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? 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 currently have a king size bed, over 10 years old, in a very small bedroom. During the summer, when we rent a summer home, we sleep in a regular double bed with no trouble at all. So now, we are going to replace the king with a queen, and gain something like 16 inches in room space! I will actually have room for a bedside table on my side. I am very excited about this!
King size – and we could not be happier! I love being able to spread out and not get bonked by my husband!
My husband and I lay our heads on a queen sized tempur-pedic matress. We got a dog. A king sized dog. Now I dream of a king sized bed with my own set of covers. I also dream of the dog getting his own bed.
*Please note: I love my dog, I love my sleep.
Wow, that is one HUGE bed. How fun though to do some acrobatics on it.
We have a king size mattress (pillow top version) and have always had that size. With our four-post bed sitting up high and the pillow-top mattress, you sort of feel like the “Princess and the Pea” getting in and out of our bed!! The only tricky part about our set-up is when it is time to rotate the mattress. It takes two people, and quite a bit of lifting.
S&J
This is a funny story I have for you! when my husband and I got married, we had to move our furniture from GA to DE. My husband measured the bedroom in our rental house (I was in GA) to see if the king size would fit. We ended up switching beds – downgrade from a king to a queen – with his twin brother. Turns out, the king size would have fit with plenty of room to spare!! And boy do we need that king size bed now! We find that we love our space to roll around and hog covers. B.I.L. has also refused to part with the king size now that he has gotten married as well! UGH! We have been eye-ing the Organic mattress you have purchased though!
I couldn’t imagine having anything smaller than our king-sized bed. Both my husband and I sprawl out a LOT, and we’re both bigger people (him more muscle-wise, myself height-wise). The dog also likes to get between us on occasion – we wouldn’t survive in a queen!
We have a pillow top queen mattress. We hate it, b/c the pillow top “stuffing” has shifted and become all lumpy. But; nothing to be done, since it’s pillow top and you can’t flip it.
I do prefer queen size though; king feels a little too big.
Are you and Sherry liking your new mattress? It’s so appealing to me that it’s organic.
Hey Mariah,
We posted an update on our new mattress right here: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/07/sleep-easy/
Hope it helps!
xo,
s
King, my husband is 6’4″ and a violent sleeper. I need to move as far from him as possible at night :)
My husband and I comment every night as we climb into bed that we love our bed. The reason being is that it’s king size. We’re vocal advocates for king size if anybody asks, which I’m so glad you did! We both need space when it’s serious sleep time and we would never go to something smaller unless we absolutely had to. We joke about how we once crammed into little twin-sized dorm room bunk-beds! Oh the horror….
Right after me and my hubby got married we slept on queen-sized mattress.(His old bed) Then we got wedding money, a good deal, and a king size bed. You are so right. I think now if we had to backtrack there would be some serious drama. Now, all he talks about is upgrading to a california king!
We’ve always had a Queen size. Now that we have a master bedroom large enough for an EK size I don’t want to change. Why? Because I love my “got it on clearance” Headboard from World Market.
We have a new king and it is the best bed ever. We searched high and low and tried out so many beds but we could never shake this one. We also got a good deal because its last years model. Anyway-we decided to get a king because we dont like to snuggle at night. yep, thats right-no touching when were asleep. And even though a queen would fit better in the room, we knew the king was for us.
we sleep in a cozy queen. and i don’t think i’ll ever want something larger. i like being next to the hubs. even though we both like our space, we don’t need that much. we’re both tall (5’9 and 6’2) and still manage to squeeze our 80 pound dog in the bed for snuggles too!
We are currently on a queen size and we think it’s the perfect size for us, and a very small dog who takes up about half of the bed. I don’t think we will go bigger or smaller as we have to take into consideration the size of our bedroom (which is very small and can only accommodate a queen at best). I’m not sure when we have kids that that will change or not, but we are planning to not have the kids in our bed from the get go, so hopefully status quo will be maintained.
We have a queen size bed… only because if we would have gotten a king size it would have been a tight squeeze in our little apartment bedroom. I had a double bed growing up so it’s hard for me to share a queen size. I take up a lot of room apparently.
You see, I don’t move much when I sleep and I’m a snuggler, so if I had it my way, I’d make my boy and I share a twin (to trap him in my arms). Actually, we used to do so (sleep in a twin) when we spent the night at his parents, and it was bliss! Then they purchased a Double because the other couples in the family complained. Anyhow, when we bought our house, we started off with a Double (boo!). Then I happened to come across a frame I really liked and one day I came home to it set up in our room… it was a Queen (double boo!)… the boy said that he knew I loved it so much and “unfortunately” they only had a Queen left… the sneaky bugger! Don’t matter… I’m learning how to make use of the extra room to roll over to his side and drape most of myself over him :) :)
we have a queen mattress… but have often thought about purchasing a king when our 3 children climb in to cuddle.
We have a queen. Perfect … not too small but small enough that we can cuddle up when it’s cold out. A king is nice, but definitely wouldn’t fit in our 1943 Cape!
The guy and I have a king size bed, which is a necessity since I’m 6′ and he’s 6’4″ and we’re both sprawlers. However, we have to cover that mattress with two twin size top sheets, as he can’t sleep with the covers tucked in and I can’t sleep with the covers un-tucked. It’s our own version of the Goldilocks problem.
Right now I’m on a full but I’m starting to get that itch for more room even though its just me and cat (who requires space to stretch her whole body out). Next up is a queen, and I think I will be more than satisfied with that. A king, for me atleast, is just too much bed. But a queen, is just what I need :)
It seems that so many people have/want king size beds! I feel like they’re WAY too big and you might as well be sleeping like Lucy and Ricky in the two twins! We are currently in a full, since we just dragged it along from the college life to the “young professional” world, but we do dream of being grown-ups one day and getting a queen! :)
We have a queen and when our mattress bites the dust, I would LOVE to upgrade to a king. :)
King! =) And it was free. My granddad decided he no longer needed a king and gave it to us. It was only two years old!
Although, if it was up to my husband we’d have a queen. I told him I could never go back after having all the space. Haha.
We have a queen for the two of us and our 15lb dog and it’s perfect. I can’t imagine needing a bigger bed.
Full, but upgrading to a queen once we get settled into our new house.
In college, my fiance and I squished onto a twin (extra long) bed. I don’t know how we did it for so long!
We’ve been on the same Queen sized sleigh bed since graduation 3 years ago, and there’s no going back!
King size (regular not California)! Though it fit better in our last monstrous-sized house. Now it’s a bit tight in the master, but still OK.
It does make buying linens more annoying – they cost more and generally, more stuff is available for full/queen than king.
I have a queen. I think a king size mattress can ruin a relationship. It is also not very ‘feng shui’.
We have a queen sized temperpedic bed that my husband and I love… although we sometimes have to share it with our toddler (wish he had never felt our temperpedic! He is spoiled now.)
I could never get a smaller bed.
Sir Luke and I sleep on a Queen and I don’t think we’ll ever go bigger. Just enough space so we’ve got our own space but still feel close. Plus who wants to spend masses more on bedding and mattresses? Not me!
Here’s how I figure it…a king size bed is equivalent to 2 twin beds. If a couple is sleeping on a queen (or smaller) you’re getting less than a twin mattress each. King mattress was the only way to go for us.
It’s just me and i’m flat broke so I have a twin. It’s small and I sleep like a tornado so I usually wake with pillows and blankets on the floor and sheets twisted and untucked. One day I WILL have a California King sized bed. Even if it is just the mattress on the floor that touches all the walls in my bedroom… I will have it!
I had a full-size when I was still single, so after hubby and I were married we used wedding money to buy a queen-sized bed. We both love it, and myself especially because I like to be close to hubby at night, even if it’s just a hand on his back. Plus, if we had a king, who would keep me warm at night?
Queen. Been in one since before we got married–maybe 32 years? Like being able to snuggle–with each other and the cats.
My husband and I started out with a full size, and it was just fine for us. In the winter it was nice to be cozy and snuggly in the smaller bed. We have a queen now, which we got when we got our 65-lb. lab who likes to sleep in between us now. I miss the good old days :)
We are moving soon and have decided to upgrade to the King!! We both love our space – I have been known to wake my husband up and remind him that he is on my side of the bed and to move over!!
I can’t wait for the King to be set up – sure it will make hotel stays less exciting, but it will be worth it!
We have a queen and it is totally fine for us most nights. And hey, the bedding is cheaper, right?? We have a really nice bed that has those tall cabinets on each side of it, and it only fits a queen, so I guess we’ll stay in our queen and think about maybe a king whenever we buy new bedroom furniture in like 5 years or something.
My fiance and I currently have a queen but we really do dream of a king size in the future. I purchased my current mattress when I was still sleeping alone and a queen seemed PLENTY big for my kitty and I. Well, now that we have added a fiance and a dog (both of whom snore and like to STRETCH out) it’s feeling a little cramped. We’ve been on a few vacations where we had a king sized mattress and man was it wonderful!
Now if only we could figure out a solution to stealing all the covers…
We have a KING.. and I LOVE it! (much better than sharing that twin when we visited each other in college!) The only think I don’t like about our pillow top is the height.. I can never get the fitted sheet or mattress protector to stay on the mattress.. they are always slipping off :( Anyone have any solutions for this??
Hey Jennifer,
We had that problem with the featherbed from our old mattress. Here’s how John solved it on the cheap: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/06/the-princess-the-pin/
xo,
s
our is a full – i wish it were a king but i don’t see us upgrading any time soon
Queen.
We have a queen and are perfectly happy with it. We do need a new mattress, but we will stick with queen size.
Married in 1996 with a queen size waterbed (my husband’s bed as a teenager, I had a twin.) Not a big fan of that thing.
Upgraded (out of necessity because the liner started leaking, oh darn) to a standard queen mattress/box spring in 1998.
Upgraded again in 2003 to a king pillow top. Woohoo. The best size when you have 2 little munchkins crawling in bed with you during a thunderstorm.
Last September we had to down size to a queen for vacation. The sand and surf made up for the lack of turning over room and whacking my head into my husbands elbow.
I will not say “never” to downsizing because you don’t know what is around the bend.
A queen for me & my love. I got it before we met but knew someday I’d have to share, so I’d put extra pillows on the other half of the bed to train myself to sleep on one side.
Wow that is one huge bed!
I currently have the queen size bed, but I would love to have the king size or maybe even the California king: the more space the better! I really wanted to try one of those sleep number beds, have anyone tried it?
Cal king :) I’m 5’9″; he’s 6’3″. Molly, our beagle, is 40 lbs and Penelope, our cat, is ~8 lbs. The 3 of us share one side and the lucky hubby gets his own half.
We have a full size bed……….we are both short and we love love love to cuddle.
Our house’s layout was remodeled by a remodeling hobbiest before we bought it… so things are done a little wacky. Our bedroom was once bigger, but was remodeled to include a master bathroom so the bedroom is a tiny 10×13. My parents gave my husband and I a king-sized bed, but honestly it would take up the WHOLE room. So we put it in an upstairs bedroom that is a lot larger.
So, we currently sleep on my childhood full-sized bed. Thankfully we’re not we’re not very large people and I’ve learned not to sleep in the middle of the bed sprawled out like when I was a kid!
There a THREE doors and one window in our bedroom, so there is actually only one wall the bed fits one… the only other thing that fits in our room is a dresser!
We’ve gone from a double to a queen to a king, and there’s no looking back!!
We’re in my husband’s Queen from his bachelor days, and at least once each night, one of us says, “Can you move over a little?” I can’t wait until we can invest in a King one day!!