From VAN to TINYHOME | DIY MURPHY BED + Hardware Explained // Sprinter Van Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Hola Amigees!
We're so excited to share our murphy bed build with you all. We've updated our amazon shop with the murphy bed hardware (it's under $100) and the frame we build our of select pine 1x6s, 2 sheets of 1/2" birch plywood, 1 sheet of 1" birch plywood and several 2x2s. We've since added ikea bed slats to help cozy up the overall experiences on the bed. All in all, we LOVE the bed, we love the functionality of it, and we love the ease of use.
If you have any specifics regarding the bed, please let us know as we are more than happy to help with insight, information, or any other way.
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Hi friends! Thanks for coming back for another week of the build and finally some big changes are starting to shape up. We're completely hooked on the idea that a Murphy bed is the ONLY way to have a bed in a van. Links to the hardware and more can be found here: amazon.com/shop/tioaventurabus
I can’t wait to see the end product. When I’m older it’s my dream to travel and make a bus in to my home and love the van so far have fun doing it and traveling
We love the idea of a murphy bed but we've built our bed around housing gravel and mountain bikes under our bed so we had to have a platform. Had we wanted entertaining space, I could see it being the best option, absolutley! Nice job!
SOoo very glad to see SOMEone use the Murphy system instead of re-inventing the wheel - GOOD JOB!!!
Yeah Murphy bed is what I've been planning to do. I've also been thinking when the bed is lifted up, could there be a slot for a table on the back to be put down.
I love the murphy bed idea because being able to walk through seems like the best option! I would love the “freedom” that the space provides.
Looks like a great way to store your bed, gives you so much space when put away!
We were worried that having the bed on the wall would feel like it took away space, but it truly has given us extra space we wouldn't have utilized. Our solar is neatly tucked below and we've got so much upward space behind the bed with the shelves we've built.
I was actually trying to explain my husband a Murphy bed I drew and decided to look for one on TH-cam. Yours is almost exactly what I was describing and now he can see exactly how you did it. Thanks!
Heck yeah! You’re very welcome, we’re stoked our video/van helped!
You can get marine mattress mats to help with air flow so you’re mattress doesn’t go mouldy, you may need to drill some air holes at the side too
Thanks for sharing the hinge link. My " proprietary " hinge set came in today. I have been lifting my bed without spring help. These new hinges will be a back saver.
Oh man! This comment right here made my day. Glad the “proprietary Murphy system” could be of assistance. Remember, it took a long time, a ton of money, and a great deal of research & development (five minutes searching amazon) to get the set put together.
No joke though, we love this spring kit and hope it goes together with ease for you.
My wife and I have pretty much just binge watched all of the new build content, not sure what your backgrounds are, but you guys are soooo skillful, excellent keep up the good work😁
Keep having fun, life is a Joy
I've seen murphy beds that have shelves when folded away and they can adjust and become a leg to help support the bed. OH and the stuff stays on the shelves. ^_^
Love the bed idea! We so enjoy watching your guy's build while we build ours as well!
Thanks friends! ❤️ can’t wait to see your build.
You have made a great Murphy bed, simple but effective, I have seen the finished build and it's epic. For the record it's 'the 5 second rule' and was widely discredited not long after we started to realise the danger of Lymes Disease...lol.
My wife and I love your channel! I’m in the process of building a drawer system for my 4Runner. I’m going to utilize a kreg jig for pocket holes. At first I thought I needed the big $140 kit but you seem to be doing just fine with the jig and a face clamp. Thanks for giving me motivation!
This Murphy bed idea is the best. It’s a combination of the space you get with the setup bed and the always ever ready bed you get with the fixed bed.
We couldn’t agree more and we are so happy you see it that way as well’
Amazing job guys! You have so much living space no one sits on your bed which is my pet peeve.❤️❤️❤️👍
Thank you Martha! ❤️ same for me we love having friends over but I like to have my bed just for me and chase hahaha 😂
Way to go with the murphy bed! I have to say the pocket hole jig is one of my favorite things ever! I was working on upper cabinets the last couple days and if it wasn't for the jig, there is no way I could have made cabinets so sturdy! Looking forward to seeing how your upper cabinets turn out!
The van looks amazing n beautiful
If you could get one of them little projection TVs to put above your heads on the couch side you could project it onto the bottom of the Murphy bed for your entertainment
Seems like a great system. It answers some of my questions: I wanted a walk-through from the side door to the rear doors, but I didn't want to make and unmake my bed every day...
I'm renovating my flat at the moment, so I will check this out for that purpose. Then later for the van. I'll watch how you are going and maybe I can 'steal' some more ideas! ;-))
Heck yeah! We’re happy to help you steal as many ideas as possible. If you ever have questions on specifics, let us know! As far as all the hardware, it’s always linked on our amazon shop to make seeking it out a little easier.
I love Pablo, he approves of the bed!
Awe I love seeing your dog, PACO!!! He is so cute!!! I was just thinking that I hadn't seen any of your dogs and there PACO was!!! So ADORABLE!
This is a game changer
Love your Murphy Bed, great use of space. What about adding a folding tabletop to the bottom of the bed, you can fold down for working or eating while sitting?
In other words, add a Murphy table. Great idea!
New equipment seems to be working well! Can hear you very clearly and well above any extraneous noise!
I really like the murphy bed idea. My two cents to add. Condensation is real, so I would suggest cutting holes in the frame. Saves weight and prevents condensation and mold. Enjoy your adventures !
I never thought about it coming in a kit form, that is pretty awesome that you could find that! Great job, it turned out so amazing and it is so cool that you can put storage behind it as well!
This is genius! Do you mind sharing roughly how big your bed is? It doesn’t look full length (my partner and I are both very tall!) We had the same conundrum and decided build a fixed bed high up (like a bunk) over the existing u shaped sofa underneath that we used to have to pull out into the bed, so we have full height seating that sticks out and then short guests can fit under the bed 😂 or we go under if we’re lying around watching a film in the evening. It kinda works but isn’t perfect, your solution looks like it might be the one! 👌🏼
If the lock-down would have taught me one lesson, i would remove the mattress from my work area ASAP😂😂😂. Everything seems perfect to me other than that, specially like the white balance and fish-eye effect on the video, brings the memories from good old 1970's (when i wasn't born yet!!).
Keep it up amigos. You're doing great 👍👍👍
We finally took the bed out haha! As soon as we busted out the sander we knew it had to hang out in the house for a while. We're shooting in C-Log on our new camera, which is definitely a learning curve, but there are so many things we love about the look when we are able to ensure it's properly exposed (it'll get better with time I promise!)
Thanks for the kind words and positive reinforcement!
Also built a folding table attached/under the Murphy Bed, when the bed is closed you can use it for work or for dining table....
I cannot wait for the finished looked .
Geez I’m so excited lol
GOOD MORNING FRIENDS💜💜💜💜 we love y’all you make Mimi and my heart happy!!!!! Y’all do great and so adorable!!! Your Home is looking amazing !!!!! Have a safe blessed day!!!!! Your youngest biggest fan!!!! 🌎💜
I watch a lot of van convertion videos. So I can say. I think your Murphy bed is the best one I've seen done. Fantastic job!
Wow Kevin! We really appreciate that.
We watched a ton of van conversion videos trying to pick and choose things we wanted and didn't want as well and so many of the murphy beds were just so complicated that it almost made us decide not to have one. I sat down for a few minutes and thought about how simple and inexpensive the bed truly can be while still offering usable storage below and behind and this is what I came up with!
Tío Aventura very very smart! Keep up the good work
Guys your doing an amazing job im so envious of what you have achwived i feel like ive spent 10 years preping my bus 🚌 but im almost at the inernal stage and cant wait to follow the dream keep safe guys you doing amazing ❤ from 🏴
Thanks friends! With this being our second build we feel like we can fly through it. You’ll get to a point on your bus that everything comes together so quickly!
The murphy bed came out fantastic, that van will be a beautiful van built when it's done.
Thank you so much Olga! We really appreciate it and can’t wait to see it finished as well
Always a pleasure to see you to work together- great work with the bed- MariaJose is not only the worlds best holdonfitter but a very good craft(wo)man 😉👍💐🤗
Thanks for sharing your build and materials used!
I love your vlog.. you two are great.. keep building. I really like the open source frame of mind.. I think one of the values of van life/bus life is the sharing of information. Keep it real.
Thank you so much! ❤️ we think the same way, when we don’t know something we do some research so why no help out when we can.
A nice side effect of the murphy bed is that you can still make the bed level if you ever stealth camp on a city street. I am really enjoying your build series and like the order that you are doing things. Makes so much more sense then others that I have watched. 👊
Wow Thanks friend!! We love the idea of the Murphy bed too, we will not change it at all.
Great job. Looking forward to completion and more traveling from both of you. You both work great as a team. Enjoy the journey as life is truly short.
Yay finally what I was waiting for :) It looks super easy to do or you made it look easy :) I was wondering if you're planning to strap bedsheets to the bed when you will be making it in the morning? And what size is your mattress?
Wooooop woooop! Truthfully, it was so simple. Anyone could do it without complication. When we build a home in the future we’ll definitely incorporate Murphy beds in an office. The hardware was so easy to work with and then you just have to build a frame to whatever dimension you want!
We’re going to add some straps for sure so sheets stay neat. Our mattress is a full, slightly trimmed a few inches height and width.
As long as it is Pablo approved it is chihuahua nation approved!
Susan he’s has already claimed the bed as his own. Told us we have to sleep somewhere else.
The quality of the new camera is like seeing 1080p.and the sound is so clear.
just a helpful tip, you might want to add ventilation holes to the wood directly under the bed. we used memory foam in our trailer and moisture from being in any humidity/ sweating while sleeping was getting trapped underneath!
Absolutely! We’re considering adding a row on two sides of the frame
Awesome you two went with the Murphy Bed! IMHO I would have put it on the other side for stealth sleeping (on the street); drunk drivers and accident mitigation. Thanks for sharing the kit info on Amazon. Already added to wishlist. The new camera has that 70's look to the color and the sound is good. Waiting for the next video.
Sound is great!!!
This looks awesome! Also, I love the extreme wide lens you were using! Could you tell me which one it is?
Love it!! You guys have us changing our bed design for the skoolie😝
Looks n sounds great. Well done
Awesome bed, that’s what ill be building in my van :-)
I do notice the improvement in the audio and camera quality!!! Love this channel 💖
This is my first visit so idk how you looked/sounded b4 but it’s great now. I’ll tell you, the reason I’m a new sub is due to your comment on that ‘proprietary’ channel. I’ve been following the Vanlife movement for many years. It never was about becoming a famous youtuber and charging people for everything. I can understand and don’t mind if people want to put together build guides, I’ve bought one myself. I don’t mind affiliate links and I use them on purpose to support channels. I draw the line on sending money monthly to anyone to support their way of life. And if I ask a question and get told it’s ‘proprietary’ I’m out.
Thanks for being authentic and wanting to help other people start this way of life. I hope you weren’t offended by my comment. It’s just my opinion.
Beautiful Murphy bed design and build!!
Great job you two. Just got a mattress for my Murphy bed. Now I have some ideas to follow, thank you.
Thank you, Pat! If you have any questions about the finer details please let us know, but it’s such a straight forward build that I know you’ve got it handled!
This is fantastic. I’m curious how big your mattress ended up? I’ve always wanted to build a Murphy bed - you made it look very easy!
Thank you so much for posting this!
Can't find the width of your bed frame anywhere. Would you mind sharing? I love the design!
That murphy bed is genius. Are you worried that it will be too dark? No windows in the back. Build faster. I need to see this finished. How much time are you spending on the build?
Liza Me thanks Liza! We’ve installed two windows in the rear door and one big one in the sliding door. We had been working three days per week on the build (when possible) due to rain. We’ve made the most progress over the last four weeks. So on total real time maybe six weeks building.
Good morning guy's everything looking great stay safe stay healthy guy's
Good morning Jay!! Thank you so much. We hope the same for you!
Thanks for sharing knowledge 🥰
Hello everyone from the tiny tiny town of Baku. You are cool, you are the best. We support and cheer for you. 👍👍👍
Hi friend! Where is Baku!? We would love to hear more about it! Thank you so much for the kind words and support
Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan. A small but very beautiful country in the Caucasus, on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
I would be glad to meet you in my homeland, to show beautiful places, to try our delicious traditional cuisine.
If anyone is interested, here is a short video about Baku. 😊
th-cam.com/video/AEg9pVtt97Y/w-d-xo.html
You look and sound great. I loved you two with the bus and I'm excited to see your journey in the Van...
Thank you so much friend! ❤️❤️❤️
such a smart idea!! i love it
very nice I like it the bed is very functional and the electric box ingenius. very good kiddos aesome 🛠️🇨🇦🇨🇦🛠️💜
Thanks Badge! We’re so excited to see you this winter. Can’t come soon enough
Awesome build!
I’m going to try to do this! I feel so intimidated but I’m going to try!
Looking good. I like the murphy bed idea. I'm glad you called out the person who refused to help you with a parts list. It will come back to bite him/her in the butt later on. Ha. Keep of the good work.
Thanks friend! We definitely wanted to get the point across without dropping names. We would completely understand if the hardware took years of research and one-off manufacturing, but we're entirely certain it was a kit that anyone could purchase. We experienced the same lack of sharing or refusal to assist in the bus community early in our build and it made us want to help as much as possible with any conversion we take on from that point.
The bed looks awesome! Good job guys! ❤️ u
Thank you, we love you.
The best manager ever 😉
Yay another video
Woop wooop! Hey friend!
@@mariajoseandchase omg you guys replied what?! hey from australia
I was looking for the exact Murphy bed type. Sub!
I think in the side of the bed you should add a little mirror for Maria so it can like the old bus
Doing good, looks great!
Looks Great!
Great idea
Hopefully it’s going to be sturdy during a rough drive!! Or maybe you’ll drive with it down?
I’ll be waiting for your van swap with eamon and bec once both vans are reeeeady. And after you’ve enjoyed them ofc. Haha. Lovelots to both of you. 💙
We’re looking forward to that as well. We’ve both talked about it a time or two so we’ll see if we make it happen hha
@9:31 the plywood sheets on the bed frame: have you considered drilling 1" holes over the whole surface for ventilation and to reduce weight?
Bill Anderson hey Bill! We’re definitely considering putting holes on two sides of the frame, top and bottom, for ventilation.
@@mariajoseandchase there is a cool product that would work perfect with your top/bottom ventilation holes thought. Den-Dry matress underlay (Amazon). Wouldn't sacrifice much thickness,weight and protect your mattress from mold / moisture. Awesome setup you have there.
I am thinking to do pretty much the same with my bed (the day i have a van) and I would like to attach a foldable table, so when tje bed it's closed you can open a table an eat or work
greetings from Ireland love the Murphy bed but I have a question ... no that you have built the shelves on the Murphy wall space how will you check your electrics if you need to.
Hey Aaron! What a beautiful country and we are so excited you’re tuning in with us. That’s a fantastic question.
The quick disconnects, fuses, and everything else will still be accessible from below, we’ll just need to get down and open the drawer we’ll eventually build to do any type of management to the system. As far as simply monitoring the system, our charge controller and our shunt are Wireless capable so we can monitor the entire system from our phone. I’m planning a full video on that setup and I’ll remember to show the way we’ll have to access everything if needed.
Sounds better...looks the same to me :)
Thanks for sharing and not being like that “proprietary guy!”
Anytime, John! Glad to be able to help.
Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼
You asked for comments about the audio and video with your new camera and mic. Sound was good. The camera had an impressive wide angle ability. On the negative side, some of the lighting was poor. For example at the intro from Marie José, she was shot with back lighting. So we could see the garden beautifully, but Marie José appeared to be in a dark cave. Looks like it is a nice camera once you get used to it.
Neale Burgess 100% agree! We think everything was significantly worse near the beginning half of the video. We are slowly working out some of the kinks with settings and getting used to it. Thanks Neale!
Is this bed on hydrolics? And also do you have to go outside the van Everytime you make your bed?
Nope. It’s on springs. We show the mechanism in the video. Also, we are able to reach all areas of the bed without having to go outside
i have been thinking about this ...all I n eed is a "single" (dogs can share with me). I am thinking Murphy or suspended ? OR just buy a Fouton and secure to floor ? I am leaving the drivers side wall flat so I can use as a projection screen. The Murphy bed does eliminate the "garage" ? a "normal" layout with bed 3' up does "utilize" the airspace . ??? a "suspended" bed could use a simple 12 volt winch and pully to raise bed to ceiling ??
So cool! 👏👏👏
Hola!! Tengo una pregunta. Por qué decidieron hacer la cama alejada de la pared en lugar de ponerla directamente contra la pared?
I'm looking for the video where it states why they decided to leave the skoolie life to enter the van life. Shocked but excited to tag along in this new adventure.
Hi, I am wonder what blade did you use to drill the bed frame to mount the Murphy bed system? Thanks
Hi there! We used a 1” speed bore bit to open the hole allowing us to mount the hardware flush to the bed.
loved it! but it looks kinda short for you guys, or it just seems to us?
Thanks friend! It’s just under 6ft in length (which can be modified to any dimension needed based on the van layout someone wants) so it’s definitely close, but neither of us stretch out when we sleep so we know we can make it work. With our layout any bed would have had to be the same length so we could have only gained width with a slide, fixed, or modular design.
Wow so amazing car....can call car house, can remove and go whatever we love
This is happening! Do you think drilling some holes for moisture control and ventilation in the bed?
I love you guys. I love your Van. I just bought your plans to try and make my own. Thankyouguys so much. Does sketchup thing give measurements. i have to save up for sketchup app now lol.
Hey Craig! Thanks so much for the support! You can use the SketchUp Free app and load the .skp file included in the document. There’s a measurement tool that you’ll be able to use within the app.
@@mariajoseandchase thankyou. Im just on the rapid learning curve of the sketch up app now. Thankyou guys. Can I please ask one thing. We don't have access to as much timber as you guys do over there. Would 19mm structural plywood be ok for Murphy bed walls and also to make the box for the bed.?
@@craigwilson8615 I think 19mm (or here 3/4") would be more than sufficient for the support walls and murphy bed. You'll get the hang of Sketchup quickly. It's a ton of fun.
@@mariajoseandchase thanlyou so much for replying and fir your advice.
You guys are officially my van life idols.
I hope one day you can come to Australia so we can buy you guys a beer for all your help and inspiration.
P.s. I love sketchpad.
It must have taken months to draw that up.
I need help building my Murphy bed.
Go to have the bed come down longways night across the back. Country make a link with the specs on how to make the Murphy bed?
Thank you for sharing this! Did you reinforce the vertical birch plywood pieces in any way? How was that back board secured? Thanks again. You made this look possible!
Alex Rader hey Alex! The two primary 1” ply walls are secured to the floor, the ceiling, and the plywood walls. We installed another 1” section of ply that connects to the back wall and both primary sides of the Murphy bed wall forming an “H” of sorts as horizontal support. The entire bed is so ridiculously sturdy and the entire bed was very simple to build. When the bed is down, it rests on the bulk of our L shaped sofa, so there is very little stress on any part of the system.
Tío Aventura wow, thanks for such a quick reply! That makes sense. Did you use pocket holes to secure the ply to the floor, ceiling, and plywood walls? Thanks again for your willingness to share. I am diving into my shuttle bus build rn. I’m glad I found y’all and subscribed!
Alex Rader you’re more than welcome. Yep! Pocket holes all over the place!
Where you guys located? I will need help with the Murphy bed system. Can you make a step by step on the Murphy bed system video?💯 I don't know how to make a template
Traci uniquestylefeliciano hi Traci, we are currently located in the greater Nashville area in Tennessee.
We can certainly try to put together a video showing a more in depth look at the Murphy bed hardware and system
I don't have my Van yet, but I am working on it. I'm planning to buy the van and one of the states were there's no sales tax..I feel this will help me save money with purchase and registration so I'm going to get a mailbox in that area. I like to stay in contact with you so that I can make time to do that Murphy bed and pay for it. And yes I would like to build it with so I am learning. on your website let me know what it cost to do certain things in the van like bedroom kitchen.. plumbing electricity.. and if you're not able that's okay to your videos will be very helpful as well.
Is it possible to have hookups for the park as well as off grid
Yep. We have them.
When you dropped the banana 😂 sounds like something I’d do 😂
Hahaha I was so sad but it was a great banana I couldn’t just waisted am I right? 😆
Tío Aventura defo can’t waste it 😂I’d have done the same (or given it to chase pretending it was clean 😉)
Sounds like something I would have done too HAHAH 😂
Definitely noticed the audio improvement, I had to change my video quality to 1080 from the auto 720 and it looks great.
What are the final dimensions of the bed?
Is this a queen size bed?
Can I please ask where you got that tool for measuring the inside profile of the van. To then transfer to your template then onto your 1 inch ply.
Hey Craig! It’s on this list here:
www.amazon.com/shop/tioaventurabus?listId=JSWG50C3KGYE&ref=inf_list_own_tioaventurabus
@@mariajoseandchase thankyou so so much.
I cant believe my van idols just messaged me. Wonderful wonderful day.
Banana from the bottom! 🍌
Sound is a lot better! However the picture isn't - fuzzy. Not Sharp. I did notice that when you are in bright sun light the picture is sharper. Darker footage fuzzy. LOL Just a Opinion.
Thanks William! We are still figuring out some of the settings and noticed we had to severely correct the underexposed parts and they were still pretty bad.