rusngl2
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Post by rusngl2 on Dec 11, 2013 14:17:40 GMT -5
I didn't want to hijack the other thread....Please explain in detail about this wonderous creation...I currently have a queen bed for me & SO and two twins that I could join into an emperor but where do you get sheets for this? How do they not slip apart? HELP me create my dream...lol scully |
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Post by LINGERLONGER on Dec 11, 2013 14:23:33 GMT -5
Um... I don't understand. Emperor is a size of mattress, not a whole bunch of different mattresses pushed together. Wikipedia tells me it's an 84" X 84" mattress typically found in the UK and Ireland (I imagine they would also sell sheets in this size.) So it would be a bit bigger than a California King mattress that you could buy in the US (72" X 84")
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Post by rusngl2 on Dec 11, 2013 14:31:45 GMT -5
It appears to be larger than a CA king which means the sheets wouldnt fit it and when I tried this in college, the beds kept slipping apart no matter how I tried to bind them together (I was in a double room with no roommate) I guess I'd have to import the sheets...
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Post by LINGERLONGER on Dec 11, 2013 14:36:57 GMT -5
It appears to be larger than a CA king which means the sheets wouldnt fit it and when I tried this in college, the beds kept slipping apart no matter how I tried to bind them together (I was in a double room with no roommate) I guess I'd have to import the sheets... Yes that's why I said "it would be a bit bigger than a California King mattress." I still don't understand why you're taking about putting mattresses together. WTF would you do this? Of course you're going to have the problem of them not staying together. Emperor is an actual size of a mattress. It is not cobbled together set of twin mattresses. You'd have to import both the mattress AND the sheets. You'd be better off buying a California King mattress- which I believe we now both agree is a little bit smaller- and some California King sized sheets. It would be way easier and you could avoid that whole binding issue. |
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Post by rusngl2 on Dec 11, 2013 14:47:46 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm drawing this conclusion too, I was just wondering if scully had figured out a way to make this work with some sort of covering over the gap. I just need to bite the bullet and buy a king or CA king...
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Post by LINGERLONGER on Dec 11, 2013 14:48:32 GMT -5
In some European hotels we've stayed in, the beds were not one big mattress, but two pushed together. Often with different fitted sheets. It was very annoying. In conclusion, do not push matresses together. I think a King sized bed is pretty big and awesome.Agree. I really can't see how the extra few inches is worth the discomfort of sleeping across 2 mattresses. |
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Post by kwith on Dec 11, 2013 14:58:55 GMT -5
In college I pushed 2 twins together. I suggest you do not do it. It is not comfortable. I actually did this in college, and then covered the top with one of those egg carton foam mattress pads. It worked decent and bridged the gap. But the bed frames also came high enough on the sides so that the mattresses didn't slide apart. In conclusion - it's doable, but unnecessary once you're no longer living in a dorm room and can just buy a King sized bed. |
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Post by ven on Dec 11, 2013 15:13:59 GMT -5
I'm 95% certain my grandparents used to have 2 twins pushed together with some sort of contraption to hold them in place.
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Post by felixf5298 on Dec 11, 2013 15:31:01 GMT -5
My parents set up a make-shift king bed in their room at their vacation house with two twin beds a long time ago. They used a king bed frame then put the two mattresses on top. Apparently they make (at least they used to, not sure if they still do) a foam insert to keep them together. It was basically just a foam sheet, but there was a piece in the middle that wedged into the gap to fill it in. (Sorry if that doesn't make sense, but I don't know what it's called, and that's the only way I can think to describe it!) I'm pretty sure they just used king-sized sheets as well. ETA: Apparently this is a thing you can still buy. This is similar, except theirs covered the whole bed, not just the middle strip. LINK |
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Post by annathy03 on Dec 11, 2013 15:48:09 GMT -5
don't push beds together, you could wind up in the crack! And it's awful. The cruise we went on this year did this without the conversion kit since the rooms are all King OR two twins and I kept rolling into the crack between the beds during the night. The cruise before this one they used the converter thingy (basically foam for the crack and straps to keep the beds from coming apart, like this thing www.amazon.com/Create-A-King-Bed-Doubler/dp/B00438S56Q) and that was fine since king sheets fit just fine over two twins. But in a home? Not unless I wanted two twins in a guest room and got one of those things for when a couple would be in that room. If I can't buy sheets that fit it, it's not happening. |
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Post by annathy03 on Dec 11, 2013 15:52:37 GMT -5
In college, we had those beds that you could bunk or just loft and put your desk, computer, etc underneath it. I just lofted mine halfway, put some things on top to hold up a sheet to cover underneath the frame, and put my mattress under there. Yep. I was a 19 year old with a fort for a bed. I'm almost 30 and I now want a fort bed more than anything. I'm not sure if I should love you or hate you for putting this idea in my head. I've always kind of wanted a canopy bed because it looks like a fort but is socially acceptable for long term use. Sort of like this:  Close the sheets/curtains, and wa-la! Fort! |
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Post by nsweare on Dec 11, 2013 15:54:22 GMT -5
Why not go all out and get an Alaskan King Bed? It's apparently 9 feet by 9 feet. Just in case you need a bed that's literally the same size as an entire bedroom.
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Post by frankie on Dec 11, 2013 16:57:32 GMT -5
Also, what size washer would you need to wash the Alaska King sheets?!
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Post by scully on Dec 11, 2013 17:14:11 GMT -5
I asked my husband, and our beds are attached together by some glue and screw thing, that is normally used to attach pieces of wood together. He wasn't sure about the correct term on Finnish, nevermind in English. So the beds stay together and the gap is minimal. However we have a custom made mattress pad that spans the entire bed.
Sheets are a bit difficult to find, but they do exist.
Otherwise we would probably have a normal king size bed, but since we had two perfectly good beds when we moved in together, it just made sense to attach them together.
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Post by snippet17 on Dec 11, 2013 18:34:19 GMT -5
Maybe the Alaskan king size is perfect for people that are in the triad relationship. Or do people in those relationships sleep in different beds? Not trying to be a bitch, I just do not know anyone in that type of relationship.
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Post by snippet17 on Dec 11, 2013 19:18:47 GMT -5
Maybe the Alaskan king size is perfect for people that are in the triad relationship. Or do people in those relationships sleep in different beds? Not trying to be a bitch, I just do not know anyone in that type of relationship. i've seen big love.. they had separate beds heck even separate houses! @jennylee if we have kids they will not sleep in our bed. I'm totally with you on that. our bed is our bed... i'm unsure if we will ever even allow pets in it. I looked up the show and it looks like they were polygamous relationship. When I was thinking of triad, I mean where a couple dates another person or when all three people date each other. |
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Post by snippet17 on Dec 11, 2013 22:42:58 GMT -5
My mother told me about one time when she and my father were having sex and my younger brother climbed into bed with them. They waited for him to fall asleep, and then finished. I just… I couldn't. Umm. How does this even come up? Was she drunk at the time? H brought up sex in front of his dad over the weekend while he was drunk, both his dad and I told him to shut it. |
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Post by LINGERLONGER on Dec 12, 2013 9:58:01 GMT -5
I just want to say I begged and pleaded for a canopy bed when I was about 10 years old. My parents- in their infinite wisdom- decided if they were buying me one they were buying one that would last until I moved out so they bought me a very tasteful queen sized canopy bed for which I made my own curtains.
For about 2 years after I moved out DH and I shared a twin sized mattress (that REALLY sucked). Then we got a place big enough to move my bed in to. We still sleep in my canopy bed although the curtains have since met their end. The frame is falling apart now and I really want to buy another canopy bed when this one falls apart. I am actually quite surprised at how well it has held up over the years though.
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Post by snippet17 on Dec 12, 2013 11:40:11 GMT -5
My mom is the same way. She told my brother allll about my dad's fetishes before. Yikes! I'm glad I'm not alone, but I feel bad for your poor brother! My mom might just be a prude. |
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Post by annathy03 on Dec 12, 2013 15:54:04 GMT -5
In college, we had those beds that you could bunk or just loft and put your desk, computer, etc underneath it. I just lofted mine halfway, put some things on top to hold up a sheet to cover underneath the frame, and put my mattress under there. Yep. I was a 19 year old with a fort for a bed. My cousin posted this link on facebook and I knew I had to share it with you on this thread. Magnetic Cushions for Building Forts |
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