Lori Bed - Twin Vertical Murphy Bed

I’ve been looking to by a Lori Bed for over a year now. After much research, I decided it would be the perfect addition to our vacation home. We could use it in the space that my husband has currently set up as an office. Just what we need for visitors, but still allows us to tuck it away when not in use. Unfortunately we have not had a chance to install it and probably won’t until the school year is over. I can post a picture of the where it’s going to go, but not the finished project yet.

I am very happy with this purchase. I received excellent customer service when I ordered the wrong size for a new apartment and needed to change the order. The setup is a bit time-consuming, but it was nice to exercise my brain differently by enjoying user-friendly engineering. :) The instructions and diagrams were extremely specific and easy to follow, so I had no issues assembling the bed (even for a rookie). I had a handyman bolt the bed to the wall, but all other stages of the setup I did myself. We have transformed a small den into an office/oxygen therapy/guest room. I believe that these beds are an excellent solution for city living :). I am a 5'4 woman, and I am able to lift and lower the bed on my own; However, I find it easier to lift the bed with my boyfriend. Shoutout to Helix mattresses, I found a $700 mattress that works perfectly with the lori bed, and it is the most comfortable mattress I have ever slept on. I am considering changing out my main mattress for this. Helix Midnight - twin/soft touch

It took 3 hours for my husband and his twin to put together. The instructions video was GREAT. Pretty heavy but high quality and not toxic. Looks so good and has opened up so much space for us to have both a nursery and guest room (plus my husband’s desk, too) in one space! All materials were well organized and clearly marked, and matched the PDF instructions. Only (tiny) downside — does not come with dowel.

Like everyone else. Agree the idea and basic platform is great. But there are several things that make me feel it is not worth $2,000.

Shipping damage. The edges of several boards were rough. Not all will be hidden by artwork. Etc. We sent images and basically got a shrug response. No action.

One of the hardware locks was broken. They did ship a replacement out quickly.

The finish. I reread the description and it is not clear what it really is. We were led to believe it was a paint. It may be. But it looks and feels like white laminate. Too shiny. It def looks like IKEA finish. In hindsight would have ordered bare and painted myself. If you don’t want high shine don’t get the white.

This shiny finish makes the bed slip around if you just nudge it. They could not finish the backs of middle platform boards to stop this. I have added some non slip stair tape to a few spots to stop.

No dowel. Really guys. In the video you suggest a dowel. Why don’t you just include the proper 5” piece of wood dowel to tap in screw locks? Really. I mean it would cost all of $.75 a shipment. Even IKEA includes the tool.

Final and biggest false claim. It is not a headboard. It’s a shelf. This is important on the vertical units where you can’t use a wall as a headboard. As such, your pillows will slide beneath ‘the shelf’ while you sleep. I modified with a proper headboard that folds away and locks in place. Used a 48” piano hinge. 6” x 60.75” birch ply piece and some pin locks. Like…

I’m extremely picky. I have another Murphy bed and this one is far simpler, cheaper and just as nice quality. Excellent product. I did a modified install. I didn’t use the frame. Just the platform. I am using the frame pieces to make shelves above the bed later. I had the exciting cabinet and it worked great in a custom build. Very easy. Also I used a thick mattress that was over 14 inches with padding. This is one of the only ones u can modify to use a thick mattress. I have looked. The instructions are 47 pages long and not included. If u don’t have a laptop or iPad u will need to print ahead of time. We watched video and instructions simultaneously and even a complete idiot could install this bed. The hardest part is the brown circle screws and I have a short video that shows the install of those that I will upload.

The Lori vertical bed is an absolute game changer for my wife and I as we made major change after major change in 2022-2023.

We decided to get rid of our thriving Airbnb business and save my wife rent and hassle, by converting our spare bedroom into her studio and office. We deliberated, searched mainly for USED murphy beds in our area, but we always came up short with our compromising: we loved the price, but not the style, we loved the style, but not the price, and justified it, because it was "new to us". We came across a must -have item once - a Lori bed Horizontal. The price was terrific and only had holes drilled for installation. I didn't know what that meant, at the time, but it was beautiful, and I made an offer and received it. The seller eventually ghosted me and sold it to someone else, but I showed my wife what could have been, and we made a decision after seeing FREE SHIPPING and 10-% off !! - We were getting a Lori bed.

We ordered and delivery eventually came. The 2 boxes they came in were rather heavy, which we welcomed. After all, we wanted quality. We started building and it was a 3-4 adventure with videos and PDF instructions that were easy to follow. We actually had FUN doing it and the end product was beautiful like the pictures and sturdy with just enough organic movement to position the bed easily in and out.

Now we have an aesthetic and nearly perfect space! Literally within days, we had a visitor, took off the items off the shelf, unlocked it and…