| Project by Chris Davis | posted 12-28-2015 10:38 AM | 1051 views | 1 time favorited | 3 comments |  |
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This is a Murphy bed that I call the Manhattan Murphy Bed.
I just posted a white one that I built along with it.
What I did different on both of these is I made the verticals 2 1/4” thick instead of the normal 3/4” thick. I also shortened the header form 2 3/4” to 2 1/4”. After adding the 2 1/4” base molding it have a perfect 2 1/4” frame around the entire murphy bed.
Both were competed in December 2015 using oak plywood and solids. This is one of my favorite finishes. I love the black lacquer over the oak wood. It gives it a very nice texture and hides imperfections. More info on this see the Manhattan Murphy Bed page.
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TomFran
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#1 posted 12-28-2015 11:44 AM
Beautiful work, Chris. Very nice.
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ptofimpact
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#2 posted 12-28-2015 06:07 PM
Wonderful work, have thought about one, not sure my skill is up to it, thanks for sharing
-- Pete in NC
Chris Davis
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#3 posted 12-28-2015 07:11 PM
Not that hard. I have a new mechanism that is real easy. Message me your email and I’ll send you out the plans to look at.
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