[K9-Lovers]

I can't remember the name of the company where we bought our bed. We wanted one with solid oak doors to exactly match an existing cabinet in the same room, so I did a lot of research online and got quotes from a bunch of places. Then I found a website for a place here in Florida. It turned out that the place provides most of the beds for the stores here in TV. The storefronts here order from them. My old files are packed away in a storage unit, so I apologize for not knowing the vendor. If I can remember or if I can find it online again, then I'll PM you.

We have a wall-mount, and in order to install it flush to the wall so there is no airspace gap showing, we had to remove the baseboard so the cabinet to fit tightly to the wall. Whether you have a wall mount or a floor mount, if there is carpet installed, I imagine you would also have to remove the tackstrip that holds the carpet in place next to the baseboard so the cabinet would sit flat on the floor and not be tilted forward. (the tackstrip is higher than just carpet alone) We have tile floors so I'm not sure of this, but am guessing that the installers would want to remove a portion of that tackboard where the sides of the cabinet sit on the floor. Then they would relay the carpet flush with the wall and tack on the baseboard.

With that said, you will want to have your carpet installed first. Even though part of the tackstrip will have to be removed, you don't want to install carpet around the base of the bed because once the bed is open, your guests will be able to see under the bed and directly to the floor below the cabinet. There is a gap between the slanted "headboard" and the mattress and you can easily see right down to the floor. I'm a picky person, and I don't want my guests to see an unfinished floor under their headboard, nor would I want them to see two different colors of carpet. But that is just me. If you don't mind it, then install the carpet after the murphy bed is in place. The carpet installer will just put the tackstrip all around the murphy bed frame. But for me, whether it is a wall mount or a floor mount, I would install my new carpet first.

You can get a piston or a spring loaded bed with either a floor or wall mount.

There are two murphy/wallbed places here in TV. Why don't you go look at their models and try out both the spring and pistons and see which you like better. The pistons are very quiet and easy to use. The springs are noisy when the bed is opened or closed, but they don't wear out as fast as the pistons. When I know company is coming, I always pull out the bed and have it made up before they arrive, so they never hear the little spring noises anyway. And the springs are easy enough to operate, so that's why we chose them. If you need to open and close the bed every day while your guests are visiting, then you may want the pistons.