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Resource Furniture Circe Desk
A horizontal queen with a seven foot integrated desk on a pivoting mechanism, so what is on the desk stays put as the bed comes down. Resource labels the dimension block on this page "Circe Board" rather than Circe Desk, which is worth knowing before you plan a room around it. Resource publishes a starting price and quotes the rest, because finish, arm style and installation all move it. Treat the figure as a floor rather than a price. Professional installation is required and is charged separately.
Resource Furniture publishes a starting price but takes enquiries rather than orders, so this goes to its quote form rather than a checkout.
Specs
| Type | Finished bed |
| Mount | — |
| Mechanism | — |
| Max mattress thickness | — |
| Max mattress weight | — |
| Mattress included | — |
| Assembly time | — |
| Materials | — |
| Made in | Italy (by CLEI) |
| Warranty | — |
Sizes and dimensions
| Size | Orientation | Width | Height (closed) | Depth (closed) | Depth (open) | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| queen | horizontal | 85" | 86.625" | 33.5" | 63.5" | $8,335 |
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.
- The room is an office on weekdays and a guest room at weekends.
- Your ceiling is low or the wall is wide and short, which is exactly where a horizontal bed wins.
Look elsewhere if
- Price is the binding constraint. This sits at the upper end of what we track.
- You care how the lift is engineered. This maker does not say what mechanism is inside.
- You want a choice of sizes. This model is offered in queen only.
What Resource Furniture publishes, and what it does not
We track 14 figures on a finished bed before calling a record complete. Resource Furniture publishes 6 of them for the Circe Desk. The 8 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: the warranty term. Which means the warranty is absent from the page, and the mechanism is the part worth having covered.
- Not published: how it mounts. Which means the listing never says whether it bolts to the wall, anchors to the floor or stands free, which is the first thing to settle if you rent.
- Not published: the lift mechanism. Which means the lift is undescribed, and that is the part under load twice a day and the part most likely to need servicing.
- 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.
Also absent from the manufacturer's documentation for this model: the mattress weight window, whether a mattress is included, assembly time, panel materials.
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
Assuming the mattress is in the box
This listing does not settle it either way. On cabinet beds the mattress is usually a tri-fold sized to the cabinet, so a standard one you already own will very likely not fit.
Skipping the warranty question
No term is published for this model. The cabinet is rarely what fails, so ask specifically what the mechanism is covered for and for how long, which is the part under load every day.
Measuring the wall and forgetting the floor
The cabinet is the easy measurement. The one that catches people is how far the bed reaches into the room once it is down, which is 63.5 inches here. Add walking room on top of that before deciding it fits.
Closest alternative on price
The nearest model to this one on price is the Expand Furniture MurphySofa King Size Murphy Bed with Sofa at $7,995 against $8,335, a difference of $340. They are not the same kind of product, so the table below is the honest comparison.
| Compared on | Circe Desk | MurphySofa King Size Murphy Bed with Sofa |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8,335 | $7,995 |
| Type | Finished bed | Finished bed |
| Mount | — | wall |
| Mechanism | — | piston |
| Furthest into the room | 63.5" | 84.5" |
| Max mattress thickness | — | 10" |
| Sizes | queen | king |
Full specs for the Expand Furniture MurphySofa King Size Murphy Bed with Sofa