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At first I thought I’d somehow really messed up the sides, but turns out this wall just has a crazy bow in the middle of it, you can see how much my 4’ level rocks on it. The next surprise came when I got the Murphy bed against the wall. I was able to work around it by mounting the header a little high, and later I tacked on some additional plywood to cover the gap. I realized that I cut the sides too short by about an inch. Some forethought here will prevent having to plug any holes.Īround now is when this build started getting challenging. One thing I have learned about building pocket hole cabinets is to pay cost attention to which side you put the pocket holes on so they stay hidden. This is my first time using iron on edge banding and I was surprised by how easy and fast it was.With the Murphy bed pretty much ready to be installed, I switch to building the cabinets and shelves that will flank the Murphy bed. I’m applying edge banding on all the exposed edges of the plywood to get a better paint job. Whatever your skill level is, if you can follow directions, you can build this.With all the pieces cut, I go ahead and drill all the pocket holes and then start assembly. But, I have to say I highly recommend this kit because of the instructions, they blew me way with how detailed and thorough they are. Prime Tools sent me the hardware kit for this Murphy bed, my only obligation is to build it. This really pays off later, especially with how many pieces this build needs. To keep track of all my pieces, I label them and mark them off the cut list after I cut them to final dimension. I’m following the plans that came with the Murphy bed kit for this build. These circular saw cuts are slightly larger than I need, later I’ll recut this edge on the table saw to exact size. The home center broke down the plywood for me some when I picked it up, but I’m going to break it down some more with my circular saw and straight edge before taking it to the table saw. I ripped some 1x2s out of a 2x12 for part of the bed frame, but everything else in this project will be made from plywood. Like most projects, this Murphy bed build started with breaking down my material at the table saw.