Continuing from the earlier post–in early February 2019 we ordered a Murphy bed from murphybeds.com, and it arrived at the end of the month. I left for an almost-month-long vacation at the end of March, and Agent Smith was left home alone to manage things. Not only did he handle the pool leak repair, but he made headway on a lot of other projects here at the ranch. He also took advantage of a friend visiting the Bay Area (and staying at Purgatory) to spend over a day getting the new Murphy bed assembled.
The instructions were fairly straightforward. Agent Smith wasn’t super keen about the small gap at the bottom,as it’s not a perfect fit alongside the wall molding, but that really is the only fault with the entire assembled unit.
Here’s a comparison of the rendered design with what we ended up with. We got exactly what we paid for, and the vendor was running a sale so with shipping and delivery, this was soooo much cheaper than any other option I’d investigated. Then, the space when the bed is folded down for use–as you can see, there are lights built in above the headboard. And lastly, pics of the space with the bed out of the way.
Once the bed was assembled and installed and I returned from my vacation, it was time to decorate. I didn’t have to buy much for the room–the desk lamp was repurposed from my office and the afghan made by my mother years ago. The Monet print above the desk now actually hangs above the bed and is only visible when the bed is down. The shelves were filled with items from the north hall–a number of interesting books and framed photos of birds I took while visiting family in Florida. (You can see these and more over at networkgirl.org). Where the Monet once hung, I put up a print I’ve had since I lived in the UK, after finally having it properly framed. The only specific purchase for the room were some pretty suncatchers from Amazon (here and here), and I moved a small bird sculpture, originally meant for the great room, onto the middle windowsill.
Eventually I want to find a small table for the far corner, but for now my old rolling laptop stand and a spare kitchen chair fills the space. This room also now provides a home for our snazzy new scale. It’s great for making sure my dive bag or other luggage is under the weight limit, or for weighing parcels that need to be posted.
Finally, a project for a rainy day is making a better display for my childhood knickknacks now in a glass built-in cabinet original to the house. According to Doc, who built the place, it held the trophies and ribbons his daughter won for her equestrian efforts.
