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Expand Furniture Cabinet Bed
Freestanding cabinet bed that pulls out to 82 inches as a bed. Includes a 6 inch queen gel memory foam mattress. The page states no maximum mattress thickness, only the height of the mattress supplied.
Specs
| Type | Finished bed |
| Mount | freestanding |
| Mechanism | piston |
| Max mattress thickness | — |
| Max mattress weight | — |
| Mattress included | Yes |
| Assembly time | — |
| Materials | Real wood |
| Made in | North America |
| Warranty | 500 day warranty on mechanics |
Sizes and dimensions
| Size | Orientation | Width | Height (closed) | Depth (closed) | Depth (open) | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| queen | vertical | 66.5" | 43" | 25.5" | 82" | $4,895 |
Specs read from the manufacturer's documentation on 2026-08-26. A — means the manufacturer does not publish that number. Will it fit your room? Run the room-fit calculator.
Who this suits
Worth a look if
- The guest bed gets used a few times a year and the cabinet has to look like furniture the rest of the time.
- You want it to turn up as furniture rather than as a woodworking project.
- You rent, or you would rather not put structural bolts into the wall. This one stands on its own.
- You want the lift to feel light and even, and you would rather not re-tension anything.
Look elsewhere if
- You picture a full height wall unit. A freestanding cabinet bed is a chest, and the mattress inside it folds.
- You need a king. This model is not offered in one.
- You want a choice of sizes. This model is offered in queen only.
What Expand Furniture publishes, and what it does not
We track 14 figures on a finished bed before calling a record complete. Expand Furniture publishes 11 of them for the Cabinet Bed. The 3 it leaves out are worth knowing before you buy, because each one is a decision you will end up making without the maker's help.
- Not published: maximum mattress thickness. Which means no maximum thickness is stated, so the mattress you already own is a gamble until somebody measures the closed cabinet.
- Not published: the mattress weight window. Which means the mattress weight window is unstated, so there is no way to check a heavy latex or hybrid mattress against the lift before buying it.
- Not published: assembly time. Which means assembly time is unstated, and on a wall-mounted bed that is the difference between an afternoon and a weekend.
We leave these blank rather than estimating them. A — in our tables is always a gap in the manufacturer's own documentation, never a number we chose not to look up.
What people get wrong with this one
Forgetting the bed has to tilt through the ceiling
A vertical bed swings up through an arc, so it needs slightly more headroom than the closed cabinet height suggests. Sloped ceilings and low light fittings are the usual casualties.
Expecting it to sleep like a standard bed
A freestanding cabinet bed uses a folding mattress and sits lower than a wall bed. It is excellent for occasional guests and a compromise for nightly use.
Treating a sale price as the price
This category runs near permanent promotions, and the figure in our table is what the manufacturer showed on the date we checked. Confirm the current price before you budget around it.
Closest alternative on price
The nearest model to this one on price is the Expand Furniture Compatto Italian Revolving Wall Bed Single at $4,980 against $4,895, a difference of $85. They are not the same kind of product, so the table below is the honest comparison.
| Compared on | Cabinet Bed | Compatto Italian Revolving Wall Bed Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4,895 | $4,980 |
| Type | Finished bed | Finished bed |
| Mount | freestanding | wall |
| Mechanism | piston | piston |
| Furthest into the room | 82" | 96.85" |
| Max mattress thickness | — | — |
| Sizes | queen | twin |
Full specs for the Expand Furniture Compatto Italian Revolving Wall Bed Single