# What size beds are in your kids' rooms?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-beds-are-in-your-kids-rooms/499543 "2009-06-12T13:27:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-beds-are-in-your-kids-rooms/499543/41 "2009-06-16T04:05:38Z")

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> [@TheMadHun](#):
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> Single beds are not the same size as twins. Twins are narrower, they are each 1/2 of a double bed.

All due respect, but I think you’re mistaken. My “twin” sheets fit a mattress which is more than half of a full mattress width, and the mattress they fit was likewise labeled a “twin” mattress, and fits on a “twin” bedframe.

The[International Mattress Sizes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress#Mattress_dimensions) chart on wikipedia indicates that a single and a twin are the same size. There’s something smaller than a single/twin in the UK called a “mini single”, but even that is wider than half a double/full (UK: “small double”). ETA: A mini single is half of a UK sized King, is that what you were thinking of, perhaps?

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**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-beds-are-in-your-kids-rooms/499543/42 "2009-06-16T16:38:33Z")

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Hallboy (15 and nearly 6 feet tall) has a double due to his size, but I’m thinking he’ll be in a queen before too long. (Heck, my bed is a double and I’d like to upgrade to a queen as well.) Our bedrooms are small–mine measures 12 x 11, and his is probably 10 x 11 or so. A queen size bed would be a tight fit, but he mostly just sleeps in his room (no computer, projects or toys or anything).

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