Check Craigslist for "moving boxes"?
Done that. No luck in my area.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Apr 17, 2012 7:34:14 pm PDT #11632 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
omnis_audis - Apr 17, 2012 8:06:07 pm PDT #11633 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
There I was, sitting in traffic driving home. And I was thinking about the new-place-that-isn't-mine-yet. (what, I can dream and get my hopes up). Anyhow, the porch with awesome view is through the bedroom. So I'm trying to think, how to arrange the room to maximize flow to get to the porch. And then, I had what could be a brilliant idea. MURPHY BED! Has anyone had one? Any experiences with them? Good idea? Bad idea? I found these guys local to me (a bit pricey, but cool): [link]
beth b - Apr 17, 2012 8:16:48 pm PDT #11634 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
my folks have one - they built it . ir works in one of the guest rooms
javachik - Apr 17, 2012 8:19:42 pm PDT #11635 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Omnis, is it a 1-bedroom?
omnis_audis - Apr 17, 2012 8:27:05 pm PDT #11636 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Yes. 1 bedroom condo.
javachik - Apr 17, 2012 8:32:00 pm PDT #11637 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Are you thinking that you'd just put the bed up in he wall when guest came over? They're kind of a huge pain in the ass. I knew someone with one in NYC and she really regretted the Murphy as their main bed. Maybe a really good futon couch/bed? That way when you're not using it as a bed, guests can actually sit on it.
omnis_audis - Apr 17, 2012 8:43:20 pm PDT #11638 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Are you thinking that you'd just put the bed up in he wall when guest came over? They're kind of a huge pain in the ass. I knew someone with one in NYC and she really regretted the Murphy as their main bed.
Exactly, when folks are over, I can tuck the bed out of the way. 90% of the time, it would be down. The pain in the ass factor is what I'm wondering. I suppose I need to visit the show room, and see if I can physically do it. Not a fan of futon's. The whole fold in half thing was really annoying. I had one for my couch for almost 10 years. With the move, I was planning to buy a platform bed that has dresser drawers underneath.
javachik - Apr 17, 2012 8:45:53 pm PDT #11639 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I don't love futons either. Do you think a bed would just be in the way?
omnis_audis - Apr 17, 2012 9:00:03 pm PDT #11640 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
The door into the bedroom is on one side of the room, the sliding glass door to the porch is on the opposite corner. And I'm not one to make the bed. Seems easier/faster to tuck it up when company comes. But... the spring loaded action, I wonder how it is long term. Does it get dusty/gunky and hard to operate? How hard is it to do? Does the mattress slide down after awhile? Will it flip up whie I'm in it? And, if I should ever get lucky again, how is it with sex? (hey, it's Bitches, it's a fair question)
Liese S. - Apr 17, 2012 9:54:19 pm PDT #11641 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, I'm glad you asked this here because I totally would not have answered on facebook, but we broke our Murphy bed with sex. Admittedly it was pretty vigorous newlywed 18 year old sex, so...
And this was our first studio apartment, the same one where I put the SO through the wall, so it was probably not the highest grade furniture. It was still sturdy enough and there was no fold up while asleep danger.
You would definitely want to try it because it's pretty tough manipulating it for most people. And it doesn't exempt you from making the bed because it usually doesn't fold up with the bedding on it. Like a sofa pullout bed, you can snag fitted sheets pretty badly on the springs.
When down it takes a lot of floorspace, which must remain clear so you can put it down, and when up it takes a lot of wall space. The other bit of the story I didn't tell on fb was that we had it down (for early evening sexytimes) and friends unexpectedly came over. We sat them on the couch, which meant their feet were basically on the edge of the bed, but the SO was trapped half nekkid in the bed, which we then could not put up!
It worked fine in general, though, and I would consider another for our guestroom. Now we have two twin beds and box springs in there which we stack on each other for daybed style couch, separate or push together for single or couple guests. It's flexible, if not all that comfortable.