Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This review is for the queen size cabinet murphy bed that comes with a memory foam mattress. This is a great space saver for a guest room instead of stuffing a sofa bed in there. The other reviews were helpful with the reminder that this product is delivered curbside so it's up to you to meet the delivery truck and to move it into your home. The product came in 3 boxes strapped down to a pallet. I was lucky that I'm on the ground floor and have a furniture dolly and was able to roll all 3 boxes into my place. If you don't live on the ground floor and have a flat furniture dolly you definitely need someone to help you carry each of the boxes into your home. In terms of assembly it only took under 2 hours including breakdown of the boxes and chucking the pallet. The first box had the foam mattress, the second had the base with the telescoping drawer and the remaining box had all the panels. It helps to have a cordless drill to tap all the wood screws into the back panel versus doing it manually by hand and to tap the screws in for the hinges on the panel that folds out for the mattress to lay upon. The rest of the assembly was like putting together something from IKEA. Please note that the assembly can be done by one person but you need some upper body strength to move and handle the wooden panels and moving the base. It also takes a little doing to line up the hinges for the front panels that fold out on to the telescoping drawer. You can improvise with a folded piece of cardboard from the box these came in to prop the panel up. If you need to move and take this with you, you'll need to break it down again as it weighs more than several hundred pounds fully assembled. It was nice there were an extra screw/part for almost everything. The only thing off that I noticed was the finish on the front panels and drawers was spotty at best but not noticeable from a distance. It also has a chemical smell but that goes away eventually. This is a more practical solution than the classic murphy wall bed that requires a lot more work to attach to the wall - All the murphy bed kits I have seen, generally do not include a mattress which ups the overall cost. If you ever move or need to move the bed to do something like replacing carpet or putting in wood floors, you'll need to dissemble the murphy bed.