This is something you DO NOT do every day – and you may only do it once in a lifetime. And what is that, you may ask?

Well, it’s buying a Murphy bed.

And while buying a Murphy bed can be fun – and for many people, it’s a novelty (a bed that pulls down is cool!), it can also be unnerving.

Murphy beds are NOT the cheapest bedding option, and the cost of screwing up can be large. Plus, there are a lot of myths, half-truths, and out and out…

A bed that’s propped up against the wall and folds down when in use…. now that’s a weird concept!

If you’ve thought about buying a space-saving Murphy wall bed for a spare bedroom, downtown loft, or a lower-level remodel so you’d have a comfortable sleeping space for guests – but you find this product mysterious, or downright frightening, you’re not alone.

Murphy beds can be as hard to figure out as ex-husbands or ex-wives (OK, maybe they’re…