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Need help with mattresses...

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So, I'm moving into my new apartment on Friday. I'm having trouble determining what type and brand of mattress I want to buy.

So far, I'm leaning toward a Sealy Posturepedic Fenway Queen mattress and box spring from Costco. I've slept on this type of mattress before and I love it. Costco is selling it for $550, after tax and sheets I'm probably looking around $750. I'm 6'1" and both twin and full beds will fit me, but my feet tend to dangle over the edge if I stretch out. My thinking is, if I'm going to spend $400 or $500 on a mattress/box spring, why not spend $600 and just get a Queen-sized bed now?

While this is comfortable, it is a Queen sized bed, 60" x 80". I'm not enthused about how much space this will occupy in my room, which is 9'3" x 12'5". My thought right now is that as long as I can fit a desk in the room, a filing cabinet, and some nightstands, and still move freely, get dressed, or spread out on the floor, I'll be ok.

My next sticking point is a bedframe. I bought this bed frame from Ikea on Sunday. However, after thinking it over, I'm doubting how the bedframe will look and feel with both a mattress and a box spring in it. Ikea seems to only offer mattresses (no box springs) so I think this bed frame is really designed for a mattress only. According to an Ikea sales rep, people *can* use it with a box spring. However, just doubling the mattress in my head gives me a bed frame dwarfed by the mattress.

If the bedframe is too small, then I'd rather take it back and get a simple metal support, and get my $300 back.

Summary:
1. Has anyone here had both a full and queen-sized mattress? Can you offer any advice as to choosing a size?
2. Has anyone here fit a queen-sized mattress and bedframe into a 9'x12' room? Were you able to use the room without being dominated by the bed?
3. Has anyone here put a mattress+box spring on an Ikea bed frame designed for only a mattress? Did the addition of the box spring render the bed frame useless?

Thanks.
 
1) I've had both full size and queen size matresses and I prefer the queen size. Full size is a comfortable size for one person, but I'm a pretty restless sleeper and the queen size gives me room to thrash around. There's no way I'd want just a full size for two.

You do have to keep in mind that you'll be paying more for sheets and comforters for the queen, sometimes quite a bit more. You'll also want the largest pillows if you want the bed to look nice when it's made. I also have a hard time finding queen sizes in the sheets and comforters I like sometimes. Maybe queen size is just really popular around here. Also keep in mind that the queen size comforter and spreads are quite a load when you do laundry.

2) I have a queen size bed in an 11' X 11' bedroom with a full size dresser, an armoire, a nightstand, and a full length mirror on a stand in the room. The bed is all the way against the wall on one side so that there's still plenty of room to move around the room, but it would be inconvenient if two people were sharing the bed. I'd say it would fit alright in a 9' X 12' room depending on how your closet doors are configured and how big they are.

3) Can't help you here.
 
I think there's such thing as a long twin and maybe a long full that might be long enough for you. I'm 6'2" and I got a pillowtop queen size from Denver Mattresses about 5 months ago. It's been great. Twins/fulls have been too short for me for a long time, but I've slept on them. I had to sleep diagonally to stop my feet from hanging off the end. I get the best sleep I've had in my life on my current queen size.

Can't help you with number 2 or 3.
 
Queen all the way.

Queen is like the future proof mattress. The 440BX motherboard of mattresses.


A full will only last you so long.

You're going to want bigger. You're going to regret blowing money on something you aren't going to keep long.

Also, price difference between queen and full in the SAME mattress is only like $50 or so.

A good queen can last twenty years and is big enough for you and future wife.






By the way, you get what you pay for.

If you aren't hurting for cash, wander into mattress firm or the jones store or something and at least really feel what a $1000 or even $2000 bed feels like.

 
As to the frame, you might want to get a plain metal frame with a headboard as the Ikea bed frame will probably make the bed look even bigger and overpower the room.
 
Originally posted by: Bootprint
As to the frame, you might want to get a plain metal frame with a headboard as the Ikea bed frame will probably make the bed look even bigger and overpower the room.
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I took this advice to heart. Returned my Ikea bedframe today and bought a simple metal bedframe from Costco; I'll buy the mattress on Sunday when I have a moving truck with me. I can wait for a few months to adjust to the room and figure out if I really want a nicer bedframe. Then, I can get a bedframe specifically designed to hold a box spring as well.
 
I recommend buying a King.... I'm 6'4" and I'll never sleep on a Queen again...I like being able to roll over, then again, then again and still be on the bed.

For Apts, you basically need to stick with a full or queen though. You'll like the extra space a queen has to offer.

Sealy and Serta are both good brands and both have warranties that are respectable. Just be sure to lay on them before you buy.


As for the Ikea purchase....save yourself the coin and search your local newspaper for a used bed frame....they're cheaper that way and work just as good... Or you can do what I do and just put the matress and box springs on the floor.... I prefer having the bed lower so the room seems bigger. 😉
 
Originally posted by: amdforever2
Queen all the way.

Queen is like the future proof mattress. The 440BX motherboard of mattresses.
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LoL :thumbsup: @ 440BX

and all this coming from someone w/ a username amdforever2 heh

Yes QUEEEN all the way. If you're like me in college, you can still get away with full size beds because its not like ill be sleeping with someone in my bed every night. If that were the case I would be getting a queen...

FUTUREPROOF UR BED!

 
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