also, this porridge is burning my mouth

[ironymaiden]

are we the only adults out there with a full/double bed instead of a queen?

obviously, other people have them because we can still buy sheets. but finding a new full-size bed frame that appeals has been surprisingly tough. (at this point i'm starting to consider custom work but my inner starving artist is flipping out. she has a hard enough time with what the mattress will cost...)

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[writeswithyarn.livejournal.com]

We've always had a double, until this year, when we've got two singles pushed up together. But doubles are standard in the UK--it's actually very hard to find anything larger.

[ironymaiden]

here, doubles seem to be for "teens" or "the spare room". i wonder if this is about size of living space (as well as size of people)? we definitely need the extra inches of floor space in our bedroom.

[writeswithyarn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, most of the bedrooms I had in Glasgow would not have fit much larger than a double.

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

I think you're right about "space" - most of my friends have Kings (Left Coast) - and the houses out West tend to be larger than the ones on the East Coast.

We have a water bed - finding "California King Sheets" is a *real* nightmare ;>. (wider and slightly shorter than a standard King)

[katybeth]

We just upgraded to a queen last year. My parents have always had a full.

hot porridge

[buhrger]

i've even found finding appropriate sheets nontrivial.

[e-bourne.livejournal.com]

We always had a double bed (full, as they say) because we're short, small people. More seemed excessive. After all, we could fit two adults and two dogs in it just fine.

When Mark's back started bothering him -- a lot -- and we looked for a better mattress we discovered we couldn't get an orthopedic mattress, or at least the sort we wanted, in a double.

And that was the point at which we bought a queen.

Sometimes, we go downstairs and sleep on the double bed because in our hearts, that is still "our" bed and the queen in our bedroom with the comfy mattress is an imposter.

But what can you do? The new mattress made a big difference in Mark's back problems.

There seems to some weird notion that bigger is better. It's not.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

M and I still sleep on a double. We've talked about a bigger bed, but decided that we enjoy sleeping closer to one another, and the giant beds we've had in some hotels cemented that double is the size for us.

[ironymaiden]

this! i know a queen is only six inches wider, but it feels like a chasm.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, when we spend the night in a king or queen-sized bed, I wake up, and I'm not actually sure someone else is in the bed with me :(