Best Wall Beds

1. Palermo Queen Wall Bed (best overall)

Type: Vertical queen wall bed
Weight capacity: 200 kg
Profile: 28 cm frame-to-floor
Mattress: Fits up to 20 cm (not included)
Rating: ★★★★★ (4.6/5)
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The Palermo Queen Wall Bed is the one we’d put in most rooms. It’s a true queen, so a guest or a permanent sleeper isn’t squeezed onto a double, and the frame is built from high-quality slats on a steel, powder-coated structure that shrugs off daily folding.

The mechanism is the part that matters, and Palermo gets it right: a piston-assisted lift raises and lowers the bed in a controlled motion rather than crashing down, and the safety legs fold automatically as the bed rises and drop gently as it comes back to horizontal. Rated to 200 kg, it suits most sleepers without feeling flimsy.

At just 28 cm from frame to floor when folded, it barely eats into the room, and there’s clearance for a 20 cm memory-foam mattress underneath. Add a 30-day money-back guarantee and a manufacturer warranty and it’s the lowest-risk way into a proper wall bed.

Pick if...

You want a genuine queen with a proven piston mechanism and a return policy that lets you change your mind.

2. Alpha Murphy Bed (best with desk and storage)

Type: Cabinet murphy bed with desk
Extras: Fold-away desk + side bookcases
Warranty: Lifetime frame, 7-year springs
Mattress: 30 mm pocket spring base (mattress separate)
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.4/5)
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The Alpha Murphy Bed is the pick when the room has to do two jobs. It builds a studio desk (in black or white) and side bookcases into the same footprint as the bed, so a home office folds up into a bedroom in seconds without losing your desk or your shelves.

It ships as a DIY kit with a comprehensive installation guide — L-brackets and wood screws into the wall — and once it’s up, two handles lower and raise it. The base uses a 30 mm pocket-spring system that keeps a foam mattress in shape under heavy use, and the whole cabinet comes apart again if you move house, which a fixed sofa bed never will.

Warranty cover is a genuine strength here: the steel frame is covered for life and the springs for seven years. You’ll buy the mattress separately, but for a work-from-home studio it’s the most practical option on the list.

Pick if...

Your room doubles as an office and you want the desk and shelves to stay when the bed folds away.

3. Hidden Vertical Tilting Bed (best premium made-to-measure)

Type: Custom vertical wall bed
Mechanism: Dual air pistons
Warranty: 5 years
Mattress: Included, on torsion MDF boards
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
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The Hidden Vertical Tilting Bed is the premium, done-for-you option. Rather than a flat-pack you wrestle into place, the brand builds it to your room: you send measurements and photos at purchase, and it returns a 3D render showing how the bed will sit and where to save space.

The build is a step up. Two air pistons — one on each side — make lowering and raising it noticeably easier and safer than single-piston or spring-only murphy beds, and the included mattress sits on torsion MDF boards (40 mm and 50 mm) finished with PVC edging and melamine for durability. Because the mattress comes with it, the all-in cost is more predictable than buying the two separately.

A 5-year warranty and professional installation round it out — the team can have it usable within hours of delivery. It’s the most you’ll spend here, but also the least you’ll do.

Pick if...

You want a made-to-measure bed with the mattress included and professionals to install it.

4. Murphy Horizontal Tilting Bed (best for low ceilings)

Type: Horizontal (side-folding) wall bed
Mechanism: Dual side pistons
Mattress: Double, included
Finish: Two-tone colour options
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.3/5)
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When a room can’t take a tall vertical bed, the Murphy Horizontal Tilting Bed folds sideways instead of up, so it needs far less ceiling height. That makes it the answer for attic rooms, under-window walls and anywhere a standing wall bed simply won’t clear.

It doesn’t give up much to get there. A double mattress is included free, pistons on each side bring it down in one smooth motion, and you can choose two-tone finishes — a darker front against a lighter frame — so it reads as considered furniture rather than a hidden bed. Torsion and MDF boards hold the mattress in place to stop it sliding as the bed tilts.

It ships with a murphy-bed installation kit and phone support if you get stuck, plus the same 3D-fit preview so you can see it in the room before committing. For low-ceiling spaces, nothing else here fits as easily.

Pick if...

Your ceiling is too low for a vertical bed and you want the mattress included.

5. Fold-Down Murphy Bed (best for size choice)

Type: Fold-down (pull-down) wall bed
Sizes: Single, double or queen
Mechanism: Adjustable concealed spring system
Frame: Powder-coated tubular steel
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.2/5)
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The Fold-Down Murphy Bed is the flexible pick, offered in single, double and queen so you can match it to the room rather than the other way round. Curved, steam-treated wooden slats support even a heavier hybrid mattress, and a powder-coated industrial finish keeps the frame looking good in high-traffic spaces.

Its party trick is an adjustable concealed spring system: you add or remove springs to tune the balance and lift to your mattress weight and preference, so it comes down evenly whether you run a light foam or a dense hybrid. An automatic leg extension adds a layer of safety as it lowers.

Like the others it’s portable — the frame is removable for a move — and it fixes to the floor or the base of the wall for extra stability. For a spare or guest room where you want to pick the size, it’s the most adaptable option.

Pick if...

You want to choose between single, double and queen and tune the lift to your mattress.

How we choose wall beds

Wall beds live or die on the mechanism, so that’s where we start. For every bed on this page we:

• Judged the lift mechanism first — dual gas pistons and tuned spring systems that lower a bed in one controlled motion scored above single-piston or bare-spring designs that slam or stick.
• Checked weight rating and frame — steel, powder-coated frames with a real capacity figure (the Palermo’s 200 kg) beat vague ‘heavy-duty’ claims.
• Looked at safety features — self-folding legs, automatic leg extension and retainer boards that stop the mattress sliding as the bed moves.
• Weighed what’s included — a bundled mattress, a desk, bookcases or professional installation changes the true cost, so we noted it against the headline price.
• Read the fine print — warranty split between frame and moving parts, return policy and whether the bed comes apart to move house.

Sleep Society may earn a commission if you buy through links on this page. That never changes the order of our picks — the Palermo leads on mechanism, size and its money-back guarantee, full stop.