Built-In Murphy Beds
Anchored to your wall.
Built to look like it always belonged.
Every Madewell Murphy bed is a true built-in: designed to your exact space, anchored into your wall studs, and crafted from solid plywood to last decades. Starting at $2,500.
Request a Free ConsultationNot a kit. Not a cabinet.
A true built-in.
A built-in Murphy bed is permanently anchored into your wall studs and custom-sized to your exact space. It's not a freestanding piece of furniture you can move. It's a structural part of the room, designed to look like it was always there.
Most Murphy bed companies sell cabinet-style beds that sit against the wall. They look fine on day one. By year three, the mechanisms are pulling, the panels are showing wear, and the whole thing looks exactly like what it is: a piece of flat-pack furniture pretending to be built-in.
Every bed we build at Madewell is anchored directly into your studs, built from furniture-grade plywood, and professionally finished so the result looks and feels like part of the room.
Why It Matters
Built-ins demand better materials.
We use solid plywood. Always.
Wall-mounting brackets, mechanism hardware, and hinges all rely on screws biting into the cabinet material. Plywood grips screws tightly across its cross-laminated layers. Particleboard strips out over time. That's a safety issue when the wall mounting is involved.
A Murphy bed cabinet supports its own weight plus an 80–125 lb mattress in motion. Every raise and lower flexes the structure slightly. Plywood distributes that stress across laminated layers. Particleboard is brittle under lateral force and degrades with every cycle.
Austin's humidity swings put real stress on wood-based materials. Particleboard and MDF absorb moisture readily, swelling, warping, and crumbling at the edges over time. Once that starts, it's permanent. Plywood's cross-laminated construction gives it the dimensional stability particleboard can never match.
How we build
your built-in
Every Madewell built-in follows the same four-step process. We only visit once you're ready to commit. No surprises, no guesswork.
Send us your wall dimensions and we'll build a detailed 3D rendering of your exact build, sized to your ceiling height, wall width, and any architectural constraints like outlets, vents, or doors.
Profile, finish color, pull style, cabinetry configuration, desk system: you review and approve the full design before we fabricate a single panel. Nothing goes into production without your sign-off.
Every built-in is fabricated in our Austin workshop from solid plywood. Never particleboard. Professionally spray-finished before it leaves the shop, so the finish is flawless when it arrives at your home.
Our own team installs every build. No subcontractors. We anchor directly into your wall studs, level everything precisely, and don't leave until you love the result. Serving all of Central Texas.
Recent Builds
Built-in Murphy beds
from our Austin workshop
Every build below was designed to a specific room, fabricated in our shop, and installed by our team. No two are exactly alike.
Get Started
Ready to design your
built-in Murphy bed?
Send us your wall measurements and we'll put together a detailed quote with no commitment required. Most quotes are ready within 48 hours.