Queen Size Vs. Full Size Mattress
Queen-sized mattresses are just five inches wider and six inches longer than full-sized mattresses, but the difference is enough to give most couples room for a more comfortable night's sleep. Since the 1990s, queen-sized beds are ranked as the most popular sleep furniture purchased. Does this Spark an idea?
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Types
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Mattresses come in four standard sizes: twin, full (also known as double), queen and king. Some couples find the full mattress 54-inch width too small for comfortable sleeping together. The queen mattress is 60 inches wide, providing 30 inches of sleeping space for each person.
Full Mattress
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Full-sized mattresses measure 54 inches wide and 75 inches long. While the full-sized mattress may be cramped for some couples or too short for some adults, manufacturers consider it a good option for guest rooms or growing children.
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Benefits
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Full-sized beds fit in smaller rooms and take up less space in multi-use rooms. Sheets for full-sized mattress can be less expensive than those for a queen-sized mattress.
Queen-sized sheets can be used on full-sized mattresses.
Queen Mattress
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Queen-sized mattresses measure 60 inches wide by 80 inches long. Some "pillow top" and other styles can be deeper than a standard queen mattress. Queen-sized beds require a center leg to support the structure.
Benefits
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Queen-sized beds fit in most master bedrooms and provide more sleeping space for partners and people who like to stretch.
History
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Historians date the first bed back 10,000 years to the Neolithic period, but consider the Romans the first to develop a luxury bed. Mattresses appeared in the 16th century and were stuffed with straw or down feathers. Innerspring mattresses, futons and waterbeds arrived in the 20th century.
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