Murphy Bed Prices: Wall Beds, DIY Kits, and Cabinet Bed Cost, Compared

Murphy bed prices vary widely by format. Pre-built cabinet Murphy beds run $1,700 to $3,000 with mattress included. Specialty wall bed systems range $3,200 to $4,100. Premium custom wall beds run $4,800 to $6,400 or more. DIY hardware kits start at $230 but require buyers to add plywood and a mattress, bringing the total to roughly $1,250 to $2,500.

Most people don't shop for a Murphy bed out of curiosity. They shop for one because a room isn't working the way they need it to. A studio where the bed eats the living room. A guest room that sits empty most of the year. A home office that needs to convert when family visits for a long weekend. The Murphy bed category solves for all three, and the price you end up paying depends almost entirely on which version of "Murphy bed" you actually want.

That's the catch with shopping this category. A $230 DIY hardware kit and a $6,400 custom wall bed both get sold under the same name. They both fold against a wall. They both hide a mattress out of sight when closed. Past that, they really don't have much in common, and the price tag gap reflects how different the products underneath actually are. Sorting out which version fits the room is most of the pricing puzzle.

At Archic Furniture, which stocks furniture for every room of the home, we specialize in cabinet Murphy beds. Our Night and Day Furniture and Arason cabinet bed range runs $1,697 to $2,997, every model arrives with a tri-fold gel memory foam mattress already inside the cabinet, shipping is free on orders above $199, and 0% APR Affirm financing splits the cost across monthly payments at checkout. Most of what makes the pricing work for shoppers is what is already in the box.

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What Drives Murphy Bed Prices

A handful of things determine where any given Murphy bed lands on the price spectrum, and format is the one that swings prices the most. A cabinet Murphy bed and a wall bed are built differently from the studs out. A cabinet Murphy bed is a piece of standalone furniture that happens to fold open into a sleeping surface. A wall-mounted Murphy bed is a structural installation that lives anchored to the wall. A DIY kit is a project waiting for plywood, finishing materials, and a long weekend. Different builds, different cost structures.

Materials are the next big one. Solid hardwoods like rubberwood, oak, and alder sit at the top of the cost ladder. Engineered plywood comes next. Particleboard and MDF land at the bottom. The trick most buyers run into is that lower-priced beds often mix materials, using solid hardwood for the parts you see and MDF for the parts you don't, which makes apples-to-apples comparison harder than it should be at first glance.

The hardware inside the cabinet is where a lot of the quiet cost difference lives. Top-tier cabinet beds use gas piston systems with double chambers and locking safeties, the kind of mechanism you can lift one-handed and that holds up to a decade of daily use without sagging. Cheaper beds use spring-loaded systems, which work fine but wear faster. A few entry-level designs skip the mechanism entirely and need two people to lower the bed each time. None of this shows up in the product photo, which is part of why budget Murphy beds look like such bargains until they arrive at the door.

Whether the mattress is included is the single biggest variable people miss when comparing prices across retailers. A tri-fold gel memory foam queen mattress sized to fit inside a Murphy cabinet adds $200 to $500 to the package on its own. Retailers that sell the cabinet without one push the buyer into finding a Murphy-compatible mattress separately, which is harder than it sounds. Most queen mattresses at a typical mattress store are either too thick or too heavy for the cabinet to fold properly. The mechanism has firm limits on both.

The last factor is who makes the bed and whether they stand behind it. Established specialty manufacturers like Night and Day Furniture and Arason Enterprises ship cabinet beds with 10-year warranties on the cabinet body and a name attached to the lift hardware. Mass-market manufacturers selling through general retailers tend to skip warranty coverage entirely, and tracking down customer service two years after purchase is its own adventure. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data, furniture prices have risen steadily across the board over the past decade, and specialty Murphy beds have moved with that trend.

Murphy Bed Prices by Format

Format is where most of the pricing decision lives, so it's the right place to start sorting through options.

DIY Murphy Bed Kits ($230 to $2,500 all-in)

A DIY hardware kit ships just the lift mechanism and the mounting hardware. The buyer brings everything else: plywood for the cabinet, a Murphy-compatible mattress, paint or stain, edge banding, and a free weekend or two to do the building.

Queen vertical kits from Hideaway Murphy Beds and Easy DIY Murphy Bed start at $230 to $270 for basic mechanisms and climb to about $1,000 for premium configurations that include desks or built-in shelving frames. Plywood adds another $300 to $450 depending on local lumber pricing. A queen mattress sized for a Murphy cabinet adds $400 to $800. Complete DIY systems sold on Amazon, where the cabinet ships as a flat-pack kit alongside the hardware, run $1,250 to $2,500 all-in.

The math on DIY savings only really works if the builder values their own time at zero. Plywood, mattress, and finishing materials close most of the gap between hardware-only cost and a finished pre-built cabinet bed. The savings show up in the line items but disappear once weekends get counted.

Cabinet Bed Cost ($1,697 to $3,000)

Cabinet Murphy beds (sometimes called freestanding Murphy beds, sometimes called Murphy cabinet beds, the terms get used interchangeably) ship as a single finished piece. The cabinet itself is the structural frame, the lift mechanism comes pre-installed, the mattress is bundled in the package, and nothing gets drilled into the wall. This is the format most buyers actually want when they say "Murphy bed," even though the wall-mounted version tends to dominate image searches.

Cabinet bed cost in the specialty market starts at about $1,697 for entry-level models like the Night and Day Murphy Cube and runs to $2,997 for premium picks like the Night and Day Poppy or the Wilding Olympia. This is the most affordable pre-built Murphy bed format on the market, and our cabinet bed range covers it end to end across the Night and Day Furniture and Arason brand lines.

Specialty Wall Bed Prices ($3,200 to $4,100)

A wall-mounted Murphy bed is what most people picture when they hear the term Murphy bed, the kind that folds down out of a cabinet built into the wall. The cabinet body and the lift mechanism are separate components in this build, which means more material, more hardware, and either a contractor or a confident weekend DIYer to do the stud-anchoring work.

Murphy Bed Depot's wall bed lineup runs from $3,199 for the Boaz Bed to $4,100 for the Library Bed in black. Lori Beds, a premium specialty manufacturer, prices its queen Murphy bed (vertical or horizontal) at $3,949 with plywood-and-powder-coated-steel construction and a lifetime hardware warranty. Mid-tier wall beds usually leave the mattress out of the base price, so adding another $400 to $800 on top of the listed number is the realistic budget.

Premium Custom Wall Bed Prices ($4,800 to $6,400 or more)

At the top of the specialty market sit custom wall beds with integrated side cabinets, bookcases, desks, or LED lighting built right into the unit. These are made to order in a specific finish, wood species, and configuration, then shipped on a pallet for room-of-choice delivery. They're the closest thing in the Murphy bed category to actual built-in millwork, and the prices reflect that.

Wilding Wallbeds is the best-known name in this tier. Their queen Mission Street Murphy Desk Bed starts at $5,519. The Queen Bookcase Wallbed runs $5,633 on sale. The Queen Remington with Headboard sits at $6,346. The Queen Brittany Wallbed with Table tops the lineup at $6,399, though the Brittany alone starts lower at $4,788. At this tier, the price is really paying for the cabinetry work, not the bed itself.

Murphy Bed Prices by Brand

Each retailer in the specialty Murphy bed market sits in a different tier, and seeing the comparison directly tends to clarify where a given buyer's budget actually lands.

Cabinet Bed Cost at Archic Furniture

Our cabinet Murphy bed range starts at $1,697 for the Night and Day Murphy Cube and runs to $2,997 for the Night and Day Poppy. Notable price points across our current lineup:

•  Night and Day Murphy Cube (entry-level queen): $1,697

•  Arason Madrid Cabinet Bed: $2,200

•  Arason Pekoe Cabinet Bed: $2,200

•  Arason Kingston Murphy Cabinet Bed: $2,578

•  Night and Day Sagebrush Queen: $2,597 to $2,897

•  Night and Day Daisy Queen: $2,597 to $2,897

•  Night and Day Poppy Queen: $2,697 to $2,997

Every cabinet Murphy bed in our range ships with a tri-fold gel memory foam queen mattress sized and rated for the specific frame. Free shipping applies to orders above $199, and 0% APR Affirm financing is available on qualifying purchases. Cabinet bodies carry a 10-year limited warranty from Night and Day Furniture; mattresses carry a 3-year limited warranty.

The Murphy Cube at $1,697 is the most affordable pre-built cabinet Murphy bed we have found currently on the market, period. The Arason line at $2,200 to $2,578 gives shoppers Arason's solid-wood construction at a midrange tier with multiple finish options. The Night and Day Sagebrush, Daisy, and Poppy queens cover the premium end of the cabinet bed category, all with the full feature set: storage drawer, side trays, dual USB and power module on the credenza-style models, and the brand's 10-year cabinet warranty.

Murphy Bed Depot Prices

Murphy Bed Depot is our closest direct competitor on cabinet Murphy beds. They stock the same Night and Day Furniture queen Sagebrush, Daisy, and Poppy that we do. Their pricing on those identical models runs $2,797 to $2,997, which is $100 to $200 above ours on the same SKUs. Their wall bed selection runs wider: the Boaz Bed at $3,199 to $3,400, the Sleek Modern Murphy at $2,899 to $3,000, the Library Bed at $3,559 to $4,100, and the Black Library Bed at $3,888 to $3,988. Curbside shipping is free. Room-of-choice white-glove delivery adds $199 and does not include assembly.

Lori Beds Pricing

Lori Beds manufactures its own line of queen Murphy beds in plywood with powder-coated steel hardware. The queen Lori Bed (vertical or horizontal orientation) prices at $3,949 with free US shipping up to $500 covered. The base model ships without a lifting mechanism, so lowering the bed requires a partner each time. A lifetime hardware warranty makes that limitation easier to accept for buyers willing to manage it.

Wilding Wallbeds Pricing

Wilding sits at the premium custom end of the specialty market. Their queen wall beds range from $4,788 to $6,400 and up depending on configuration and which integrations get included. They also make one cabinet bed, the Olympia Desk Cabinet Bed at $2,997, which is the only direct comparison to anything in our range. A shipping promotion currently covers up to $400 of the delivery cost.

Hideaway Murphy Beds DIY Pricing

Hideaway is hardware-only. They sell the lift mechanisms and the mounting kits and leave the cabinet build to the buyer. Queen vertical or horizontal kits start at $230 to $270 for basic mechanisms and climb to $1,000 for premium configurations. Plywood adds another $450 in materials by Hideaway's own estimate for Southern Wisconsin pricing. The mattress and the labor are also on the buyer. The hardware itself carries a lifetime warranty.

What's Included Matters as Much as the Price

The number on the product page and the number you actually pay to get a working Murphy bed installed in your room are often two very different numbers. What pulls them apart is what gets bundled into the headline price and what stays as a separate line item.

When we price a cabinet bed at Archic, the listed price covers the solid hardwood cabinet, the gas piston lift mechanism, the tri-fold gel memory foam queen mattress, the storage drawer, the side trays where applicable, the dual USB and power module on credenza-style models, the 10-year cabinet warranty, and free shipping above $199. The buyer adds zero parts, zero installation labor, and zero matched-mattress sourcing on top of the listed price. The number on the product page is the number at checkout.

Specialty wall beds at the $3,200 to $4,100 tier usually ship the cabinet and the lift mechanism only. The mattress is a separate purchase, somewhere between $400 and $800 for a Murphy-compatible queen. Installation requires anchoring to wall studs, which most buyers either DIY or pay a contractor $200 to $500 to handle. The all-in number for a "$3,500" wall bed routinely lands between $4,200 and $4,800 once the mattress and the install land in the cart.

Premium custom wall beds at $5,000 and up usually bundle the mattress and ship with installation guidance, though the upfront cost is really paying for the custom millwork inside the unit. These pieces are built to stay where they get installed.

DIY kits in the $230 to $1,000 hardware-only window only look cheap on paper. Plywood, mattress, finishing materials, and the builder's own labor (priced at any reasonable hourly rate) bring the all-in cost to $1,250 to $2,500. That window overlaps directly with the lowest-priced pre-built cabinet beds. The savings, if any, come at the cost of weekends and the willingness to do the work.

Murphy Bed Prices Comparison: Cabinet Bed vs. Wall Bed vs. DIY Kit

Choose a DIY hardware kit when you have the woodworking tools and skills, the time to invest in a build, and you want a specific cabinet design that pre-built models do not offer.

Choose a cabinet Murphy bed when you want the bed to work the day it arrives, you are renting and cannot drill into walls, you want a mattress included and a 10-year cabinet warranty, and you want the lowest pre-built Murphy bed price.

Choose a specialty wall bed when you have a permanent installation location, you do not need the bed to be freestanding, and you are comfortable paying $3,200 to $4,100 plus separate mattress and installation costs.

Choose a premium custom wall bed when you are investing in a long-term home, you want built-in side cabinets, bookcases, or desks integrated into the design, and you are comfortable with $5,000 to $6,400+ for a one-time built-in installation.

The Bottom Line on Murphy Bed Prices

For most buyers shopping the specialty market, a cabinet Murphy bed at $1,697 to $2,997 turns out to be the right answer in practice. The mattress is included. There is no installation. The cabinet carries a 10-year warranty. The whole piece is freestanding, so it works in a rental or a room that might get reconfigured later. And the number on the product page is the number you actually pay at checkout, with no surprises landing in the cart at the end.

Within the specialty cabinet bed segment, our lineup gives buyers the most flexibility on price. The Night and Day Murphy Cube at $1,697 is the lowest-priced pre-built cabinet Murphy bed currently on the market. The Arason Madrid and Pekoe at $2,200 add solid-wood construction at a midrange tier. The Sagebrush, Daisy, and Poppy queens cover the upper end at $2,597 to $2,997, all with the same full feature set: storage drawer, side trays, dual USB and power on credenza-style models, and a 10-year cabinet warranty. Every model in the range ships with a tri-fold gel memory foam mattress already in the cabinet, shipping is free on orders above $199, and 0% APR Affirm financing splits the cost into monthly payments without interest at checkout.

Browse the full cabinet Murphy bed range alongside the rest of the catalogue at Archic Furniture, a whole-home furniture retailer. A Murphy bed rarely lives in a room by itself, so we also carry nightstands, dressers, desks, bookcases, and office chairs to finish the room around it. The price on the listing is the price at checkout, no add-ons hiding in the final total.