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Wilding Wallbeds S-100 Murphy Bed Mechanism

Hardware only: lifting arm assembly, springs, legs and a cut list. You supply the wood, so the dimensions above are what the plans build to. The listed price is $349 at every size, but a volume table further down the same page quotes $299 for one to five units, and we could not reconcile the two. The 2,000 lb figure is the mechanism's load rating, not a mattress weight limit.

Specs

TypeHardware kit
Mountwall
Mechanismspring
Max mattress thickness
Max mattress weight
Mattress includedNo
Assembly time
Materials100% powder coated steel (lifting arm assembly, springs, rotating leg hardware)
Made inChina (ships from St. George, UT)
WarrantyLifetime warranty, 30-day money-back guarantee

Sizes and dimensions

SizeOrientationWidthHeight (closed)Depth (closed)Depth (open)Price
twinvertical44.5"84.25"16"86"$349
fullvertical59.5"84.25"16"86"$349
queenvertical65.5"89.25"16"90"$349
kingvertical81.5"89.25"16"90"$349

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 have a wall you can drill into and want the cabinet held flat and solid against it.
  • You want a mechanism you can re-tension over the years instead of replacing as a sealed unit.
  • The room is genuinely small and a smaller mattress is enough for how often the bed gets used.
  • You are not willing to trade down in bed size to buy back floor space.

Look elsewhere if

  • You cannot make holes in the wall. This one is designed to be anchored to it.
  • You want the lightest possible lift straight out of the box, which is where pistons win.
  • You expected a mattress in the price. Budget for one on top of the figures in the table.

What Wilding Wallbeds publishes, and what it does not

We track 6 figures on a hardware kit before calling a record complete. Wilding Wallbeds publishes 3 of them for the S-100 Murphy Bed Mechanism. 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.

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

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.

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 90 inches here. Add walking room on top of that before deciding it fits.

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.

Closest alternative on price

The nearest model to this one on price is the Easy DIY Murphy Bed California King Murphy Bed Hardware Kit at $349 against $349, a difference of $0. They are not the same kind of product, so the table below is the honest comparison.

Compared onS-100 Murphy Bed MechanismCalifornia King Murphy Bed Hardware Kit
Price from$349$349
TypeHardware kitHardware kit
Mountwallwall
Mechanismspringpiston
Furthest into the room90"
Max mattress thickness12"
Sizestwin, full, queen, kingking

Full specs for the Easy DIY Murphy Bed California King Murphy Bed Hardware Kit

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