Avoid The Mattress Size Nightmare 6 Feet 3 inches 3 Feet 6 inches For American or European Sizes, the width is usually the same but the length would be around 3 inches longer. Make sure you measure your bed to ensure it is a local Singapore size before you purchase a mattress. If your bed is not a standard local size ( i.e American or European size), you will then have to ask for customization. Not all mattress can be customized (especially imported mattress), so check with the salesperson first. The customization fee also varies from shop to shop.Separated by a Common Language British correspondent PurpleClaire was having trouble buying bedding on-line to be used in the US, so she tweeted "what on earth is a full-size bed?" I gave her a tweet-sized answer...but here is a fuller version of the story--with lots of help from Wikipedia. The short version: the basic sizes for American beds are twin, full, queen, and king, in ascending order. The basic sizes for British beds, respectively, are single, double, king, and super-king.
Single bed and double bed are understood and used in the US, but they are not precise bed sizes there. For example, in AmE I could say that a (AmE) cot/(BrE) camp bed is a 'single bed' (it fits a single person), but not that it's a 'twin bed', because twin is a particular size. Two twins make an AmE king--as one can find to one's back-breaking and love-dampening horror in hotels where they make AmE-king-size beds out of two twins and a king-size sheet. (You said king-size bed! I want my money back!!) So, if you buy king-size fitted sheets in one country, they won't work as king-size in the other. Will the other sheets transfer? Here's the relevant part of Wikipedia's table of sizes, with the differences between US and UK highlighted. (Australia is different in other ways--see Wikipedia for the whole story.) Note that double/full are recorded here as the same--but it's a bit tricker than that. Mattress size (width × length) 0.99 m × 1.91 m 0.9 m × 1.90 m
1.37 m × 1.91 m 1.52 m × 2.03 m 1.5 m × 2 m 1.93 m × 2.03 m 1.83 m × 1.98 m 1.83 m × 2.13 m Much of the rest of the story is told by these handy-dandy diagrams from Wikipedia. Here's American bed sizes (XL = extra long). And here are the UK sizes--with an error that needs correcting: the prince size (a term I've never heard in the wild) should be small double (not small single--which is elsewhere in the diagram). So, sheets for a US full-size should fit a UK double, but only if it's not a funny kind of double. The small double or three quarter is also advertised as a four-foot (or 4ft) bed (or sheet size) (like here). Of course, if you buy your beds at IKEA, then that's a whole other kettle of Swedish fish. (Wikipedia has more on other countries' bed sizes as well.) The UK bed sizes are reflected in housing descriptions. A house or (BrE + San Francisco) flat/(general AmE) apartment will be advertised, for example, with "3 double bedrooms"
or just "3 double rooms". This means 'big enough to fit a double bed'. And it often means just that: big enough to fit a double bed in, but good luck getting a (BrE/general E) bedside table/(AmE) nightstand in there. There is a lot to say about bed linens beyond the size issues that I've approached here. But in the spirit of trying for more posts rather than longer posts, I'll save that for next time.Library Index » Popular Articles Choosing the right bed size can significantly increase the aesthetic value of a room. Additionally, finding a bed size that works for a room can also maximize the amount of space in the room. There are different types of bed sizes, and mattresses are designed to fit particular dimensions of beds. The most common sizes are those of the twin bed, which is also known as the single bed, the full bed, also known as the double bed, and the queen and king sized beds. The twin bed is typically chosen for bedrooms of children, as well as bedrooms for college students and low budget apartments.
The twin bed may also be used in rooms for guests. The dimensions of the twin bed will vary depending on the country in which one lives. What follows are guides to the dimensions of twin beds in North America, Great Britain, Ireland, Latin America, Europe, and Australia. Standard Dimensions In Latin America and Europe, twin beds have the same dimensions. In both of these regions, beds are typically thirty five inches wide and seventy nine inches long (35" wide x 79" long). Twin sized beds in Great Britain, Ireland, and Australia, are usually more spacious than their Latin American and European counterparts. In the aforementioned countries, beds are typically thirty six inches wide and seventy five inches long (36" wide x 75" long). However, the most spacious and large twin sized beds are sold in North America. Here, the beds are typically thirty nine inches wide and seventy five inches long (39" wide x 75" long). United States Besides the normal sized twin bed, two other types of twin sized beds are sold in the United States.
These are the super single and the twin extra long beds. The super single is usually forty eight inches wide and eighty four inches long (48" wide x 84" long). The twin extra long bed is usually thirty nine inches wide and eighty inches long (39" wide x 80" long), and is often found in the dormitories of colleges and universities. Australia and Great Britain As in the United States, variations on the twin bed size are available in Australia and Great Britain. In Australia, two extra types of twin beds are available. These are the king single and the single extra long. The kind single is normally forty inches wide and eighty inches long (40" wide x 80" long), while the single extra long is most commonly thirty six inches wide and eighty inches long (36" wide x 80" long). In Great Britain, the small single is typically thirty inches wide and seventy five inches long (30" wide x 75" long), and the super single is usually forty two inches wide and seventy five inches long (42" wide x 75" long).
Europe and New Zealand Depending on the location in Europe, it may be possible to buy three different variations on the twin sized bed: these are the extra small single, the small single, and the large single. The extra small single is the smallest of the three, typically measuring thirty inches wide by seventy five inches in length (30" wide x 75" long). The small single is slightly larger than the extra small, with a typical width of thirty one inches and a length of seventy nine inches (31" wide x 79" long). Finally, the large single is normally thirty nine inches wide and seventy nine inches long (39" wide x 79" long). In New Zealand, two kinds of twin beds are typically available: the long single and the king single. The long single twin bed is most commonly thirty five inches wide and eighty inches in length (35" wide x 80" long), while the king single twin bed is larger at forty one inches in width and eighty inches in length (41" wide x 80" long). Mattresses As discussed above, different sizes of beds will typically be matched with different sizes of mattresses.
It is important to make sure the mattress purchased is designed for the bed frame it is to be used on, or else sleeping comfort can be disrupted, and both the mattress and the bed may suffer structural damage. Twin beds and mattresses are a popular choice in small bedrooms not only because of their minimal space requirements, but because the material needed to outfit a twin sized bed is often substantially cheaper than that required for larger sized beds. In the United States, mattresses to fit twin beds typically come in two sizes: the single mattress and the XL single mattress, with the latter being larger. One Way Airline Tickets - Two Tricks for One Way Airline Tickets - Throwaway and Hidden City Ticketing Turks And Caicos Vacations - Turks and Caicos Vacations Are Filled with Fun - Test Your Luck, Hit the Beach, Learn About the Islands - Explore Exciting Attractions During Your Turks and Caicos Vacation Please include a link to this page if you have found this material useful for research or writing a related article.