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Wall beds in Covent Garden, Westminster
Fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets, for homes in Covent Garden. We measure, design and quote first, then make it in our workshop and fit it.
- More floor space in a studio flat
- Somewhere comfortable for guests to sleep
- Hiding the bed when it is not in use
Wall beds for your home in Covent Garden
Wall beds for homes in Covent Garden
In a studio flat, a wall bed can make the main room feel much larger. By day, the room is a living space; at night, the bed comes down. Storage and shelving can go on either side or above, so the whole wall works hard. People typically come to us about a studio that works by day and night and a home office that also sleeps guests, and the answer is made in our workshop from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted.
Ceilings in homes built before 1919 are often tall, and a large share of the homes around Covent Garden date from then. Fitted furniture can run right up to the ceiling or the cornice, with high storage for the things you use least. Original mouldings are worked around rather than removed.
You get the quote in writing, so there is time to read it properly. It covers the design, materials and finish agreed at the visit.
- Place
- Covent Garden (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Borough
- Westminster
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Where it is made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Get in touch
- Our contact form
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How we price wall beds
The price reflects the time and materials the job needs. The main factors are:
- The finish: spray painted or hand painted
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
- The internal fittings
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
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, and the quote follows.
Before the design visit
You do not need exact measurements or a plan. Just send what you can:
- Pictures of styles you like, if you have any
- How you want to use the space
- Where you live, with the postcode
- Anything in the way, like radiators, sockets, switches, a boiler or meters
A quote begins with some details from you: the room, rough sizes and some photos if you have them. When you are ready, fill in our short enquiry form. We’ll then arrange a design visit and follow it with a quote in writing.
Could you do it yourself?
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: flat-pack is normally cheaper to buy. Bespoke earns its place where the room is tricky, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
The real difference is in the fit: scribed edges, a level base on an uneven floor and furniture that meets the ceiling, skirting and picture rail. Off-the-shelf furniture cannot normally do that in an older room.
Bedrooms in Covent Garden: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 50% of the housing in the area around Covent Garden, with about 21% built since 2000, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Covent Garden is partly covered by the Covent Garden Conservation Area, one of the conservation areas recorded by Historic England. Planning controls in conservation areas are mainly concerned with the outside of buildings, so fitting furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need permission. Your council can advise if you are unsure. More than a third of the homes in the streets around Covent Garden (about 50%) were built before 1919, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Older houses can have lath-and-plaster internal walls and floors that slope, both of which matter when fixing a wall bed.
The wider area includes historic houses like Benjamin Franklin House, about 0.4 miles south. For a period home anywhere nearby, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, like Royal Opera House, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features.
Covent Garden is about 1 mile west of City of Westminster, part of the City of Westminster. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Covent Garden is part of that. Across Westminster, we cover Covent Garden, along with the rest of the borough.
Postcode districts we cover here for wall beds: W1F, W1D and W1T. Whether you live on a street like Duck Lane, Drury Lane and New Square or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Main roads around Covent Garden include the A301 and A400, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. If you’re just outside Covent Garden, we also cover Seven Dials (1 mile west), Aldwych (1 mile east), Adelphi (1 mile south), St Giles (1 mile north-west) and Clare Market (1 mile north-east). Other parts of Westminster we cover include Victoria (2 miles south-west), Paddington Green (2 miles west), Paddington (2 miles west), Connaught Village (2 miles west), Belgravia (2 miles south-west) and Lisson Grove (2 miles north-west).
What’s near Covent Garden
Around Covent Garden, we cover homes near Punch & Judy pub, Mercers' School and LSE Shaw Library, among other places. There is a railway station in Covent Garden itself: London Charing Cross station. Well-known places in the area include Savoy Hospital (under half a mile south-east) and London Museum and Institute of Natural History (within half a mile east). For a walk, there is St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.
Also near Covent Garden
Also in Covent Garden
What it is made from
Hand-painted finish
A hand-painted finish can be done on site after fitting. Marks are easy to touch in.
Spray-painted finish
A spray-painted finish is applied in our workshop, giving a smooth, even surface.
The problems wall beds solve
Others want the bed to be part of a wider storage wall. Cupboards and shelving either side make the whole wall useful.
Typical reasons people contact us include:
- A home office that also sleeps guests
- More floor space in a studio flat
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A real mattress for visitors
If your children go to St Clement Danes CofE Primary School or a school nearby, hanging rails set low at first can be raised later, as children get taller.
Before you choose who makes it
- Whether you will get a quote in writing, not just a figure
- How they’ll get the furniture into the room
- Whether the finish is set out in the quote
- Whether the quote follows a visit to your home
Questions we are often asked
Do you make wall beds for homes in Covent Garden?
Yes. Covent Garden is one of the places we work, along with the rest of Westminster and London. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
Is parking a problem for fitting in Covent Garden?
It can be: much of inner London is covered by controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It’s useful to let us know about parking at the measuring visit.
My walls are not straight. Is that a problem?
Uneven walls are normal in older London homes, and the furniture is made to deal with them. Edges are scribed to the wall, and adjustable feet or a plinth bring the furniture up to level.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Electrical work is not something we do; it’s a job for your electrician. We can plan cable routes into the design.
Is an outside wall a problem for fitted furniture?
External walls can be colder and damper than internal ones, so we allow for ventilation behind and inside the furniture. Any damp needs sorting by the right specialist before fitting.
How are wall beds priced?
Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit. Size, storage and finish all affect the price. For a design visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
Fitting day, step by step
Period rooms often have skirting boards, picture rails, cornices or coving for the furniture to meet. We cut and scribe the furniture around them on site, so it sits neatly against the room. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. In a period home, the furniture is fitted to walls that aren’t straight, so there’s some trimming and adjusting on site. Floors are protected, and dust is kept down as far as possible. Parking can be tight on terraced streets, so let us know about permits and bays during the design visit.
- It starts with a short note from you.
- 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.
- The wall bed is fitted, and any hand painting is done on site. New paint needs gentle use while it cures.
Preparing the room
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician beforehand
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
Arranging a design visit
To make a start, get in touch through our contact form and tell us a little about the room and roughly what you’d like. We then arrange a design visit to measure and discuss the design, and send you a quote in writing afterwards.