[chuckinca]

First thing we bought was a Murphy bed for the third bedroom. It is like sleeping on a normal bed and way way better than any sofa hide-a-bed.

However, when we have guests it is usually our daughter and her family and we need four beds and, because the Murphy bed takes up the too much of the 3rd bedroom, three rooms (BR 2 , BR 3 and DR) in addition to the master where we sleep. Air Beds work great and in a pinch you can get three into a bedroom.

The air beds for $85 at Wal-mart are just as good as the $300 air beds (our daughter in Denver has one). We haven't moved furniture into our place yet as we only use it for a week or so a couple times a year; when we are by ourselves we sleep on an air bed instead of the Murphy bed, mainly because of the master bath and there isn't much difference between the Murphy bed, or any bed, and the air mattress except height. The $85 air beds are about 50% higher than the camping air mattresses and are no problem getting in or out.

If we could do it over, we would save the $2000 and not buy the Murphy bed.


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