Burning Question: Sleeping Like A King?
When it comes to where you lay your head, there are plenty of options available. And we’d love to know where you fall on the size-matters scale. Do you have a modestly sized twin or full? A grander queen-sized sleeping space? Or an even bigger king or california king mattress? We doubt any of you have gone quite as far as Intercontinental Hotels Group when they did their World’s Biggest Bed Jump stunt back in May, but you never know…
Sound off about your choice surface area for catching those zzzs. And we’d love to know if you could ever envision yourself upgrading or downgrading a size in the future. We’ve heard it’s hard to go backwards…
And speaking of beds, here are a few cheap and easy tricks to keep everything in its place (and avoid that dreaded duvet slippage).
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We started married life on a twin, just for a few days until the movers brought the full. We lived with the full for a few months, but our feet hanging off the end got to be old, so we soon bought a queen. It wasn’t until the addition of two dogs and a child nine years later that we got the king to hold us all.
We plan to move overseas in the next few years, and will probably leave the king in the US in favor of a queen. I’ll miss the extra room, but maneuvering the heavy king bed frame and mattress around Europe I will not miss.
We just went from a queen sized very uncomfortable bed to a king sized Sleep Number and I love it! It’s so much the fact that it’s a king but that it’s comfortable!
A king! My husband and I made the wise choice when we engaged to begin and stick with a king because we told eachother we both needed lots of space (for rolling in our sleep, etc!) We found out on our honeymoon, when we were stuck on a queen in a garden room of a b&b that it was too little room for us! We’re so glad we have the king.
Of course, we also hope it’ll be fun to have all the kids pile up on bed with us on saturday mornings .. when that comes :)
We just got married 6 months ago, and we’re forced to sleep on my full mattress until funds allow us to get a bigger one. But, oh how we need a larger mattress! Neither of us sleeps very well right now and we can feel each other move all night. Our current room is not large enough for a king, but a queen would definitely make a difference. Hopefully sooner than later we’ll be able to move up to queen status.
I’m single and love my double bed. For some reason, the queen sized seems wasteful.
queen, because in 13 years of marriage we’ve never lived anywhere with a big enough bedroom for a king. but my hubby is 6’4″, so as soon as we move somewhere big enough, i guarantee you that will probably be the first mandatory purchase. he’s wanted one long enough.
I’ll be moving to a King soon. I think in the long run, it would be a waste of money to buy a queen mattress, headboard and/or bedframe…..and then decide a few years later you would like to extra space that a king offers and have to not only purchase a new mattress but frame/headboard.
We just bought a house so our still very comfortable queen has moved to the guest room, and we purchased a new king Simmons Beautyrest. The difference in size is so incredible. We thought sleeping on a queen was just fine, but now that we have a king we’ll never go back to queen!
We slept on a fullsize for 6 years – then we got 2 dogs and moved up to a queen. That’s plenty big enough for us! We slept with the full size mattress on a queen sized frame for awhile too – until we could afford a queen mattress.
My husband and I started married life two years ago on my ancient full-size bed. We finally got enough money saved to buy a new bed that wasn’t sinking in the middle, and bought another full. My grandma says her marriage has lasted 50 years because they’ve always had a full, and you can’t go to bed angry at each other when you share such a small bed! We love our small bed, but we don’t mind feet or legs touching. Whenever we’ve stayed in a hotel room with a king, we always find ourselves snuggled up on one side – it’s too much space for us!
We are now using ancient full-sized bed because our bedroom is not big enough for king, but when we buy a new house with big bedroom, I’ll definitely buy king.
No question here… definitely a king. Kim and I bought one when we got married and have never looked back!
I guess like most Germans my hubby and I bought a queen-sized bed after our wedding. And we love it!
We started out on the floor (full mattress, no box spring) 17 years ago. Then moved up to a cheap queen($100) year number two. It took 6 years for me to convince my hubbie that a king would be so much better. After almost 9 years with the king I would say he agrees! Its almost time for a new mattress and box spring again though.
Would never go back to anything smaller :)
We LOVE our queen size Tempurpedic! We’ve had it about 3 years now. A king would have been too expensive for us to swing at the time, plus it would have overwhelmed our bedroom.
We have a full…and have for the last 4 years.
It sucks.
We’re moving in 2 weeks.
Thank god.
We have a queen coming our way. I can’t wait!
A queen is perfect for us. We’d been sleeping on my husband’s old full-size and we finally took the plunge and bought a new bed from Ikea when we moved. The hubs wanted to get another full (he thought a queen would put us too far apart… awww) but I convinced him that we needed a *leetle* more room.
That said, we are both pretty heavy sleepers and like to snuggle.
We have a cheap Queen, but our next mattress purchase will probably be a King.
Snuggling is great while we are awake, but neither of us likes to be touching anything while we sleep.
We have a California King which has been fun, but we are planning to downgrade to a queen. We, like Sheryl (8/30/09 10:12 pm,)find ourselves sleeping on one side of the bed and not using all the space. Plus our room is fairly small and a queen would give us a bit more breathing room.
We have a king (standard). It’s the only size I’ll buy ever again. All I ever owned was Queen but when it came time to upgrade to a quality mattress I upgraded size too. I mean, a person needs requires a twin size to be comfy it makes sense to get a king (a twin size bed x2) for two people. We sleep so much better now (especially in the summer), there’s more room for pets too. Now I don’t have to have a weird leg position just so I don’t bother them.
We have a queen size and I think it fits us nicely, but the hubby always says he wants to upgrade to a king one day. We will have to see. :)
After 31 years in a king with the past 20 a king waterbed, we downsized to a luxurious queen with a pillow top. As empty nesters, we no longer have company during thunder storms so we don’t miss all that space. Now we have room for a sitting area in our master bedroom.
My husband and I have shared a full since we moved in together shortly after our April 2007 engagement. It traveled with us from the apartment we rented to our first home, purchased in April 2008, a month before our wedding.
While the apartment had ample space for a larger bed, we definitely didn’t have the funds at the time. And while we could probably afford it now, our ’60s home has very small bedrooms (ours barely fits a full bed, dresser, bureau, and bedside table).
When we have both the money and the space, in the near or distant future, my 6’1″ husband would LOVE a king or even a California king.
My hubby and I currently share a queen sized temperpedic mattress that is very very comfortable. We’ve had it for the last two years and have a lot of trouble getting out of bed because, once you’re in it, you just want to sleep all day!
Love your site by the way! ;-)
We have a queen mattress, but with 2 dogs that love to sleep with us, our next bed will definitely be a king.