Dream Door: Open It Up, Have Sweet Dreams
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA 
on 10. 3.07
How's this for a "less is more" concept: "Dream Door" takes the Murphy bed concept a step or two further, just folding down out of the wall and using about as much space as a sideways door.
It's a little too submarine-y for most real-life applications, but the idea is solid: you don't need a bed while you're awake, and you don't need wall space while you're asleep. Most adults would probably find the Dream Door a bit confining, but its diminutive size and virtually non-existent footprint might fit well in a kids room; plus, there's nowhere for monsters to hide under the bed. ::Dream Door via ::pan-dan
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I'd like one of these in my cubicle.
that would be great, i'd love one, too.
but, seriously, these would be great in a kids room, as a guest bed for sleep overs. i don't think it would be comfy enough, or convenient enough for everyday, but what a great way to have a place for their little friends!
I don't know if the poster has ever slept in any kind of small "functional" bed for any period of time, but they stink. Racking up 3 months each at a scientific research station and on a Navy helicopter carrier, I can tell you that the psychological effects are almost as bad as the physical. There's a reason that we don't sleep on the floor, furs, straw, farm animals or rocks. Subjecting a child or a guest to this thing would constitute either a felony or a violation of the ancient obligations of hospitality. A real bed provides better rest, a healthier spine and joints and a much, much better attitude. If the bed in the post is the future, I will personally lead an armed band of neo-reactionaries to short-sheet it.
Why can't that be expanded to encompass a larger bed that comes out of the window with a real mattress, basically would need the proper fasteners to keep the mattress in place and pivoted right for easy retrieval and storage
Bill G,
I sleep on the floor nightly for months at a time, actually, and I get great sleep doing it. In fact, sleeping on a fur on the floor sounds wonderful...well, except for sleeping on something animals died for.
Seriously, thousands of people sleep on the ground and they don't suffer negative psychological effects for it. Don't be so freaking spoiled.
This has given me a great idea - a fold away office. My wife and I live in a one bedroom apartment in the city. We both work from home often with our laptops and don't have an office to work in. Thus, the living room is always full of laptops and work stuff. Using this concept I could build a fold away office, so we can forget about work when we relax in the evening :)