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Wall Beds in St John's Wood
Wall beds in St John's Wood: fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets. We visit to measure and discuss the design, make the furniture in our workshop and fit it.
- A spare room that’s rarely slept in
- A flexible room for a growing family
- A study that doubles as a spare room
Wall beds designed for your room
Wall beds in St John's Wood
Not every mattress suits every wall bed; the mechanism maker sets the size, depth and weight it can take. We will talk through what suits the bed at the measuring visit, so you can choose a mattress that works. We make wall beds from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a home office that also sleeps guests and hiding the bed when it’s not in use.
When floor space is tight, the space over the door and above the bed head is often wasted. With most households around St John's Wood in purpose-built flats, bridging those spaces with fitted cupboards can add a lot of storage. Top cupboards suit things you need only now and then, like spare bedding or suitcases.
We write quotes in plain English. They say what will be made, what it’s made from and how it will be finished, all taken from the design visit.
- Location
- St John's Wood (NW8, NW6, NW3)
- Area
- Westminster
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Making
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Materials and finish
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Contact
- Our contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Made for the room, or bought in a box?
A bespoke wall bed takes more planning than buying a unit online. In return, the cabinet, shelves and finish are designed together. Off-the-shelf furniture is sized for an average room, and flats are rarely average, so it can waste space or block a door or radiator. Fitted furniture is planned around those.
Access to the room makes a difference too. Narrow halls, tight stairs or a small lift may mean the furniture is made in more sections, and that is part of the price. We quote each job for the room it’s going into, after the design visit.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in St John's Wood
- More than 300 projects completed
- We visit, measure and discuss the design before we quote
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Designed for the room you have
See how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
Your questions about wall beds in St John's Wood
I live in a flat in St John's Wood. How will the furniture get up the stairs?
At the design visit, we measure the way in not just the room. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it is worth checking those early.
Can parking be tricky on fitting day in St John's Wood?
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 helps to let us know about parking at the measuring visit, and we’ll plan around it.
What happens when you come to measure?
It’s a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, and the written quote comes afterwards.
Is a wall bed safe?
Safety depends on a secure fixing and sensible use. The mechanism is fixed exactly as its maker sets out; you lower it steadily with the floor clear.
How much room do I need in front of a wall bed?
That depends on the size of the bed. At the design visit we measure the room and check there’s enough space in front.
Can a wall bed go on any wall?
That’s something we look at when we measure. Different walls need different fixings, and the mechanism maker sets out what’s required.
Is it time for wall beds?
Studio flats and small one-bedroom flats are another reason. With the bed away, the main room is a living space again until bedtime.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- A playroom that can sleep visitors
- A guest room that sits empty most of the time
- Hiding the bed when it is not in use
- A study that doubles as a spare room
If you live near Primrose Hill, keeping wall beds off the window wall keeps the room bright.
What to check before you book
- How the furniture will be finished, and where
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Where they’ll park and unload
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
If you live in a flat, getting the furniture in is planned from the start. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways not just the room, so each section is sized to get through without a struggle.
A lot of London’s terraced houses are now converted flats, which often brings a shared hall and tight turns on the stairs. We plan the size of each section around it, once we’ve measured the way in.
What happens on fitting day
The last stage of the day is the finish. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is normally only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Noise from drilling travels in a block, so neighbours may appreciate a note, and many buildings limit noisy work to certain hours. Fitting day is planned around any rules your building has. Saturday work is by arrangement where the building permits it.
- You let us know about the room.
- We come to measure and talk through the bed, the storage and the finish.
- A written quote follows.
- The cabinets are made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood; a spray finish is applied there for a smooth, even surface.
- The wall bed is fitted, and any hand painting is done on site.
Before fitting day
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
Ask for a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. Pictures of the whole wall, the corners and the ceiling line give us a good feel for the space, especially with rough sizes. To send them over, get in touch through our contact form, and we will arrange a design visit.
Advice
What it’s made from
Shelves
We can add shelving around the bed for books, boxes or display.
Spray-painted finish
For a sleek front, spray painting works well and is finished before it reaches you.
Nearby places to St John's Wood
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Wall beds in St John's Wood: local notes
About 30% of the homes in the streets around St John's Wood went up before 1919, and about 29% between 1945 and 1972, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. We take that into account during the design visit, since older and newer walls take different fixings. The National Heritage List has 270 entries within half a mile of the centre of St John's Wood. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and wall beds can be designed to work around them. About 30% of homes around St John's Wood were built before 1919, well below the figure for Westminster as a whole, about 49%, in the VOA’s 2025 council tax stock figures. We check what the walls are made of at the measuring visit, as they vary with the age of the home.
Winfield House, about 0.6 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, tall ceilings give wall beds room to reach the cornice. For families living near George Eliot Primary School, the inside of wall beds can be laid out with adjustable shelves, so the space keeps up as children grow.
St John's Wood is in the City of Westminster, about 2 miles south-east of City of Westminster. St John's Wood is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. St John's Wood is one of 29 places on our list for Westminster.
Design visits and fitting in NW8, NW6 and NW3 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Whether you live on a street like The Lane, Hall Road and Hill Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Main roads around St John's Wood include the A5205, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. If you are just outside St John's Wood, we also cover South Hampstead (1 mile north), Swiss Cottage (1 mile north), Primrose Hill (1 mile north-east), Lisson Grove (1 mile south) and Haverstock (1 mile north-east). Across the rest of Westminster, our area takes in City of Westminster (2 miles south-east), Marylebone (2 miles south-east), Soho (2 miles south-east), Chinatown (3 miles south-east), St James's (3 miles south-east) and Covent Garden (3 miles south-east).
Near you in St John's Wood
We fit furniture in homes around Cecil Sharp House, Quintin Kynaston Community Academy and Cafe Med pub and the streets around them. St John's Wood has its own railway station: South Hampstead station. Nearby you will also find O2 Centre (0.9 miles north) and Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth (a few minutes’ walk south). For a walk, there’s Greville Place nature reserve.