Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Iowa Custom Murphy Beds - A Small Business Spotlight
Sometimes you find stories where you least expect them. This story comes about because of a sign on the side of a trailer that said, "Iowa Custom Murphy Beds". Now, the Murphy Bed is named after William Lawrence Murphy, who applied for his patent around 1900. These space saving beds fold into a wall or a cabinet and according to legend, Murphy was wooing an opera singer, but living in a one-room apartment in San Francisco, meant that the young lady would have to enter his bedroom. But, once folded into a cabinet the room was, well, no longer a...bedroom. Here is Nancy Vetter with the story about their six year old company that produces Amish made...Murphy Beds.
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