When people first shop for bedding, many are surprised to learn how many different mattress sizes there are. They are also surprised to learn just how widely bedding sizes can vary. It’s easy to get confused about how to match bedding sizes and bed sheet sizes with the many different mattress and bed dimensions there are. It’s even more confusing when you find that mattress sizes differ from country to country. There are even mattress sizes peculiar to single companies! The “Olympic Queen” (66” x 80”) from Simmons is six inches wider than a standard queen bed, Select Comfort’s “Grand King” mattress is 4” wider and more than a foot longer than a normal king (80” x 98”), and McRoskey, a Bay Area mattress company, sells a seven foot by seven foot square “San Francisco King” (84” x 84”). In this guide we detail standard North American mattress dimensions and show the bedding sizes that work best with each of them. Then we offer some helpful suggestions about how to get the right bedding for novelty-size mattresses.
Standard Bed Dimensions and Bedding When shopping for bedding, you have some room for error when it comes to the size of duvets, comforters and flat sheets, but not fitted sheets. How much room you have depends on how far the top of your bed is from the floor. Bedding that is too wide will drape onto the bedroom floor. For example, a bed with a thick mattress and box spring allows for a lot more variation in the size of top sheets, blankets, and duvets than a futon frame close to the floor. To get your maximum bedding width, measure the distance from the top of your bed to the floor, double it, and add the width of the mattress. Since fitted sheets are designed to exactly fit the mattress you have much less room for variation. A slightly too large fitted sheet can be usable if you tuck it in tightly, but it’s much better to get fitted sheets that exactly match the dimensions of your mattress. If a fitted sheet is too small, you won’t be able to get it on the mattress at all.
Crane & Canopy Size Chart Crane & Canopy sells duvet covers and duvet inserts in three sizes, Twin/Twin XL (68" x 86"), Full/Queen (88” x 92”) and King/Cal King (106” x 92”), and flat sheets in four sizes, Twin/Twin XL (66" x 96"), Full (90” x 105”), Queen (96” x 105”) and King/Cal King (108” x 105”). We sell fitted sheets and mattress pads in six sizes that exactly match standard North American bed dimensions for Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King and California King. Here is a simple table for matching Crane & Canopy bedding sizes with standard mattresses: DUVET/COMFORTER SIZE TO USE BED SHEET SIZE TO USE Twin Flat Sheet, Twin-XL Fitted Sheet King/Cal-King Flat Sheet, King Fitted Sheet King/Cal-King Flat Sheet, Cal-King Fitted Sheet Note: If you own one of the unusual sizes mentioned above, we would suggest King/Cal King duvets and comforters for all of them, queen flat sheets for the Olympic Queen, and King/Cal King flat sheets for the SF and Grand King.
Fitted sheets are more challenging, because they should match the mattress dimensions. A Cal King fitted sheet will fit relatively well on an Olympic Queen, but for the outsized kings you’ll need to contact the companies that make them for appropriate fitted sheets.Modern manufacturing conventions have resulted in a limited number of standard sizes of commercial bedding for mattresses and box springs. They vary by country of origin. The sizes in the UK and Ireland, other than the double, vary compared to the US sizes, being generally smaller. The US queen corresponds to UK king, and king to super king. The European or continental basic sizes are similar to the UK but have a set length of 200 centimetres. The terms queen, king and super king are not used in continental Europe, and double refers to 140 cm or any higher width. Instead of these US/UK denominations, the bed width is given in centimetres. These dimensions are for the mattress—the actual bed frame will be a little bigger in order to fully encompass and support the mattress.
The thickness of the mattress may vary considerably. Most UK bed sizes are available in various lengths between 75 and 87 inches (190–220 cm) in 3-inch (7.6 cm) increments Modern continental Europe practice is to refer to a bed by explicit width or size ("80 cm bed" or "80 × 200 cm bed"). Other sizes found include: In France, Spain and Mexico, the length of older beds is sometimes 190 centimetres instead of 200. In Italy, beds are classified by width: Most mattress sizes in the Netherlands are also available in extra long, meaning 220 cm instead of 200 cm. In the Scandinavian countries, standards vary from one country to another. In Norway, these sizes are used: Beds/mattresses are often available also in extra long (220 cm or 87 in length). Some older beds are only 190 cm (75 in) long, while antique beds often are even shorter (since they in older times often slept in a reclined position rather than the close to supine position which is common today, and also, on average, people are taller now than they used to be).
The following bed sizes are available in New Zealand: Something you must always consider is the size of the mattress and the room it's being placed in. Mattresses are available in many different sizes, anywhere from a twin to a California king. Twin-size mattresses are also known as single mattresses. This mattress is 38" wide and 75" long. Twin XL mattresses are roughly the same width of 38" but now extended to 80" in length. A full size mattress also known as a double mattress, is approximately 54" wide and 75" long. Queen size mattresses are the most popular. These are 60" wide and 80" long. King size mattresses are roughly 76" wide and 80" in length. The California king is 72" wide and 84" in length. /learningcenter or visit our YouTube channel. Shop all Home Furnishings.Mattress sizes can be confusing. What’s the difference, say, between an Eastern king and a California king mattress? How about a twin vs. a twin extra-long? And is a “full” the same as a “double”?
Here on the Lifekind sales team, it’s one of the questions we’re asked most. In North American countries, mattress sizing has been standardized as follows: Twin (sometimes called a “single”): 38 x 75 Twin extra long: 38 x 80 Full (sometimes called a “double”): 54 x 75 Eastern (standard) king, or “EK”: 76 x 80 California king, or “CK”: 72 x 84 Two twin extra-long mattresses placed side by side are the same size as an EK, so they’re sometimes used when two sleepers want differing firmnesses. Twin extra-long mattresses are also a popular choice for dorm rooms. The full size — popularized as a “double” years ago — was previously the most popular size for couples. Now that couples are choosing mostly queen or king sizes, however, fulls are typically used for children or individual sleepers, or for guest rooms. The most common mattress-size question of all is “Should I get a regular king or a California king?”