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Expand Furniture Expanse Inverse Murphy Bed
Hidden pistons and no visible hardware. Takes a 60 x 80 mattress up to 11 inches, with 55 to 75 lbs suggested and 100 lbs the stated maximum before lifting gets heavy. The maker suggests 10 inches for the best balance.
Specs
| Type | Finished bed |
| Mount | wall |
| Mechanism | piston |
| Max mattress thickness | 11" |
| Max mattress weight | 100 lbs |
| Mattress included | No |
| Assembly time | — |
| Materials | — |
| Made in | — |
| Warranty | 5 year warranty on mechanics |
Sizes and dimensions
| Size | Orientation | Width | Height (closed) | Depth (closed) | Depth (open) | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| queen | vertical | 71.5" | 82" | 16" | 85.5" | $3,145 |
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
- You want it to turn up as furniture rather than as a woodworking project.
- You have a wall you can drill into and want the cabinet held flat and solid against it.
- You want the lift to feel light and even, and you would rather not re-tension anything.
Look elsewhere if
- You expected a mattress in the price. Budget for one on top of the figures in the table.
- 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 Expanse Inverse Murphy 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: assembly time. Which means assembly time is unstated, and on a wall-mounted bed that is the difference between an afternoon and a weekend.
- Not published: panel materials. Which means the panel construction is unstated, which is what decides whether the cabinet still looks square in ten years.
- Not published: country of manufacture. Which means no country of origin appears anywhere on the page, so lead times and tariffs are both unknowable from it.
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
Ignoring the mattress weight window
The lift is balanced against a mattress weight range, and this one is rated to 100 lbs. Too light and the bed drifts open on its own, too heavy and it takes real effort to close.
Anchoring into drywall alone
A wall mounted bed transfers real load into the wall. Studs or solid blocking are not optional, and finding them before delivery day saves an unhappy afternoon.
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 Murphy Bed Depot Boaz BiFold Bookcase Bed at $3,199 against $3,145, a difference of $54. They are not the same kind of product, so the table below is the honest comparison.
| Compared on | Expanse Inverse Murphy Bed | Boaz BiFold Bookcase Bed |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3,145 | $3,199 |
| Type | Finished bed | Finished bed |
| Mount | wall | wall |
| Mechanism | piston | — |
| Furthest into the room | 85.5" | 86" |
| Max mattress thickness | 11" | 10" |
| Sizes | queen | queen |
Full specs for the Murphy Bed Depot Boaz BiFold Bookcase Bed