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BetteTheRed said:
Sounds like you need a carpenter friend...
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I do have a night table that matches the headboard that I'm keeping in my room that I can clean out for books and there is a small table upstairs I might be able to fit in my room for the other side of the bed that will hold quite a few books
 
Also once I get the mismatched dressers in the spare room empty - they are full of craft supplies that will be going in a different room - they will go and I'll put one dresser from my room (matches headboard) in the spare room.
 
I had a twin the entire time I lived at my parents. They bought me a bed when I started grad school and I had a tough time convincing them buying a new twin was silly and should be a double (I would have thrown in the extra money if necessary, but it wasn't a money thing to them) - luckily I convinced them eventually. Still using that double now, with Chemguy.

A few years after I started grad school they replaced both the twin beds that were mine/my sisters - my old room now has a queen bed, not sure if my sister's former room is the same, it's either a double or queen. I didn't understand why it was so difficult to convince them a double bed I would be sleeping on regularly made sense, but they got a queen for visitors.

Chemguy brings up upgrading the size of our bed sometimes. When we do get a new one we will probably go with a queen (although we could fit a California or Texas king easily if we wanted). We have his old double as a spare, that will likely be trashed, dunno if anyone would want it. I don't really get a better quality sleep when we have a bigger bed, but having a comfy spare bed for either of us to use would be nice, and I'm sure overnight guests would appreciate it, as his old one is past it's lifetime.
 
ChemGal said:
I had a twin the entire time I lived at my parents. They bought me a bed when I started grad school and I had a tough time convincing them buying a new twin was silly and should be a double (I would have thrown in the extra money if necessary, but it wasn't a money thing to them) - luckily I convinced them eventually. Still using that double now, with Chemguy.

A few years after I started grad school they replaced both the twin beds that were mine/my sisters - my old room now has a queen bed, not sure if my sister's former room is the same, it's either a double or queen. I didn't understand why it was so difficult to convince them a double bed I would be sleeping on regularly made sense, but they got a queen for visitors.

Chemguy brings up upgrading the size of our bed sometimes. When we do get a new one we will probably go with a queen (although we could fit a California or Texas king easily if we wanted). We have his old double as a spare, that will likely be trashed, dunno if anyone would want it. I don't really get a better quality sleep when we have a bigger bed, but having a comfy spare bed for either of us to use would be nice, and I'm sure overnight guests would appreciate it, as his old one is past it's lifetime.
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I am a small person, reasonably quiet, and don't use too much space or move too much. However, I do have a pillow issue; I have a body that needs pillow support. My old guy is quiet, and doesn't move much, but is a large tall man with quite different warmth requirements; I run hot, he runs cold. Historically, a Queen has been good for us; now it might be a King...
 
I've never had a comfy pillow - and I've had lots and tried lots - closest I've found that is a water pillow I got 5 years ago
 
Queen bed for sure - no comparison to a double!! King feels too big to me. But I too had a 3/4 bed for years at my parent's home :-)
 
When I was still traveling with junior as a pre teen and sharing one bed/ room, I discovered that the only way I would not get kicked was in a King size bed with a long body pillow in the middle. Now he is sharing his queen bed with girlfriend and dog and both complain about the dog.
 
My son and I can travel together in a pup tent provided there is a queen sized air bed inside and I have three queen-king feather pillows. I do not share bed with critters, except for daytime naps. Have I mentioned how fond I am of (large, feather) pilows?
 
I spent my childhood sleeping on an army cot.

Once married I slept alongside my partner in a double. I would prefer separate rooms, but we don't have a spare one at the moment. No point in thinking about a bigger bed because there is no space leftover in our room!
 
BetteTheRed said:
My son and I can travel together in a pup tent provided there is a queen sized air bed inside and I have three queen-king feather pillows. I do not share bed with critters, except for daytime naps. Have I mentioned how fond I am of (large, feather) pilows?
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Those are a big no no for me.
Chemguy and I are both fairly short, which likely helps with the bed size issue.
 
We had a double bed until we sold it and the house last year. It was my great-aunt and uncle's bedroom set. It worked fine for us. When we got the truck camper about ten years ago it had a queen bed in it. We replaced the foamy of undetermined age with a new mattress and it was very comfy. Both fifth wheels we've had were queen beds. That is a nice size. While the double was fine, the queen has just that little extra elbow room that's nice. We would never need a king. My sister and her husband would never go less than a king. When we were kids we occasionally had to share a bed, at the aunt's cottage or at grandparents'. If she's anything like she was then, she needs a king. She always took up more than her share of space.
 
Northwind said:
We had a double bed until we sold it and the house last year. It was my great-aunt and uncle's bedroom set. It worked fine for us. When we got the truck camper about ten years ago it had a queen bed in it. We replaced the foamy of undetermined age with a new mattress and it was very comfy. Both fifth wheels we've had were queen beds. That is a nice size. While the double was fine, the queen has just that little extra elbow room that's nice. We would never need a king. My sister and her husband would never go less than a king. When we were kids we occasionally had to share a bed, at the aunt's cottage or at grandparents'. If she's anything like she was then, she needs a king. She always took up more than her share of space.
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It's funny, but in a camper or something like that I would actually want bigger. A house has more couch space and stuff like that. I would want the bed space for dealing with laundry, hanging out in bed watching movies with bed trays for food as well as for packing up things.
 
ChemGal said:
It's funny, but in a camper or something like that I would actually want bigger. A house has more couch space and stuff like that. I would want the bed space for dealing with laundry, hanging out in bed watching movies with bed trays for food as well as for packing up things.
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That was handy for the truck camper. The bed was above the cab and became storage during the day quite often. It was also one of the most comfortable sleep spaces ever. (Without the stored items)
 
I spent a whole year sleeping in a sleeping bag - due to a house painting fiasco that took a while to get fixed - can't imagine doing that now - I need to be able to occasionally spread out
 
Hopefully this is the LAST truly rough night I have for a long, long time...barely slept :( Feel like roadkill :(
 
BetteTheRed said:
My parents shared a double bed until Dad hived off into his own room, with a single, in his mid-60s. They had become incompatible due to differing heat/firmness/pillow requirements.

I don't think I'd happily regularly ever sleep with another human again. I could visit another room.
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In the father shouse so many rheums to recess in ... then there's Sousa to mark the marching demands! It is said that some orders just fall out of the head ... one must study may words to get the grinding grist!
 
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