Photorealistic render of the finished 14 by 12 foot living room with the vertical queen Murphy bed closed over a gray sofa in slab-front soft gray with white oak accents and matte black hardware
The finished room with the bed folded up. AI-generated rendering based on the Murphy Bed Plans design.

Why this room works.

A living room earns its keep when it hosts overnight guests without turning into a bedroom, and this 14 by 12 foot room does exactly that. By day the sofa sits against a slab front wall in soft gray paint with white oak accents, and nothing about the wall gives away the queen bed behind it. At night the bed folds down over the sofa on a vertical queen hardware kit that runs about $229, so two guests sleep on a real 60 by 80 inch mattress instead of a pullout couch.

The cabinet measures 66 inches wide, 87 inches high, and 20 inches deep, and it rises toward the 9 foot ceiling without crowding the 14 foot wall. The dashed outline on the plan reaches about 87 inches from the back wall and leaves roughly 57 inches at the foot of the bed, so the room still has a clear walk past the lowered bed. Matte black hardware keeps the look quiet, and the one detail to get right is the sofa itself, because the bed folds over it and the mechanism and the sofa must suit each other.

The floor plan.

Drag along the wall to move the Murphy bed168″MURPHY BED WALL · 1Murphy bed wall · enter a measured length144″WALL 2Wall 2 · enter a measured length168″WALL 3Wall 3 · enter a measured length144″WALL 4Wall 4 · enter a measured lengthDoorway 1door 36″ · unconfirmedWindow 1window 48″ · unconfirmed168 sq ft
The built-in sits on the 14-foot wall. The dashed outline extends about 87 inches from the back wall, leaving roughly 57 inches at the foot of the bed. The built-ins are finished in soft gray, white oak, and matte black. 14 x 12 ft room with a 9 ft ceiling.

The bed.

Size
Queen (60 x 80 in mattress)
Orientation
Vertical
Configuration
Sofa front, bed cabinet only
Face style
Slab-front, soft gray paint with white oak accents and a sofa front
Cabinet dimensions
66 in wide x 87 in high x 20 in deep, before projecting hardware and desktop
Hardware kit
Vertical Queen bed hardware with a compatible couch mechanism, about $229

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Photorealistic render of the same living room with the vertical queen Murphy bed lowered over the sofa and made up with white linen bedding
3D builder view of the Elegant Modern Queen Vertical Living Room Wall with Sofa with the queen vertical Murphy bed closed, soft gray, white oak and matte black finishes
The 3D builder view of this room, with the bed closed. This is the design the renders are based on.

Before and after.

Photorealistic render of the same living room with the vertical queen Murphy bed lowered over the sofa and made up with white linen bedding
Photorealistic render of the empty 14 by 12 foot living room with a gray sofa against the back wall, bare soft gray walls and light wood flooring
BeforeAfter
Drag to compare the empty room with the finished living room and the bed lowered. The AI-generated renders show the room from the same viewpoint.

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