Very Innovative Furniture for Very Small Spaces

[DavidCBaker]

I thought this had some very cool ideas:

Totally Amazing Technology In This House

 

[EcoFurniture]

Absolutely amazing!

 

[jonny round boy]

Some very cool storage ideas there. [big grin]

 

[justinmcf]

fantastic engineering!

justin.

 

[PaulMarcel]

Fantastic stuff start to finish.  Makes a regular Murphy bed look like a silly afterthought!

 

[tigger]

once again......

[jawdrop]

Nice find David

 

[irvin00]

Cool ideas, but in all honesty, it comes with a heavy price: all that "furniture" looks terrible and the apartment/house ends up looking like an ugly cheap office. Just my opinion.

 

[lumbajac]

Cool.  This stuff is the "Festool of furniture."  I want some.

Corey
U.P of Michigan

 

[Dan Clermont]

That is super cool. I wonder if that hardware is available somewhere

Thanks for posting

Dan Clermont

 

[zapdafish]

that was some pretty cool stuff.

sell the systems to our jails so they can fit more people in  [tongue]

 

[jonny round boy]

That is super cool. I wonder if that hardware is available somewhere

Thanks for posting

Dan Clermont

I'm guessing, but the hardware may be from Hafele. I know for a fact that they do the steambent beech slats & associated fittings. Even if they don't do these exact mechanisms, they certainly do similar ones.

 

[harry_]

Cool ideas, but in all honesty, it comes with a heavy price: all that "furniture" looks terrible and the apartment/house ends up looking like an ugly cheap office. Just my opinion.

I agree, but can you imagine how they would look veneered in wood?  [big grin]

 

[jmbfestool]

Love the ideas. Very very cool!

One Problem No one mentoined!

All the beds have no pillows or bed quilts on them in the video! You wont sleep well with out them.

So if you was to lift the bed with them on they would fall down and stop the bed from closing. Meaning you have to remove your pillows , quilts every time you put your bed away and then where to you store your pillows and quilt?!?!?   I know their are straps holding the mattress down on the video so I assume them straps will go over the guilt and mattress instead but your not telling me that with pillows and a mattress on them beds  they will close properly with only 12 inch room. Also they dont show the use of the straps  they are saying how easy and simple they open and close and how quick but not the fact you have to make your bed and strap it down everytime.  Also my quilt over hangs my bed which will stop the bed from closing.

The video shows some good ideas but in practice its not as practical as it looks.

JMB

 

[jonny round boy]

That's very true JMB. That was the first thing SWMBO said when I showed her the video!

TBH though it's the same with any fold-away bed. Personally I was more impressed with the coffee table to dining table mechanisms. But then, what do you do with the chairs when it's a coffee table?

 

[irvin00]

Cool ideas, but in all honesty, it comes with a heavy price: all that "furniture" looks terrible and the apartment/house ends up looking like an ugly cheap office. Just my opinion.

I agree, but can you imagine how they would look veneered in wood?  [big grin]

Much worse.... ;D

 

[Frank Pellow]

Thanks for posting this David.

As someone who has made 3 Murphy beds and a few hidden cabinets, I can appreciate the design and innovations shown here.

I agree with JMB that pillows, duvets, etc. make folding away such beds more complicated than the video shows.  But, it is possible to live with the complications (as we do with our Murphy beds).

I don`t much like the style and colours shown, but I like the technologies shown and I expect that i can rip off more than one of them.

 

[GhostFist]

Just stumbled across this and it's very inspiring. On the complaints about storage of pillows and blankets, surely storing pillows and blankets takes up less space than tucking away a traditional bed. I'm not saying I'd want one of these as a master bedroom set but great for accommodating guests in a small space. At least in some cases it would force people to make their beds regularly [tongue]