Are You Short on Space and Need to Up the Capacity of Your Bedrooms?

  The percentage of adult Americans who report living with members of their extended family — defined as parents, grandparents and siblings — increased by 5 percentage points over the past year, according to the American Family Survey, released at the end of September. As Americans face illnesses, deaths, job losses, economic uncertainty, a greater […]

Are Murphy Beds Comfortable?

  The fold-down Murphy bed, or wall bed, is popular today for the same reason that inspired its invention more than 100 years ago. William Lawrence Murphy came up with the idea for the fold-out bed around 1900 in San Francisco. He needed to conceal the bed in his studio apartment to invite over a […]