell, complete with prison cot.

I live in a small space but there is no way I'm sleeping on something like that or subjecting a guest to it either.

How is this an improvement to a mat on the floor?

A mat on the floor would be much better. At least one could roll over safely.

it's a nightmare drawer more likely

door, that is.

Murphy used to make a unit like this, only the bed was lower the ground. While I share everyone else's lack of enthusiasm for the unit, I differ in that I can also see how this could be a useful element in a small space.

Nice idea in theory, but in practice I wouldn't say that's a smart use of space, it doesn't take the comfort of the individual to mind at all, who would want to sleep on that? I'll take the aerobed.

What an excellent way to make sure that no guest invites himself for more than one night!

Eight hours of balancing precariously on a narrow strip of thin matting, and your houseguests will beat a path to the nearest Super 8.

No wonder Murphy "used" to make a bed like this. I'm sure it didn't sell well. My couch would be a lot more comfortable than this padded desktop. I would never subject a friend or enemy to sleeping on that contraption.

I don't know, I have slept on some couches advertised as comfortable only to awake with back problems. All that design needs is to be lowered so there would be a lower height for the bed and a wider sleeping platform. It would be like sleeping on an old seafaring ship!