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Wall Beds in City of Westminster
Walls in older London homes are rarely straight, so we scribe the furniture to follow them. We make wall beds for homes in City of Westminster, each designed at a visit to your home.
- A spare room that’s rarely slept in
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
- Hiding the bed when it’s not in use
Need wall beds in City of Westminster?
How fitting day works
However carefully a piece is made in the workshop, it still has to meet the room, and that happens on fitting day. Walls in older homes are rarely flat or square, so each edge that meets a wall is scribed to follow it, closing the gaps a standard unit would leave. How long the fitting itself takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and your quote sets out the fitting days. If your hall still has its original tiles or boards, they’re covered before any carrying starts. Fixings into older walls are made carefully, as lath and plaster can crack if treated roughly. Decorating around the furniture afterwards is for your decorator.
- You let us know about the room.
- At the design visit we agree the layout and the colour.
- A quote in writing follows.
- We build the cabinets in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit everything in your home and check the bed lowers and lifts smoothly.
Preparing the room
- Empty the space we’ll be working in
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
How to get a quote
We quote once we’ve seen the room. At the visit, we measure, look at the walls and floors and go through the design with you, and the written quote comes after. Your quote is written for your room once we’ve visited and measured. To book a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Related advice
Wall beds in City of Westminster
Many people now work from home in a room that also has to sleep guests. We can design a wall with a fold-down bed and a desk or shelving around it, without the bed taking over. We can allow for cables to the desk, though any new sockets are for your electrician. We make wall beds from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a study that doubles as a spare room and shelves or a desk around the bed.
Victorian and Edwardian bedrooms typically have a chimney breast on one wall and a recess either side. A large share of the homes around City of Westminster date from before 1919, so many bedrooms there may share that layout. 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.
If the job needs another trade, like an electrician or a plumber, we’ll tell you. Our quote covers the carpentry: the design, the materials and the finish.
- Place
- City of Westminster (W2, NW8, W9, SW1V)
- Area
- Westminster
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays (Saturdays if arranged)
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Materials and finishes
Bed mechanism housing
The mechanism sets the size of the housing and the mattress it takes.
Shelves
We size each shelf for its span and load.
What it costs
To work out the quote, we look at:
- Stairs, lifts and the route to the room
- Parking and unloading on your street
- How big the furniture is
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
What goes inside matters as much as the outside: rails, shelves, drawers and dividers all add work. At the design visit, we work out what you need inside.
Helping us understand the room
You do not need exact measurements or a plan. It is enough to send:
- Anything fixed to the wall that the furniture needs to work around
- Your postcode and the borough
- A few photos of the space, taken from the doorway and from each corner
- What the furniture needs to hold
Rough measurements are fine at the start. Everything is measured properly when we visit, along with the walls, floor and ceiling. To get started, use our contact form with a few details about the room. The written quote follows the visit.
Common questions about wall beds
Do you make wall beds for homes in City of Westminster?
Yes. City of Westminster is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Westminster and London. To get started, you can message us from the contact page with some details.
I live near Bond Street station. Is that in your area?
Yes, homes across Westminster and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can send us a few details through our contact form to arrange a design visit, and tell us about parking and access at the same time.
How much room do I need in front of a wall bed?
It depends on the bed size and the mechanism. At the design visit we measure the room and check there’s enough space in front.
Is the furniture spray painted or hand painted?
There are two choices: spray painting, done in the workshop for a smooth, even finish, or hand painting, which can be done on site. Your quote sets out which you’ve chosen.
Can you build shelves or a desk around a wall bed?
Yes. Shelves, cupboards or a desk can go around the bed cabinet with shelves or a desk beside it. We plan it so the bed still has room to come down.
Can you fit furniture to uneven walls?
It’s something we deal with all the time. The furniture is scribed to follow the walls and levelled on feet or a plinth.
Do you need wall beds in City of Westminster?
Studio flats and small one-bedroom flats are another reason. A bed that folds up gives you a living room in the day and a bedroom at night.
Here are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
- A living room with a bed that folds away
- Room for a desk and a guest bed
- A storage wall with a bed inside
If you live in a period home close to St Mark's, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
Questions to ask before you hire anyone
- How the doors are hung and adjusted
- Will other trades be needed, and who arranges them?
- Whether they measure the room themselves
- Which materials they’ll use, named in the quote
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Before and after fitting day
Fitted furniture is part of the room, so it is worth looking after. A few pointers help:
- Consider how many people will sleep in it
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
- Give the paint time to cure fully
- Plan where chairs and desks will sit
The paint needs time to cure fully after fitting. Treat the cabinet gently at first, and wipe the cabinet with a soft cloth only.
Check how the cabinet will get into the room. Furniture made in a workshop comes in sections sized for stairs, landings and lifts, so it’s useful to know about tight turns.
Bedroom storage in City of Westminster
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around City of Westminster were built before 1919 (about 46%) and since 2000 (about 19%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. 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 City of Westminster, 20 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, so fitted furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need planning permission. More than a third of the homes in the neighbourhood around City of Westminster (about 46%) were built before 1919, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. A wall bed has to be fixed securely as its maker specifies, and in houses of that age the walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, so the fixings are chosen with care.
Close to Hyde Park? Wall beds are usually planned on the walls away from the window, so the light and the view stay. The wider area includes historic houses like Handel Hendrix House, about 0.3 miles east. If your own home is a period one, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
City of Westminster is part of the City of Westminster. Our work covers every London borough and the City of London, City of Westminster included. City of Westminster is one of the places in Westminster where we make wall beds.
In W2, NW8, W9 and SW1V, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. Our area takes in homes on streets such as Portman Square, Grosvenor Square and Cavendish Square, along with the roads around them, for wall beds and any of our other fitted furniture. Main roads around City of Westminster include the A4 and A5, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. If you are just outside City of Westminster, we also cover Marylebone (1 mile north-east), Mayfair (1 mile south-east), Tyburn (1 mile west), Burlington Estate (1 mile south-east) and Connaught Village (1 mile west). Across the rest of Westminster, our area takes in Aldwych (2 miles east), Clare Market (2 miles east), Westbourne (2 miles west), Westbourne Green (2 miles west), Pimlico (2 miles south) and Maida Vale (2 miles north-west). City of Westminster is among the bigger places we cover in Westminster.
Local landmarks in City of Westminster
In City of Westminster, that includes homes near Devonshire Arms, Royal Society of Medicine Library and The St Marylebone CofE School and the streets around them. There is a railway station in City of Westminster itself: Bond Street station. A little further out are Fortius Clinic (close by, under half a mile north) and Kingly Court (0.6 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Serpentine.