How To Make a Murphy Bed with Stay Level Desk

like almost every project I do this one started with breaking down material at the table saw I took a two by twelve didn't rip someone by twos out of it for part of the bed frame but everything else in this project is going to be made from plywood when I picked up the plywood from the Home Center I had them break it down for me to make it easier to handle but I'm gonna break it down some more with my circular saw and a straight edge before I take it to the table saw that way it's just safer to handle unfollowing the plans that came with the Murphy bed kit for this bill which I received from prime tools to keep track of all my pieces I labeled them and mark them off the cut list after I cut them to finally mention this really pays off later especially with how many pieces this bill needs it's so nice to have everything kept track of now prime tools sent me the hardware kit for this ability my only obligation is to build it but I have to say I highly recommend this kit because of the instructions they absolutely blew me away with how if you tell before oh there are even game with the DVD so I'm confident that no matter what your skill level is if you can follow directions you can build this thing and I'll have a link to it in the description with all the pieces cut I go ahead and trigger all the pocket holes and then start assembling instead of blabbering on I'm gonna take instructions and let them tell you down [Music] the reason I'm doing a Murphy bed in here is we're trying to make this room really do a lot of things I need a space for my camera gear and items for craft shows that I go to as well as a place to take photos finished projects which is really hard to do but the giant bed and in the living room and my wife also sells books for us for so she needed a place to keep firm book inventory and we also wanted to place a put some home office items like a printer and scanner and whatnot so they're having this Murphy bed gives us the room whenever guests aren't here for me to take photos and then have a mobile cabinets and stuff beside it gives us room for plenty of storage I didn't stay level your desk on this because I also anticipated doing the bottom from work in here and this being in my office but not too long after I finished this project I actually upgraded to a large iMac desktop that doesn't bid on it but what I have learned at the state level desk makes a perfect place for doing photo shoots of smaller items and my wife and I have both used it for taking photos of all kinds of items so I'm we're really glad that we have it [Music] the hardware uses a combination of bolts with sleeves and wood screws to hold it on so I'm gonna take it all back off later to paint it so I know to bother installing the wood screws yet and that's why you see a lot of empty holes [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] I apply edge banding on all the exposed edges of the plywood to get a better paint job this is my first time using iron-on edge banding and I was surprised by how easy and fast it was [Music] [Music] [Music] with the bed pretty much ready to be installed I switched to building the cabinets and shelves that will fling the bed these are my own design one thing I have learned about building pocket whole cabinets is to pay close attention to which side we put the pocket holds on so that way they stay in a little bit of forethought will save you having to plug in the whole sleep [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] around now is when this build started getting challenging I realized that I cut the sides too short by about an inch and tell you what I really wanted to kick him herself but I was able to work around it by mounting the header a little high and then I cut some thin furring strips to cover the gap so it's less obvious the next surprise came when I got the bed against the wall at first I thought I'd somehow really messed up the sides but it turns out this wall just has a crazy bow in the middle of it you can see how much my four foot lovely rocks on this off camera I use some shims to pad out the distance and screw the header into several studs didn't secure the bed to the wall I opted for this because I knew the cabinet and shelves would cover the gaps between the bed and the wall but if I wasn't installing the cabinet's I would have scribe the sides to the wall or scribed a piece of trim to do all to cover the gaps also while installing the bed I busted the first foot east that I made so I made a new one from aluminum tube with some wood epoxy then to it to make it more beefy although I have to admit I kind of glad that happen because I think this one does look a lot better than the first one with the bed and cabinets installed and moved onto the desk the construction of it was straightforward and I dashed it to the bed with a four foot piano but when I went to install it I realized I made the desk too wide and project I went ahead and installed it but then off-camera I actually took it off cut it down to the right width and then reinstalled it finding the right location and lead for the struts to keep the desk level was a lot of trial and error and honestly I'd really recommend just buy it first a little desk you can find those [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all this left is finishing touches like and stone of doors adding trim and putting on poles thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed this and learn something this really is a much more approachable project than you may think especially with the awesome instructions that came with this kit and if you enjoyed this please hit that like button and tell me what you think about multifunction spaces like this see you next time [Music] or making enough videos me

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Keywords: ycmt2, youcanmakethistoo, woodworking, diy, murphy bed, how to make a murphy bed, stay level desk, murphy bed with desk, how to, do it yourself, multifunction space

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Length: 16min 7sec (967 seconds)

Published: Tue May 15 2018