Would you put a 6 ft wide super king in a 10 foot wide room?

[midlifehope]

Just that really. My partner thinks it would be too tight a fit but we are restless sleepers and often go sleep with a toddler and I'm pregnant. Wwyd!?

[whereismagic]

We have something like that sizewise. It suits us because I believe that bedrooms are for rest with nothing to distract us. We have a massive bed, built in wardrobe and slim bedside tables.

[Artandco]

Do it. You can store stuff elsewhere and get changed in bathroom if really needed

[midlifehope]

How do I post a pic on here? I could show you

[museumum]

Ok then. If there's a large area of floor space and the door position doesn't require squeezing along the sides of the bed then fair enough. I had imagined a room closer to a "regular rectangle" shape than long and thin.

[midlifehope]

Musemum the room is long though so you could get dressed at the foot of the bed....

[museumum]

No no no!! I absolutely HATE squeezing round a too big bed in a room. You'll only have 2' either side. That's no room at all. Getting dressed will be a squish.

[midlifehope]

Yes you're right. If they can't get be a 6ft mattress I'm going elsewhere with my custom!

[KanyesVest]

Nooooo! The ridge down the middle is worse than a smaller bed.

[midlifehope]

Hmm the local shop I'm looked at is now suggesting 2 singles secured together but with 2 single mattresses and a mattress protector. I don't like the idea of a ridge down the middle

[YouPooPooBumBum]

That's great.

[SwearySwearyQuiteContrary]

Yes, you cannot have a bed that is too big. All my DC have double beds too. When they were little it was so that we could get in with them if they were scared or sick without needing to see an osteopath the next day, and now they're older I can't imagine them fitting in a single bed and being comfortable. The one thing you should spend as much as your circumstances will allow for your home is a decent mattress in a decent size.

[tethersend]

Not any more, YouPoo- IKEA now do standard double, king and superking size beds/mattresses/bedding. They're great.

[60sname]

YouPoo I have seen this for the smaller beds, but we have a standard superking frame from there (the mattress is from Dreams and fits perfectly)

[YouPooPooBumBum]

IKEA beds are slightly different sizes - if you buy one you can pretty much only buy their mattresses and bedding.

[KanyesVest]

We have a superking in our room, with approx 15inches either side of the bed. We have tall narrow drawer units as bedside lockers and there's about 2ft from the end of the bed to the wardrobes, which is fine once we DH close the doors. I really didn't want a bed that big, but DH is a giant and really did, so we got it. Now I hate sleeping in smaller beds.

[ChablisTyrant]

Compromise and get a small super king. Warren Evans sell them. Halfway between king and super king.

[WutheringFrights]

We have a king size bed...when the DCs climb in in the morning there is still no space for me and DH...how do they do it!? They are only 4 and 2!

[ShuShuFontana]

i really want a bigger bed, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

Dh and I once got upgraded in a hotel room to one with a seven foot bed....ooooh it was fabulous! When I have spare pennies I shall get a MUCH bigger bed! ....currently in a five foot.

[Belleview]

Yes, do it. Sleeping well is a huge priority and a family bed facilitates that. I've had my superking for years. The only drawback is the cost of the bedding, but thanks to TKMaxx that is no longer much of an issue!

[PurpleHairAndPearls]

i would always get the biggest and best bed you can afford.

If you can get into and out of it easily, have enough area for clothes storage - go for it. Bedrooms are primarily for sleeping (and other bed related activities, sex, reading, whatever) so I wouldn't care if it took up the whole room. Dh and I often talked about just covering the whole floor with mattresses, for various reasons we couldn't do it, but it would have been lovely!

[midlifehope]

That's shallot Xmas sounds lovely!!