How to squeeze a Guest Room into a small home.....

Sometimes in a tiny cottage you need a guest room.  Here is mine:

This is a tutorial on how to make a 'fold out' bed in a very small space for very little money.

I am from a large family

 eight children to be exact

 and myriad of cousins

So we needed another bed in our tiny home.

It took me a while to get around to this.  The bench has been up for several weeks,
but I knew I wanted to turn it into a bed.

We gathered the items needed little by little. I started by having the Lowe's gentleman cut my piece of (almost) 1 inch thick plywood into two pieces.  Cut to size, we then screwed 2 x 4's to the wall, with REALLY long screws, and then put the plywood pieces on top.  The first plywood piece has been screwed into the 2x4's underneath.  Don't want my guests levitating.

I located the studs easily as my walls were unpainted pine toung and groove.  You may need to use a stud finder.  Make sure hubby is in another room, as having him near could mess with the reading.

 I added the cute legs (Lowe,s) to support the front part, and screwed them in with REALLY long screws.  

It is very sturdy.  We then added piano hinges and 868 screws (maybe not that many).

Pardon the child's shoes.  This is my vacuum storage area.....sometimes shoes, too.

  

and then painted it all

 This is hardware you can get at any hardware store.  I attached it, and cut the legs to the correct size.

When being used as a sofa, the legs are stored underneath the bench.

But I want to show you what it looks like all put together, so I screwed the legs in.

After both legs are in place I unfold the plywood, and make up the bed.  Ready for company!

I had two pieces of foam cut for the mattress.
When used as a sofa, they stack one on top of the other, like this:

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