And here's something that happens about once every 5 years-- I want some advice!

One guest room is now also an office.

Can I just wrap a strap around the mattress and its covers, and stand the box spring and mattress up like a Murphy bed, on its foot end, with no Murphy frame! If I attach the resulting upright bed to the wall with another set of straps so it doesn't fall on my head at the desk? With a bench against it for the pillows to live until needed? Huh, can I can I?

And then let it all back down when I need it to be a bedroom? Cuz I can make the straps, easy-peasy, and tuck them between mattress and box spring when they straps are not in use, and drape it all when it's Murphied, with a chenille anti-ugly throw.

Whaddayathink-- genius, or bad idea? No kids here (or cats allowed upstairs) to bring it all down on themselves. The wall is paneled in heavy wood-- plenty deep enough to grab screw eyes for the straps/clips.

~S~