That’s so cool! 
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Thanks! I’m very excited about it!
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It’s amazing!
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Flipping AWESOME!
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Yes absolutely! I’ve only seen those in cartoons when people get stuck, but it looks really practical, especially because you can put away all the bedding in it as well.
I know you live in a fairly remote place, so I imagine you don’t have guests over all the time, but when people visit they might stay a while. This way you have a bed for them without having to sacrifice a whole room all the time.
I like the rest of the room too - did you use a special paint on the wall? And is that a Bosch print over the bed? I hope your guests don’t see it before bedtime, they might get nightmares!
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Thanks, @MistressJennie !
@Immaculata I think you may be thinking of a classic Murphy bed (generically called a “wall bed”, which has a non-folding mattress that folds down in a cabinet that is attached to the wall. This is a cabinet bed, which is a free-standing piece of furniture with a tri-fold mattress.
And YES, we got it so we could save space when we don’t have guests, but still have a “real” bed for when we have a single guest or a couple that shares a bed. We still have a few air mattresses for when we have 2 or more that don’t share a bed.
Thanks! The walls are a synthetic Venetian plaster (acrylic vs marble/lime based).
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That is such a beautiful design and well-executed. So practical and functional but also just a gorgeous piece of furniture when not in use.
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Thank you! It was pretty fun working with the furniture maker to execute my ideas with his style and expertise. His non-murphy bed pieces definitely have a Japanese influence which informed the cleaner lines and less ornate surfaces of my cabinet bed. Ogling the veneers when visiting his workshop was a delight.
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My brother used to be a landscaper before he became a truck driver. If he were younger, I swear he would still be doing landscaping. Anyway, he came over today and power washed my small stone patio, pathways, gutters, and back siding.
It took him 3 hours. The patio was covered in moss, weeds, bugs, dirt…Jim and I will do some minor repairs and fill the gaps with sand. For this year, I think a patio set with umbrella is all we are going to be able to get done. We need to concentrate on the front yard and grass this year.
But, we will be able to enjoy the patio through the fall anyway.
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That looks like it will be a lovely spot to sit and enjoy a beverage or meal!
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It will be nice, but I also plan to use it for some large paintings and macrame projects. I bought some drop cloths and hope the weather will be nice in the fall!
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YKYACW… you clean the patio mostly for outdoors crafting 
Looks good! Having a good size patio is so convenient for many things.
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