Why so few Murphy beds ?

SpeakEasy wrote:


But - from the perspective of a person who has one - there are huge benefits and some significant drawbacks to Murphy beds. Ours is very well-designed and well-made. It folds down into a comfortable, walk-around queen. It is in the front of the trailer and becomes a north-south bed. No problem. The biggest benefit is that it gives you both a day-use and a night-use area of precious space in a small, lightweight trailer. The biggest negative is the loss of pass-through storage that you would otherwise have under the bed.

You gave a great explanation of the pros and cons - and I'll be honest, I hadn't noticed that with the Murphy, you lose that passthrough storage. When I think of how little "basement storage" these small trailers have to start with - that certainly would have been a deal-breaker for us.

On the other hand, if there's more than 2 people in my trailer, we're going to have to set up a camp chair for them to sit on (which is no problem since I have all that underbed storage....LOL!)

There's so many floorplans because every family's needs are different.