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Mildmay Wall Beds
Fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets, for homes in Mildmay. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it’s built in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
- A living room with a bed that folds away
- A guest bed that disappears in the day
Wall beds designed for your room
Wall beds in Mildmay
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. Typical reasons to get in touch are a home office that also sleeps guests and a studio that works by day and night; the furniture is made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Sash windows are common in Victorian and Edwardian houses, and the window position and deep reveals affect where furniture can go. For one of the older homes that make up a large share of the housing around Mildmay, we plan the layout so the window opens fully and the light still comes in. Doors on fitted pieces are hung to clear the bed and any radiator.
The quote comes in writing, so you can read it at your own pace. It records the design, the materials and the finish we discussed.
- Where
- Mildmay (N1, N16, E8)
- Borough
- Islington
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays, and Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Get in touch
- Send us a message
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Bedroom storage in Mildmay
Homes built before 1919 make up about 48% of the housing in the streets around Mildmay, with about 22% built between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. There are 110 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of Mildmay. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and wall beds can be designed to work around them. Since the zone was extended to the outer boroughs in August 2023, the whole of London has been inside the ULEZ. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in Mildmay. We go through parking and access at the design visit.
If your children go to Newington Green Primary School or a school nearby, a mix of drawers and shelves copes with school uniform as well as everything else. Sutton House, about 1.4 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go. If you live in a period home close to Church of St Jude and St Paul, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice.
Mildmay is about 1 mile west of Highbury, in the London Borough of Islington. Design visits and fitting in Mildmay can be on a Saturday, by prior arrangement. Across Islington, we cover Mildmay and the places around it.
We work across the N1, N16 and E8 postcode area. If your home is on a street like Dove Road, Essex Road and Burma Road, or close by, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Main roads around Mildmay include the A1199, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. If you’re just outside Mildmay, we also cover Newington Green (1 mile north), De Beauvoir Town (1 mile south), Canonbury (1 mile south-west), Kingsland (1 mile south-east) and Highbury (1 mile west). Across the rest of Islington, our area takes in Farringdon (2 miles south-west), Clerkenwell (2 miles south-west), Finsbury (2 miles south), St Luke's (2 miles south), Angel (2 miles south-west) and Holloway (2 miles west).
Landmarks near Mildmay
In Mildmay, that includes homes near City of London Academy Highbury Grove, Army and Navy pub and Kingsland Secondary School. There’s a railway station in Mildmay itself: Dalston Kingsland station. Nearby you will also find Hackney Walk (1.5 miles east) and Clowns Gallery-Museum (0.6 miles south-east). Not far away are Gillespie Park.
Places near Mildmay
Other services in Mildmay
What affects the price in Mildmay
The price reflects the time and materials the job needs. That depends on:
- Spray painting or hand painting
- Parking near your home
- Walls and floors that are out of level or out of square
- How many doors and drawers there are
Access to the room makes a difference too. Several flights of stairs, a small lift or a narrow hall can mean smaller sections and more carrying, and that’s part of the price. Every piece is quoted for your room after the design visit.
Getting in touch
What helps most when you first contact us:
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- Approximate measurements of the space
- Where you live, with the postcode
- What the furniture needs to hold
We quote once we’ve seen the room. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. To arrange a visit, drop us a line using the contact form.
When is bespoke worth it?
Off-the-shelf cupboards come in fixed sizes, so there’s normally a gap left over at the top or at one end. Fitted furniture is made to the room’s measurements, so it can run to the ceiling and fill the width.
Long shelves are where off-the-shelf often struggles. How much a shelf bends depends on its span, depth and load, and long runs need a thicker shelf, a lip along the front or a support. We design shelves with that in mind.
FAQs: wall beds in Mildmay
Do you cover homes near Dalston Kingsland station?
Yes, homes across Islington and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit.
My home in Mildmay is a period house with walls that are not straight. Is that a problem?
Yes, that’s normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Is a wall bed safe?
A secure fixing and careful use are what matter. We fix the mechanism as its maker specifies, and you keep the space in front clear and children away while it moves.
How long does fitting take?
Every room is different. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the bed and the cabinets around it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote.
Do I choose the paint colour?
The choice is yours. Whichever finish you pick, it’s in the colour you’ve chosen.
Can you add sockets inside the units?
No. Any new wiring, sockets or lights need an electrician, and some electrical work in homes is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. We plan the furniture around where they’ll go.
How fitting day works
At the end, we tidy up. Before we go, we look over the finished furniture with you and explain how to look after the paint. How long the fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. On fitting day, edges are trimmed on site to follow the walls, so we ask for a clear space to work near the room. Dust is kept down and cleared up as we go. Where the finish is hand-painted, it can be done after the pieces are in.
- You get in touch and let us know about the room and how often the bed is used.
- At the design visit we measure the room, look at the wall and go through the design.
- We send a quote setting out the design, materials and finish.
- We build and finish the bed housing and storage in our workshop, from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit everything in your home and check the bed lowers and lifts smoothly. The finish is sprayed in our workshop or painted by hand on site.
Before fitting day
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- If you live in a block, book the lift and tell the building manager
- Leave a clear route from the front door to the room
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote starts with a few details: which room it is, rough measurements and a couple of photos if you can take them. To send them, send us a few details through our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a quote in writing.
Related advice
Before and after fitting day
Most of what helps is simple. Here’s what we suggest:
- Treat new paintwork gently at first
- Check there is room for the bed to fold down
- Let us know about the wall’s construction
- Look at your lease before fixing to the walls
Before you first use the bed, read the mechanism maker’s guidance on lowering and lifting it. Lower it steadily and keep the space in front clear, and do not let children play with it.
Tell us what the wall is made of if you know. The fixing depends on the wall, and we look at it when we measure.
Flats, blocks and rented homes
If your building is on a red route or a busy main road, unloading takes some planning. TfL runs the red routes, and the stopping rules are strict, so tell us about it at the measuring visit.
Conversions and newer flats often have stud walls rather than solid brick. Fixings are chosen to suit whatever the wall is made of, after checking the walls during the design visit.