Pick The Right Bed Dimensions for You
Overview
Because it provides us with an opportunity at the end of a long day to just relax and unwind, when asked what our favorite part of the house is, many of us will answer the bedroom. The most important part of the bedroom is of course the bed, and although we may be able to differentiate the bed sizes, not many of us know specific bed dimensions. It’s important to know about bed dimensions because then we would know what frames to buy, and what sheets are an exact fit for these.
Mattress Sizes (read more: Mattress Dimensions)
The first thing to know when it comes to bed dimensions is the different mattress sizes. Most of us wouldn’t have any idea when it comes to detailed specifications, although many of us would have an idea about the difference in size between a twin, queen or king sized bed,. If for example we found a super-great bed frame made of iron, when it comes to buying the mattress, we can only guessing which mattress is a fit.
Here’s the bed dimensions:
- Twin : 39×75 inches or 99×190 cm
- Queen : 60×80 inches or 153×203 cm
- King : 76×80 inches or 198×203 cm
But, there are the sizes in between these standard bed dimensions that we need to think about. For example, extra long twin mattress, full, and California king are one of them. California king dimensions is 72×84 inches, Full is 54×75 inches, and extra long twin is 39×80 inches.
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Bed Sheet
How pretty a bed sheet may look like is not the only consideration when buying one for the bed. In relation to the size of the mattress, these bed sheets have specific measurements. In fact, fitted sheets follow the bed dimensions of the mattress and so once we know what size the mattress is, the rest becomes easy. There are 2 types of bed sheets: the fittet sheets, and the flat sheets. In fitted sheets, the corners of the sheets has garter, to make sure that the sheet does not move as we move at night. In contrary, flat sheets don’t have the garter on the sides and are bigger than the fitted ones.
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