We have decided to have horizontal, as opposed to vertical, Murphy beds in both bedrooms other than our own. We will put a twin in Juan’s room, because that is what he had in Bettendorf, and, we have all of the bedding for it. We will have a queen in the 3rd bedroom, which will serve as our office, as well as the spare bathroom. Since our bed will be a freestanding queen, and we have tons of bedding for it, that will serve for the spare bed as well.
We are not going to have much around the bed, simple is best. They take up no room folded up, and very little open. Win win.
We will ask Martín to build our bed as well, like in the photo above, but we will ask him to raise the base to about 18” off the ground, or about mid thigh so, when the mattress is on the bed, (no box spring needed), the height of the mattress will be just below my waist. We will have a ton of storage under the bed, just like we did in Iowa. So nice to put seasonal clothing in totes under the bed, out of sight but accessible.
Plus, we use only King sized duvets, with comforters of varying thicknesses, weather dependent, that, on a Queen sized mattress, hang nicely over the edge, quite a ways, hiding the storage containers from view.
I will, of course, show you photos as all of this takes place. But for us, with limited spaces, Murphy beds are the best way to proceed.