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jimcana
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# Posted: 11 Nov 2015 11:55pm
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Hi, i'm new to this forum. I recently built a cabin for me and my wife. We were finishing the indoor structure and now it was time to place the bed. The cabin is hardly 14X10 sq ft. There is hardly space for a bed. It was a slight miscalculation that lead to lack of space. I talked to my wife and she suggested folding type beds. Actually I have no idea about what measure of fold is required for two. I inquired at a local store that has lifestyle adjustable beds in Barrie. I'm new to this kind of stuff. Photos of folding type beds for a small cabin would help me get a better idea. Open to ideas and suggestions
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 12:41am
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Google Images, Queen Hideaway Bed
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 05:22am
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Have a look @ Murphy Beds which flip up against a wall, they typically use a standard type mattress. You can buy complete units or the mechanism to build your own. Queen Bed is about 6'6" by 6' (+/-) depending on manufacturer. Watch out for the cheap imitations.
Futons of course pop to mind, they can be great but may be problematic in a seasonal cabin.
Porta-Bed ? Those inflatable beds, not an air mattress as such. They were popular a few years back.
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skootamattaschmidty
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 05:46am - Edited by: skootamattaschmidty
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I made a futon frame and bought a futon mattres for it. Works great because I have a couch during the day and I can store items under it too.
There are some other great ideas on this forum like having the table go into a bed like in an RV
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 06:59am
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Quoting: skootamattaschmidty There are some other great ideas on this forum like having the table go into a bed like in an RV
Indeed, RV'ers have resolved all these problems over the decades and the wealth of knowledge from them is invaluable !
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Wilbour
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 07:04am
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I built a bed/couch unit. It is basically a storage box. The mattress is a tri-fold that can be easily moved to access the storage.
It just sleeps one, or two if you stack-em 
Other beds include cots and air mattresses.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:13am - Edited by: Gary O
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When we first built our tiny (10 x 12) cabin, a bed was not even a remote consideration.
'Oh, we'll just throw an air mattress down at night, no worries.'
I mean, it was such a vast improvement over tent camping, the luxury of an actual bed was almost laughable.
Heh.
Driving for 5 hrs.
Unpacking the trailer.
Building every waking moment.
In between, doing odd, necessary things like digging a remote hole for you know what.
End of day, nightfall, the chore was scurrying around to form some sorta sleeping bag heap to collapse upon before utter darkness turned us into stumbling, groping zombies.
Got kinda tired of that.
'Let's get an air mattress.'
Aging walruses do not do so well on these things.
And they're quite low to the ground, so if you happen to develop a knife in yer back from a night of fitful writhing, rising in the morning consists of rolling off and crawling to the nearest wall.
'I know, let's get another. Surely two will do the job.'
Something happens to the air in air mattresses.
It goes away.
Could possibly be from the constant pressure in regard to five hundred pounds of blubber flopping around for several hours.....
Turns out two air mattresses just compound the issues.
The one and only time we used these, I awoke to my lovely wife shrieking out in a bit of a panic.
Seems she somehow got her head stuck between the wall and the mattresses while trying to get out of the semi-deflated things, and couldn't move.
The rest of her remained in the swale.
Trapped, one leg up in the air, arms flailing.
Not a good time to point and laugh, it turns out.
We moved on to futons.
Futons are usually of a unique dimension that do not accommodate normal sized mattresses.
Futon mattresses are of a thin nature.
I've found they are like laying on cloth covered slats.
Futons, when in couch mode, are not easy to exit.
I'd say a murphy bed is the better choice than the other two aforementioned options.
Or, as mentioned, make what will work.
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LoonWhisperer
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:49am
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We had to find a solution for our teeny 8x8. Not an easy task.
Recently we tore out the fixed bunk beds that came with it and went with an Ikea futon. Very comfy for sitting on during the day and rolls out quickly at night. Nice firm mattress. All for around $300 as well 
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hattie
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 11:16am - Edited by: hattie
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I'd say you have 3 choices: pull out couch, Murphy bed or futon. You can purchase really good quality futon mattresses at Sears: http://www.sears.ca/product/pocket-coil-futon-mattress/602-000902056-FUT8-YN080607?re cs=igodigital You can also buy a futon with a twin bunk on top: http://www.sears.ca/product/metal-frame-twin-bunk-bed-over-c-shaped-futon/601-0009023 53-4316200. If it is for you and your wife, I'd go the Murphy bed idea as it will be nice and large and won't take up any floor space.
GaryO - the visuals you create are hilarious!!
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 05:42pm
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Murphy bed hardware:
http://www.rockler.com/search/go?w=Murphy&asug=&sli_uuid=&sli_sid=
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jaransont3
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:58pm
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We have a Murphy bed at our place and love it. It is something I built. It doesn't have any lift assist hardware, but it is not too bad to lift up. We don't stow it everyday, but do when we have a big project and need the extra space. Here area couple of pictures.
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 13 Nov 2015 10:40am
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Here are a few from Google Images:
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