# Do queen-sized bed conversions look okay?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-sized-bed-conversions-look-okay/665108 "2013-08-01T20:36:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-sized-bed-conversions-look-okay/665108/1 "2013-08-01T20:36:38Z")

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I’ve got a full-size bed at the moment. Beautiful (and sometimes _ahem_ useful for certain things) wrought-iron head and footboards that I’m kind of loath to abandon despite wanting to move up to a queen-size bed. Have hunted for similar styles in queen size, but have been dissatisfied with what is readily available. Then I discovered that conversion rails exist that allow queen-size mattresses to be used with full-size head and footboards, possibly solving my dilemma.

However, I can’t seem to actually find pictures of these rails in use, just pictures of the bare frame. Do these things make for an awkward-looking bed, with bedding jutting out on each side, or do these tend to look okay?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-sized-bed-conversions-look-okay/665108/2 "2013-08-01T21:44:44Z")

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We have a full headboard with a queen mattress. It isn’t noticeable at all.

But you should check that the outermost uprights on your bed are a full size span. Some metal beds have surprisingly short widths and doing this would just increase the effect.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-sized-bed-conversions-look-okay/665108/3 "2013-08-01T23:26:06Z")

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How much do these cost?

If cheap enough, buy a set and see for yourself/selves.

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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-queen-sized-bed-conversions-look-okay/665108/4 "2013-08-02T01:08:30Z")

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There are conversion rails with a single center support rails for $100-$125 (which can be bought locally), and a couple of vendors have rails with three center support rails for $150 (online-only it seems, so there’s additional S/H to consider). For whatever reason, these converter rails don’t have rails at the top and bottom, so the single center-support system seems awfully flimsy, with less support for the box spring than even my current full-size frame. So, if this is a solution I explore, I’m leaning to the more expensive three-support rails. $150+S/H is a bit much for an experiment.

At that, though, I may take the plunge anyway. Taking a cue from **ftg** , I measured the width of my headboard, and it’s a bit under 58" across, so the mattress would extend out on each side by a mere inch + a tad (and add extra bulk when I toss on some fluffy bedding). Certainly more acceptable than the converters I have seen for queen-to-king, where the increase in width would be far more dramatic.

Thanks!