D.I.Y.

A Complete Built-In | ORC Week 3

October 10, 2023

murphy bed built-in is complete with shelves, drawers, cabinets, complete with moulding. yet to be painted.

ore progress has been made in home office 2.0. We have a complete murphy bed situation along with the built-in that goes around it! Looking at this you'd never ever know that there was a murphy bed in behind here. Goal accomplished. We can all go home now. Joking, there's obviously so much more to do!

Murphy Bed Built-In

Okay so we have a false front on the murphy bed along with some moulding (and a temporary handle to be able to open it). Looks good doesn’t it?! Pieces were cut to match the shaker style of the Ikea cupboards. Now we have some good consistency and a beautiful looking built in.

Shelves for the Built-In

The last step was finishing framing out the top of the built-in, adding the shaker moulding to the top cabinet, and of course adding the shelving to the open units. My husband and I had a great debate over how we should space out the shelves in the built-in. Ultimately he won, smartly suggesting there should be more space on the “side table” portion of the murphy bed. As you can see, we’ve also finished off filling, sanding and caulking.

other part of the office getting ready and masking off for painting

Prep Work

Next we are getting ready for paint. Masking everything off. I won’t lie, this was my first time prepping a space to be painted and I probably went a little overboard. It’s far better than having paint on the carpet – so there’s that.

Next week we tackle paint! EEK! I cannot wait. It’s going to be epic. Since I cannot remember if I told you what the colour will be, I’m going to stay quiet and pretend I haven’t and you must wait until next week’s update! Trust me, it’ll be a good one.