Lots of us have issues regarding the amount of space available at one time in our home. Designers struggle with thinking about new and ingenious ways to achieve the feeling of space while still providing with the functionalities you seek in a home. Who would have thought that a wooden chest can be the solution you are searching for? The piece of furniture you actually see in the photos is actually a bed! Taking it out, piece by piece, the `bed in a box` can be exactly what you want in terms of space and utility. As you can easily see from the pictures provided, it is quite simple to assemble the pieces together and have a nice bed as a result. Then just place an air mattress over the frame and your bed is ready for use! And you only have to do this when you want a bed. At other times, it can be just a wooden chest. Now if all other pieces of furniture had this clever design that will be great!
Are you selling the plans. I would so love one for my place. Its a 1 bedroom place and its small, so this would work! Would make it myself
I am in South Africa
How do I find a design or cost for something like this
Amazing bed in a box – are there plans for this, does a store sell them??
Looking for the plans for the bed in a box. How do I go about getting them?
Where do u buy it at?
3dwoodworkingplans.com/bed-in-a-box-098/
People looking for plans, check out this article. From the article, there is no one at the present time making them for sale. This is a purely diy project. The person who wrote the article has plans. I haven’t a use for something like this, just posting to help others.
Cheers
Schnee
King Plans 3dwoodworkingplans.com/bed-in-a-box-098/
Double Plans 3dwoodworkingplans.com/bed-in-a-box-version-ii/
$10.43 for Pdf and sketchup of both.
Where do you hide the mattress?
my thought exactly
You can buy the plans here but you have to build it yourself. http://3dwoodworkingplans.com/queen-size-bed-in-a-box-111/
would like the plans for this. Have grandkids coming and going for visits. Would really like to build one of these. Have Hubby build it. Thanks
Good one. Some people have a problem putting a new light fixture up or an Ikea ____ together.
And here is a set of the plans created (with permission) from the creator’s work
3dwoodworkingplans.com/bed-in-a-box-098/
Original article – finewoodworking.com/item/110503/amazing-bed-in-a-box
The designer is a guy named Robert MacPherson who designed it to be able to take to Pennsic a medieval week long get together…and being older didn’t want to sleep on the ground! Here’s a link to plans for it by another cabinetmaker as Mr. MacPherson has chosen not to publish plans, he has however given permission for others to reengineer it:
3dwoodworkingplan.com/bed-in-a-box/2/
You can find the directions if you Google them. Bed-In-A-Box #098 – 3D Woodworking Plans
If you do not mind building it yourself or having someone build it for you there are plans available for just a few $’s.
Look for Bed-In-A-Box #098 for king size or #099 for double bed size on 3dwoodworkingplans.com
3dwoodworkingplans.com/bed-in-a-box-098/
Woodchuck writes: Hi everyone. As promised I have finished the plan for the Bed-in-A-Box. It is available at 3dwoodworkingplans.com/bed-in-a-box-098/
I have set up an additional discount code just for followers of Fine Woodworking. Enter FWWREADERS at checkout to receive an additional 20% off the already low price. I would love to see and post pictures on the website for anyone that builds the Bed-In-A-Box. Happy holidays and all the best for 2014.
Bruce (Wood Chuck)
P.S. – Some of us are tenacious enough to seek out originating sites, especially when we discover that we are blocked from copying and pasting information to other people. Good Home Designs has earned coal in their stocking for this Christmas for being a Scrooge.
Milinda (Cherokee Redbird)
So that’s putting it nicely. To steal someone’s ideas and then grumble about people wanting to copy! They should have gotten the OK and posted a link to the original website to be responsible” DESIGNERS”.
You could leave the headboard up and use it as a bench when not in use as a bed!
Класс! Сколько стоит и где можно купить?
Would like to purchase one of the bed in a box plans or already done thank you
Like the article states, the mattress is an air mattress… so you pump it up when needed.
where do i buy the bed? Mac Pherson’s Bed-box
Use a blow up mattress.
You can use a air mattress or a roll up mattress for a bed like this.
Article states that you add an inflatable.
The marvelous creators named Robert MacPherson
It’s a great idea but not original. Wealthy British explorers used this general mechanism in the 17/18/1900s when “campaigning”. Think the elaborate camping tours in India, safari tents in Africa, etc.You can occasionally find antiques of the same idea but with canvas cot built in in lieu of mattress.