Buyers Bed Guide to Frame Sizes & Dimensions

Helping you choose

Find your perfect bed

Your bed should match your style, lifestyle and how you sleep, and given we spend a third of our lives in bed, it’s important to love your bed! Let us guide you through everything from divans to day beds to help you choose your perfect bed.

What’s your type?

Choosing the right bed comes down to what you need to get from it – style, storage or space saving options…or a combination.

A divan or ottoman offer the most storage and come with or without a headboard. Day beds and guest beds are great for functionality. Bedsteads and headboards add style and impact.

Divans

Divan beds are a base for your mattress, and you can choose from a platform top or sprung top.Whilst they don’t come with a footboard, you can choose whether you want a headboard or not.

A divan is useful if you’ve got sloping ceilings or you’re tight on space as they come with a variety of drawer configurations built in to the base to provide versatile additional storage.

Ottomans

Ottomans provide hidden but impressive storage with the entire bed top lifting up with an easy-to-operate mechanism. All our ottomans come with a headboard, the majority of which can be upholstered in a house fabric of your choice.

Day Beds & Guest Beds

Day beds are a cross between a chaise longue, a sofa and a bed allowing your room to be multi-purpose. They come as a standard single size and are great for a spare room or summer house and can be teamed with a complimentary guest bed to make a super king. The guest bed slots underneath the day bed allowing you maximum functionality and space for your room.

Bedsteads

Bedsteads are the framework of a bed onto which you place the mattress. Bedsteads don’t have any in-built, hidden storage. Our range of bedsteads include metal and iron beds, wooden beds, upholstered beds, made for you beds and kids beds.

Headboards

Headboards are decorative and great for adding style to your bedroom. It provides cushioned support and all our classic and contemporary headboards can be upholstered in any one of our 30 house fabrics.

What’s your style?

Style is personal and the type of bed to go for should reflect you and your chosen bedroom design. We’re confident our large range of bed styles will work to satisfy your specific design dreams. The first thing to decide is what type of material you want your bedstead to be – wooden, metal or upholstered

Wooden Bedsteads

Wooden bedsteads have an effortless grace and practicality that never goes out of style whether you choose a traditional or contemporary design. All our wooden bedsteads are made from legally harvested timber.

Metal & Iron Bedsteads

Metal and iron bedsteads offer a very distinct look and whether your taste in vintage charm or understated glamour, a metal or iron bed is certain to transform a bedroom from drab to dramatic.

Upholstered Bedsteads

If you want a completely bespoke, upholstered bedstead, this is what you need to go for. Our Made For You upholstered bed service offers unparalleled choice when it comes to luxury style and quality craftsmanship.

Step 1: Choose your headboard
Step 2: Choose your base
Step 3: Choose from over 160 fabrics
Step 4: Select your feet styling
Step 5: We make it
Step 6: You love it!

What size of bed is best?

You’ll need to consider how much available space you have in your bedroom and if you share your bed. The traditional double will accommodate two people comfortably but a king and super king sized bed are both wider and longer creating more space and less disturbance from your sleeping partner. Below are standard measurements (W x L) and it’s a good idea to check the exact dimensions on the product page.

Single

(W90 x L190cm)

Shop Single

Small Double

(W120 x L190cm)

Shop Small Double

Double

(W135 x L190cm)

Shop Double

King

(W150 x L200cm)

Shop King

Super King

(W180 x L200cm)

Shop Super King

Emperor

(W200 x L200cm)

Shop Emperor

Will it fit?

Before buying your bed, you need to make sure it will fit the proportions of your room, and importantly, be able to get into your home in the first place. Here are a few things to consider to avoid unexpected issues when you get your bed home.

Check the dimensions

Make sure you check and write down the precise dimensions of the bed you’re buying (found on our product pages) so you know exactly what you’re working with.

Plan out your room

It’s important to make sure you can visualise the space you’ll have in the room when your bed is in place, so we recommend mapping it all out on the floor with masking tape. You can then walk around the room and see what space you’re left with and decide if you feel it’s enough or not.

Manoeuvring the bed through your house

It’s essential that your chosen bed can physically fit through doorways and up staircases, so check the dimensions of all doorways and the clearance area above your stairs. It’s a good idea to remove any pictures or freestanding lamps that might get knocked en route.

Need help assembling your bed?

No problem. We will assemble your bed and take away all the packaging for an additional £40 for one item and £20 for each additional item. Just select the assembly option at checkout to take advantage of this service.

Why should you buy from us?

2-year construction guarantee

All our beds and furniture coms with a 2-year construction guarantee. Guarantees exclude goods purchased from our clearance sections or ex display items. This guarantee does not cover fair wear and tear, neglect, abuse or misuse of your goods.

If damage occurs to your bedstead after the guarantee period, we can replace individual parts if they are in stock. Prices will vary depending on the part required.

Staingard Protection Plans

Unfortunately, accidents happen, but that doesn’t mean they’re not frustrating. We offer a protection plan to cover you for accidental staining and accidental damage on all our mattresses and upholstered beds.

Stains covered:

Acids
Cosmetics
Shoe polish
Ink
Bleaches
Caustics
Corrosives
Paints
Superglue
Coffee
Ketchup
Cola
Human & animal bodily fluids
Dyes & dye transfer from newspaper print or clothing, including denim
All food stuff & drink

Accidental damage covered:

Rips
Burns
Scuffs
Punctures
Scratches
Breakage
Dents
Chips
Water, liquid or heat marks
Pet damage (limited no. of claims per cover period)

Prices start from a one-off payment of £89 and are priced on an individual product basis.