Opinions: Room Size vs Bed Size

Dignity100

Hey guys

I'm looking for opinions.  I love in a tiny old house, so it means small bedrooms.  My 'Master' bedroom is one of the thin-long rooms.  The room across is just over 8ft (96 inches) wide x I have no idea long - it's the length of the whole first level. 

Right now I have a Double bed which is 54wx75L and I'm debating between King and Queen:
Queen:  60W x 80L (leaves 36 inches between either side of the bed)
King:  76W x 80L(leaves 20 inches between either side of the bed)
**The mattress/bed I want does not come in a Cal. King size, so the 72Wx84L is not an option
**The price difference between the 2 (including any shipping/tax) is $249.96 (mainly because I'd need a new headboard for the King size).  This does not include any new sheet/comforter sets; I'd have to get those for either choice.

We are not planning on staying at my house for a long long time (maybe 12-24months).  We are at this point leaning towards building, so I know the master bedroom in the new house will be able to accommodate a King (assuming we do build).

The reason I'm looking to upgrade is that in Disney we did have a King bed and I slept so much better having more space!  I'm really torn on what to do - is the 6 additional inches the queen would give us really worth it?  Do we just get the King now so it wouldn't be an added expense in the future? 

Would you:
(A) Just keep the Full bed and deal with it until we get a new house
(B) Upgrade to the Queen - it's an extra 6 inches wide and 5 inches longer and we can always just move it to a guest room and get a King bed later.
(C) Just get the King - the bedroom space might be tight now, but it's temporary

teddygirl9

I'd say keep the full or get a king. The increase from a full to a queen isnt that significant, but the increase from a queen to a king is large. If you're looking at building, you will most likely have alot of additional costs, but you can usually roll those into your mortgage. So id say, if you have the cash right now, buy the king. If money is a bit tight right now, wait it out and save up for the king.

 

I have a queen and I love it, but our next bed will for sure be a king.

labro

Option A.

Your current situation is going to be way too tight for a king bed...I wouldn't want to put up with that for one to two years. I'd wait til you're buying a new house and know your room size and then get the bed personally.

GoldenPenguin

Agree with @LaBro. Wait until you know exactly what you're getting in your future house. 

[Deleted User]

I agree with @LaBro too. We have a king bed and LOVE it...but why cramp yourself in a tiny room for 1-2 years if it's not necessary? If there's no rush to buy a new matteress now, I'd wait.

lilacck28

I'm going to dissent. FI and I have a Queen, and we like it. We love King size, but we NEED at least a queen. We get terrible nights sleep in Full beds (my bed at my parents' house is a full. We used to sleep in his twin size bed together at his parent's house before they upgraded his room to a guest bedroom with a queen. HOW DID WE DO THAT???) Anyway, we notice quite the difference between queen and full.

How soon do you think you'll have a new house? In a year or two? If you're not sleeping well in a full... that's a year or two of poor sleep. It doesn't seem like a waste to get a queen, get some better sleep, and then put that in a guest bedroom in a few years when you do have your house (assuming that a guest bedroom is a priority for you, and you know that any house you buy will have one.)

KeptInStitches

I'd wait until you know more about the future house. FWIW, FI and I have a queen bed and we both sleep well.

eilis1228

I say wait until you get a new house. You have no way of knowing what sort of space you'll be working with until you buy or build.

Dignity100

Thanks for your replies!!

We don't absolutely NEED a new mattress, but it has seen better days... a long time ago.  The mattress was a cheap set that I got for my first apartment when I was still in college... 15 years ago.  I have doctored it up with a THICK memory foam topper which helps out quite a bit.

The cost of the Queen - 400.35 out the door (full set including frame)
The cost of the King - 643.95 out the door (full set including frame & new headboard -- might be able to find a cheaper headboard I like, but haven't looked really hard)

If I got the Queen - probably we wouldn't look to upgrade for 3-5 years.  H is leaning towards just getting the King and being done with it.

labro

Dignity100 said:

Thanks for your replies!!

We don't absolutely NEED a new mattress, but it has seen better days... a long time ago.  The mattress was a cheap set that I got for my first apartment when I was still in college... 15 years ago.  I have doctored it up with a THICK memory foam topper which helps out quite a bit.

The cost of the Queen - 400.35 out the door (full set including frame)
The cost of the King - 643.95 out the door (full set including frame & new headboard -- might be able to find a cheaper headboard I like, but haven't looked really hard)

If I got the Queen - probably we wouldn't look to upgrade for 3-5 years.  H is leaning towards just getting the King and being done with it.

Soooo what was the point here? I still stand by what I said regarding a king mattress. 20 inches of space isn't much room AT ALL. I'd wait.

peekaboo2011

I would wait.  Focus on one issue at a time.  Aren't you still working on figuring out what's up with your cat?

Peaseblossom55

I would wait, until you have a new house, being cramped in a bedroom wouldn't be worth it to me.

Dignity100

labro said:

Dignity100 said:

Thanks for your replies!!

We don't absolutely NEED a new mattress, but it has seen better days... a long time ago.  The mattress was a cheap set that I got for my first apartment when I was still in college... 15 years ago.  I have doctored it up with a THICK memory foam topper which helps out quite a bit.

The cost of the Queen - 400.35 out the door (full set including frame)
The cost of the King - 643.95 out the door (full set including frame & new headboard -- might be able to find a cheaper headboard I like, but haven't looked really hard)

If I got the Queen - probably we wouldn't look to upgrade for 3-5 years.  H is leaning towards just getting the King and being done with it.

Soooo what was the point here? I still stand by what I said regarding a king mattress. 20 inches of space isn't much room AT ALL. I'd wait.

I guess I felt that I left some info out here.  We're just looking at inexpensive options right now.  Waiting might be best, but it is 1-2 years of crummy sleep that I am also looking at in the future.

GoldenPenguin

You also don't NEED to immediately buy a headboard either. FI & I have a king, but we've never had an actual headboard. So if it's the cost of that that's making a difference, you can always get the mattress & then buy a frame/headboard/bedroom set when you move.

lavenderfields13

I also think I'd wait  too. I would LOVE a King sized bed but we just don't have the room so we'll wait until we buy a house. Then we'll put our queen in a guest bedroom probably.

I guess if you will definitely use the queen in a guest bedroom then you could upgrade to the for now. I'm with @goldenpenguin about the headboard though- you don't NEED one.

ETA: there isn't a huge difference between a queen and full- I usually can't tell what's what

Blackbird230

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but with the small houses, make sure you could get a bigger bed in and out of the room! I've run into that issue more than once.

Dignity100

@peekaboo2011 - How does my cat affect choosing the size of a bed?  Replacing a bed is a 1 day project.

@GoldenPenguin - Thanks, you're right we wouldn't need a headboard right away.

@Blackbird230 - I've taken the measurements and honestly the bed I'm looking at is a hybrid and comes rolled up.  It SHOULD fit up the stairs no problem.  If it works >>THIS<< is the link, but it cheaper elsewhere.

@TwoDimes - If we got the queen - yes it would be used in a guest room at a later date.  I'm just looking for something more comfortable now that would offer us more room so hopefully I could get a better night sleep without feeling I'm falling out of the bed.

@labro - I agree 20 inches is not much space and that's kind of where the debate in my head is - do I sacrifice space on the sides of the bed for a better night sleep or do I just continue to sleep crummy because I feel I have no space?

Thanks everybody for your opinions.  Even though I was excited about the potential for the new bed, I think we'll probably just wait.

lilacck28

eh. go to mattress stores and lie on queens vs. full. FI and I definitely notice a difference, but obvioulsy other people don't. That is the determining factor in my opinion. I'm all for better sleep NOW.

cu97tiger

How funny, I'm fully 100% in for Option B. We had a full in our guest bedroom and recently upgraded it to a Queen. I KNOW our guests are so much happier. That full was TEENSY.

I'd get the Queen now, and, like you said, move it to the guest bedroom when you get to the new house. Your guests will thank you for not giving them a Full bed to sleep on.

speakeasy14

Our house is a 1930s tiny house (not sure of measurements off the top of my head). We have a king with a sleigh frame. We weren't sure if it would fit so we measured the room, bed, and then drew out how we would set up the room. We can fit the bed and one end table, and still have room to walk around. So if you want a king, I say go for it.

ETA totally posted without reading what anyone said, sorry I've been in the hospital all day so am sleep deprived. If you plan on upgrading eventually, I would get the queen. That way the queen can become the guest bed when you're ready for an upgrade, and have more space for a king.

BaytoSA2013

Since you would be able to use the queen in another room, I'd go with the queen now if you are not sleeping well and can afford it.  We have a queen and it's fine for us but we are snugglers.  The queen will fit much better in to the room you currently have than an king.  Just keep in your mind that in 12-24 months you will be putting out for a king mattress and if you will be able to swing that.  the good thing is that even if you can't at least you will have a new queen all ready to move in and use until you can upgrade.

ChemFanatic25

Blackbird230 said:

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but with the small houses, make sure you could get a bigger bed in and out of the room! I've run into that issue more than once.

^^ This. My last apartment was in an old house and the rooms were very VERY narrow. In order to get a queen, the people suggested that while the mattress was "flexible" the hard thing underneath (what the heck is that called) is not. So instead I got two twins and everything fit perfectly. Space was tight but a queen is great.

 

Also, I'd get a queen now and upgrade when you get your new house and put the queen in a guest bedroom. Just my two cents.

labro

ChemFanatic25 said:

Blackbird230 said:

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but with the small houses, make sure you could get a bigger bed in and out of the room! I've run into that issue more than once.

^^ This. My last apartment was in an old house and the rooms were very VERY narrow. In order to get a queen, the people suggested that while the mattress was "flexible" the hard thing underneath (what the heck is that called) is not. So instead I got two twins and everything fit perfectly. Space was tight but a queen is great.

 

Also, I'd get a queen now and upgrade when you get your new house and put the queen in a guest bedroom. Just my two cents.

This is a good point. The "hard thing" aka the box spring, sometimes won't fit through tight angles or low doors. We had this issue with my grandparents farm house. As it turned out, they originally got the box spring in to the room through a window and that's why we couldn't get it out of the room. I doubt you'd run in to this issue in reality, but it's an interesting point.

GoldenPenguin

ChemFanatic25 said:

Blackbird230 said:

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but with the small houses, make sure you could get a bigger bed in and out of the room! I've run into that issue more than once.

^^ This. My last apartment was in an old house and the rooms were very VERY narrow. In order to get a queen, the people suggested that while the mattress was "flexible" the hard thing underneath (what the heck is that called) is not. So instead I got two twins and everything fit perfectly. Space was tight but a queen is great.

 

Also, I'd get a queen now and upgrade when you get your new house and put the queen in a guest bedroom. Just my two cents.

Two twin boxsprings = a king size mattress. It's pretty standard to get two boxes with a king size bed because moving a king size boxspring would be a BEAST. We struggled to get the king size mattress into our bedroom (I shouldn't say "we" - I didn't even attempt the mattress, it was FI & our friend) and that's bendy. 

ChemFanatic25

GoldenPenguin said:

ChemFanatic25 said:

Blackbird230 said:

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but with the small houses, make sure you could get a bigger bed in and out of the room! I've run into that issue more than once.

^^ This. My last apartment was in an old house and the rooms were very VERY narrow. In order to get a queen, the people suggested that while the mattress was "flexible" the hard thing underneath (what the heck is that called) is not. So instead I got two twins and everything fit perfectly. Space was tight but a queen is great.

 

Also, I'd get a queen now and upgrade when you get your new house and put the queen in a guest bedroom. Just my two cents.

Two twin boxsprings = a king size mattress. It's pretty standard to get two boxes with a king size bed because moving a king size boxspring would be a BEAST. We struggled to get the king size mattress into our bedroom (I shouldn't say "we" - I didn't even attempt the mattress, it was FI & our friend) and that's bendy. 

I had a queen size mattress. They said the two box springs were twin size. Maybe they were thinner then most? I don't know. Doesn't matter. Just moving a mattress into a very narrow room and narrow doors was a lot easier with smaller box springs.