Kensington and Chelsea · London
Wall beds in Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea
In Chelsea, we design wall beds around the room you actually have. We design your wall bed at a visit to your home, make it in our workshop and fit it.
- A flexible room for a growing family
- More floor space in a studio flat
- Shelves or a desk around the bed
Wall beds designed for your room
Wall beds in Chelsea: what you get
We fit wall beds in Chelsea and across London. First comes a design visit, where we measure and look at the wall, then a quote in writing. We make everything in our workshop and fit it in your home. How long fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote, so you will know ahead of time. People typically come to us about a home office that also sleeps guests and a bed that looks like cupboards by day; the furniture is made from moisture-resistant MDF and strong birch plywood, with a painted finish.
Victorian and Edwardian bedrooms typically have a chimney breast on one wall and a recess either side. That layout is worth knowing around Chelsea, where a large share of homes were built before 1919. Storage can go in each recess, with a bridge of cupboards over the chimney breast, leaving the breast itself clear. The flue behind is kept ventilated, and any damp is sorted first.
The furniture is built in our workshop after you’ve had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Where
- Chelsea (SW3, SW10, SW1X, SW1W)
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Materials and finish
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Why bespoke in Chelsea?
You can buy wall bed units off the shelf, often for less, and they can work in a simple space. They’re made in standard sizes and rarely allow for an uneven wall or an alcove. A bespoke cabinet is built for the room. Tall standalone furniture needs fixing back to the wall so it cannot tip, and in an older house that can mean fixing into brick or lath and plaster. With fitted pieces, the fixings are planned for the wall from the start.
Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. Size, the number of doors and drawers and the internal fittings make the biggest difference to the price.
What you get with us
- Work across the whole of London
- Built around your room
- Finished by spray or by hand
- Scribed to uneven walls
Read bespoke vs off-the-shelf or what to look for in a quote.
DIY, flat-pack or bespoke
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there is often a strip of wasted space at the side or above. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well, and it’s easy to buy.
From workshop to your room
At the end, we tidy up and take up the floor coverings. Before we leave, we go over the finished piece together. How long the fitting takes depends on the bed, the cabinets and the wall it fixes to, and your quote sets out the fitting days. On fitting day, edges are trimmed on site to follow the walls, so we ask for a clear space to work near the room. We keep dust down and tidy as we go. Where the finish is hand-painted, it can be done after the pieces are in.
- You get in touch with some details about the room.
- We visit, measure and discuss the bed, shelves and desk.
- You receive a quote in writing.
- Everything is made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- The wall bed is fitted in your home, with the mechanism fixed as its maker specifies.
Getting ready for fitting day
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Have your electrician move any sockets or switches beforehand
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
Ask for a quote
The quote is built from the design visit. We measure the room properly, check how the walls and floors run and discuss the design with you. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing. To book one, send us a few details through our contact form.
Advice
Flats, conversions and lettings
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through without a struggle.
If the property is let, we’ll need access agreed with the tenants. A letting agent can arrange this on a landlord’s behalf.
Bedroom storage in Chelsea
About 68% of the homes in the neighbourhood around Chelsea went up before 1919, and about 13% between 1919 and 1939, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Within a mile of the centre of Chelsea, 20 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. The ULEZ, run by TfL, takes in all of London, so Kensington and Chelsea is inside it. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in Chelsea. How the van gets to your door is planned at the design visit.
If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Church of St Luke, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent. If you live in a period home close to Former Welsh Congregational Church, solid external walls can be cold, so ventilation behind wall beds is part of the design. Living in a block of flats near London Victoria station? Then the route in is measured not just the room, and the sections are sized to fit it.
Chelsea is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, about 2 miles north-west of Kensington. Homes in Chelsea are part of the area we cover for wall beds. We cover places right across Kensington and Chelsea, from the busiest high streets to quiet residential roads.
Every address in SW3, SW10, SW1X and SW1W is within our area for wall beds. Our area takes in homes on streets like Markham Square, Wellington Square and Tedworth Square, along with the roads around them, for wall beds and any of our other fitted furniture. The B302 and B304 runs close to Chelsea; on busy main roads, unloading wall beds takes a little planning. We also cover the places around Chelsea: Brompton (1 mile north), South Kensington (1 mile west), Little Chelsea (1 mile south-west), Belgravia (1 mile north-east) and World's End (1 mile south-west). Across the rest of Kensington and Chelsea, our area takes in Kensington (2 miles north-west), Notting Hill (2 miles north-west), Notting Dale (3 miles north-west), Holland Park (2 miles north-west), Bayswater (2 miles north-west) and Kensal Town (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Chelsea
Our area takes in the homes around Hellenic College of London, Markham Arms Public House and Natural History Museum Library and Archives. Chelsea’s nearest station is London Victoria station, roughly 1 mile north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Harrods (0.7 miles north) and Berkshire & Westminster Dragoons Museum (a few minutes’ walk east). Open spaces near Chelsea include Battersea Park Lake.
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What we don’t do
Some parts of a job need another trade, like an electrician, a plumber or an engineer on the Gas Safe Register. Here is what to bear in mind:
- Wiring for lights or chargers
- Structural work to the wall or floor
- Advice on your lease
Not sure whether your space suits wall beds? You can use our contact form and we’ll tell you. Our process from visit to fitting.
Materials and parts
- Hand-painted finish
- Shelves or a desk alongside
- Spray-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Birch plywood
- Fold-down bed mechanism
Common questions about wall beds
Do you make wall beds for homes in Chelsea?
Yes. Chelsea is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Kensington and Chelsea and London. To get started, you can get in touch through our contact form with a few details.
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Normally not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, internal works that affect its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. If you’re unsure, the council can confirm.
How long does fitting take?
How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and your quote sets out the fitting days.
Can you fit furniture on an external wall?
It needs a little planning: ventilation behind and inside the furniture helps avoid condensation and mould. Damp treatment isn’t something we do, so any damp needs sorting first.
How much room do I need in front of a wall bed?
That varies with the size of the bed. At the design visit we measure the room and check there’s enough space in front.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. You do not need to watch us work, though we like to go over the furniture with you at the end.