Our clients built their Manhattan dream house years ago, but a couple of decades in, the yellow and green palette seemed stale. We brightened the home with new paint and countertops, white oak flooring and updated carpet, custom fixtures and furniture, and new finishes, window treatments, and accessories. For enhanced functionality, we added built-in storage throughout, reupholstered existing furniture and the breakfast nook in performance fabric, and created a custom dining table that seats a dozen. To keep the dining room coastal and informal, we paired plush head chairs with rattan-backed side chairs and accented with sea-foam and sandy-hued floor and window coverings. The addition of a murphy bed, as well as shelving and file storage, made the office more suited to their growing family’s needs. In the second office, a standing desk, as well as a customized craft desk with built-ins for specific supplies, transformed the area into a completely personalized and effective space. New furniture and a ceiling-length fireplace facade of soft ivory and gray stone transformed the family room into a cozy and welcoming retreat. The overall effect is a home that feels spacious, beachy, and comfortable.

Boasting views of the Museum of Natural History and Central Park, the Beaux Arts and French Renaissance style building built in 1900 was once home to a luxury hotel. Over the years multiple hotel rooms were combined into the larger apartment residences that exist today. The resulting units, while large in size, lacked the continuity of a single formed space. StudioLAB was presented with the challenge of re-designing the space to fit a modern family’s lifestyle today with the flexibility to adjust as they evolve into their tomorrow. Thus, the existing configuration was completely abandoned with new programmatic elements being relocated in each and every corner of the space. For clients that are big wine connoisseurs, the focal point of entry and circulation lies in a 400 bottle, custom built, blackened steel and glass, temperature controlled wine cabinet. The once enclosed living room was demolished to create one main entertaining space that includes a new dining area and open kitchen. Hafele bi-folding pocket door slides were used in the Living room wall unit to conceal the television, bar and display shelves when not in use. Posing as kitchen cabinetry, a hidden integrated door opens to reveal a guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom. Down the hallway of wide plank ebony stained walnut flooring, a compact powder room was built to house an original Paul Villinski installation of small butterflies cut from recycled aluminum cans, entitled Mistral. Continuing down the hall, and through one of the walnut veneered doors, is the shared kids bedroom where a custom-built bunk bed with integrated storage steps and desk was designed to allow for play space and a reading corner. The kids bathroom across the hall is decorated with custom Lego inspired hand cast concrete tiles and integrated pull-out footstools residing underneath the floating vanity. The master suite features a bio-ethanol fireplace wrapped in blackened steel and integrated into the Tabu veneered built-in. The spacious walk-in closet serves several purposes, which include housing the apartment’s new central HVAC system as well as a sleeping spot for the family’s dog. An integrated URC control system paired with Lutron Radio RA lighting keypads were installed to control the AV, HVAC, lighting and solar shades all by the use of smartphones.

Best twin wall bed-murphy style cabinet multi-functional, ergonomic, compact-home or commercial use.Does your home computer room, family room or office need to double as a guest room? Would you like to find an alternative to the uncomfortable sleep sofa or working in a cramped corner of a guest bedroom? Here’s a way to have the best of all worlds. This style wall bed has a bed neatly stored inside a cabinet that can create an extra wall in your home or can fit against an existing wall in just of floor space. The front of the cabinet has a display shelf wide enough for pictures and decor accessories and the top of the cabinet is wide enough for books, plants, accessories or collectibles. This collection comes in either a light, natural wood-grain or a high-gloss white laminate finish which will blend with almost any home color scheme and design. These wall beds are designed with longevity in mind, using certified, thick laminated chipboard, heavy-duty hardware and strong aluminum bed frame with solid wood slats. You can even open and close the bed with 1 hand with ergonomic new generation gas shocks mechanism. Easy-elegant-ergonomic. You really can have it all. When closed the cabinet creates an extra wall, complete with shelf. So, you can add home decor accessories to the top of the cabinet and the shelf. When open, you have a bedroom.

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ONE MURPHY BED . . . . . . can be anywhere from a Twin Size mattress to King Size!
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Do you have a small apartment or studio and need space ­saving furniture ideas? Do you have a den or office that needs to double as a guestroom? A Murphy Bed system might be just what you’re looking for! This style looks like a glossy lacquered wall in your room and when closed takes up very little space. When you want to study or work on your computer, just open the cabinet and drop down a desk! There’s plenty of room for office work, study books or even craft projects to fit on this roomy desk. When you’re tired and want to get some sleep, just open it all the way and the desk drops down, instantly giving you a twin bed ready to crawl into! In the morning, it all closes up, giving you an uncluttered, open area for your studio or apartment. If you’re using it in a study, you can keep the desk open and just open the bed for guests when they sleep over. This Murphy Bed system is constructed from the highest quality materials and the mechanism is technologically new gas springs, that open and close with no effort. Having a Murphy Bed System is like having a room in a box.

Best twin wall bed-murphy style cabinet multi-functional, ergonomic, compact-home or commercial use.Does your home computer room, family room or office need to double as a guest room? Would you like to find an alternative to the uncomfortable sleep sofa or working in a cramped corner of a guest bedroom? Here’s a way to have the best of all worlds. This style wall bed has a bed neatly stored inside a cabinet that can create an extra wall in your home or can fit against an existing wall in just of floor space. The front of the cabinet has a display shelf wide enough for pictures and decor accessories and the top of the cabinet is wide enough for books, plants, accessories or collectibles. This collection comes in either a light, natural wood-grain or a high-gloss white laminate finish which will blend with almost any home color scheme and design. These wall beds are designed with longevity in mind, using certified, thick laminated chipboard, heavy-duty hardware and strong aluminum bed frame with solid wood slats. You can even open and close the bed with 1 hand with ergonomic new generation gas shocks mechanism. Easy-elegant-ergonomic. You really can have it all. When closed the cabinet creates an extra wall, complete with shelf. So, you can add home decor accessories to the top of the cabinet and the shelf. When open, you have a bedroom.

Make the most of open floor plans or small spaces with a multipurpose solution that serves as an office and a bedroom. By day, the stylish desk provides room to work, and by night, it folds down to make room for a twin, full or queen bed. PHOTO CREDIT: ORG Home

A front look of this Murphy Wall Bed closed into its library exterior, allowing for usefulness an elegance even in it's folded state.
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Our simple office fits nicely under the lofted custom-made guest bed meets bookcase (handmade with salvage bead board and sustainable maple plywood).

This customized brown murphy bed allows for space saving in your small rooms to allow guests to come over. This is also perfect for places that are offices for the day, and homes by night. This space saving furniture allows different storage areas within the room depending on your preference. For this type of closet bed, it is not obvious that a small bed is tuck in your room. You can partner this murphy bed with another home office furniture that we can also provide to allow working on this room.

When our clients moved into their already built home they decided to live in it for a while before making any changes. Once they were settled they decided to hire us as their interior designers to renovate and redesign various spaces of their home. As they selected the spaces to be renovated they expressed a strong need for storage and customization. They allowed us to design every detail as well as oversee the entire construction process directing our team of skilled craftsmen. The home is a traditional home so it was important for us to retain some of the traditional elements while incorporating our clients style preferences. Custom designed by Hartley and Hill Design All materials and furnishings in this space are available through Hartley and Hill Design. www.hartleyandhilldesign.com 888-639-0639 Neil Landino Photography

Shaker Queen Two Tone Murphy Wall Bed and Side Pier with Hidden Desk shown in Golden Sand and Java on Maple LSF-Custom Shaker Wall Bed Pier with Shaker Bi-Fold Door on Top and 1 Shaker Panel Door on Bottom with Flat Trim (2 Adjustable Shelves) - 23 1/4"w x 86 5/8”h x 17”d Same Height and Depth as Queen Bed - Not Built-In - Finished Sides LED Task Light Kit for Top of Bed Cabinet 2 Round 1 1/4" Lights, On/Off Switch, Transformer and 1 Extension Flat Extension Cord for behind Murphy Bed Fold Down Desk Behind Door in Pier includes Removable Trim to Allow Doors to Close While Desk is Down Upgrade to Two Tone Finish with Standard Finishes Small Black Grommet (2") Located Behind Tall Door in Back of Pier

Project Feature in: Luxe Magazine & Luxury Living Brickell From skiing in the Swiss Alps to water sports in Key Biscayne, a relocation for a Chilean couple with three small children was a sea change. “They’re probably the most opposite places in the world,” says the husband about moving from Switzerland to Miami. The couple fell in love with a tropical modern house in Key Biscayne with architecture by Marta Zubillaga and Juan Jose Zubillaga of Zubillaga Design. The white-stucco home with horizontal planks of red cedar had them at hello due to the open interiors kept bright and airy with limestone and marble plus an abundance of windows. “The light,” the husband says, “is something we loved.” While in Miami on an overseas trip, the wife met with designer Maite Granda, whose style she had seen and liked online. For their interview, the homeowner brought along a photo book she created that essentially offered a roadmap to their family with profiles, likes, sports, and hobbies to navigate through the design. They immediately clicked, and Granda’s passion for designing children’s rooms was a value-added perk that the mother of three appreciated. “She painted a picture for me of each of the kids,” recalls Granda. “She said, ‘My boy is very creative—always building; he loves Legos. My oldest girl is very artistic— always dressing up in costumes, and she likes to sing. And the little one—we’re still discovering her personality.’” To read more visit: https://maitegranda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/LX_MIA11_HOM_Maite_12.compressed.pdf Rolando Diaz Photographer

A Lawrenceville, Georgia client living in a 2-bedroom townhome wanted to create a space for friends and family to stay on occasion but needed a home office as well. Our very own Registered Storage Designer, Nicola Anderson was able to create an outstanding home office design containing a Murphy bed. The space includes raised panel doors & drawers in London Grey with a High Rise-colored laminate countertop and a queen size Murphy bed.

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Shaker Queen Two Tone Murphy Wall Bed and Side Pier with Hidden Desk shown in Golden Sand and Java on Maple LSF-Custom Shaker Wall Bed Pier with Shaker Bi-Fold Door on Top and 1 Shaker Panel Door on Bottom with Flat Trim (2 Adjustable Shelves) - 23 1/4"w x 86 5/8”h x 17”d Same Height and Depth as Queen Bed - Not Built-In - Finished Sides LED Task Light Kit for Top of Bed Cabinet 2 Round 1 1/4" Lights, On/Off Switch, Transformer and 1 Extension Flat Extension Cord for behind Murphy Bed Fold Down Desk Behind Door in Pier includes Removable Trim to Allow Doors to Close While Desk is Down Upgrade to Two Tone Finish with Standard Finishes Small Black Grommet (2") Located Behind Tall Door in Back of Pier

Shaker Queen Two Tone Murphy Wall Bed and Side Pier with Hidden Desk shown in Golden Sand and Java on Maple LSF-Custom Shaker Wall Bed Pier with Shaker Bi-Fold Door on Top and 1 Shaker Panel Door on Bottom with Flat Trim (2 Adjustable Shelves) - 23 1/4"w x 86 5/8”h x 17”d Same Height and Depth as Queen Bed - Not Built-In - Finished Sides LED Task Light Kit for Top of Bed Cabinet 2 Round 1 1/4" Lights, On/Off Switch, Transformer and 1 Extension Flat Extension Cord for behind Murphy Bed Fold Down Desk Behind Door in Pier includes Removable Trim to Allow Doors to Close While Desk is Down Upgrade to Two Tone Finish with Standard Finishes Small Black Grommet (2") Located Behind Tall Door in Back of Pier