Full size beds are a great solution for a small bedroom. Your bed is the focal point of the entire room, but in a small bedroom you want to avoid having the bed swallow the entire room. Even if you sleep alone, a full size bed makes much more of a statement in a room than a twin. A full size bed screams ‘adult’ when you open the bedroom door, whereas a twin bed belies the bedroom of a child. Full beds are also a good choice when outfitting a guest room or your adolescent’s room.
The difference in sizes between a twin and a king are obvious to even the untrained eye. But many people cannot discern between a full and a queen upon first glance. A full size bed measures 54 inches by 75 inches. A queen size bed is 60 inches by 80 inches. If this is the first full size bed in your home, you will need purchase full sized sheets and comforters for the mattress since a twin size bed is 39 inches by 75 inches.
Full size beds require bedding sized ‘full.’ All bedding is designed specifically for one size mattress and the bedding isn’t interchangeable. Even the pillows come in sizes. Twin and full size beds can trade pillows in a size called standard, but the sharing stops there. Full beds are also referred to as a ‘double bed.’ An advantage of full size beds is that all the bedding from the mattress pad cover to the bedspread are cheaper than the queen and the king sized bedding and linens.
Full size beds are 15 inches wider than a twin size bed, but when the bed is sleeping two people each person actually ends up with less sleeping space than if they were each in a twin bed, sleeping alone. That isn’t a lot of space and two adults in a full size bed may feel cramped and not rest nearly as well. Full beds will be most comfortable for one person sleeping alone when that person is 5’5” or shorter. But anyone taller than this height may find this bed too short and thus sleep awkwardly and painfully. Even when a full size bed is put into a child’s room, the child will likely sleep more comfortably and you’ll find that at tuck in time you have more space as well.
Full size beds can be purchased for all styles of frames. Platforms, sleigh beds, and even canopy beds all come in full sizes. You’ll want a bed frame to support your full size bed: mattress and box spring. A box spring is a wooden box encasing springs that support your full size bed, which rests on top. The box springs are the same size as the mattress.