So what exactly are the steps? Well friend, I’m glad you asked! UPDATE: Want to see this little bed after 10 years of use? I update it here! Luckily I really haven’t had a problem with it! The Queen size mattress will be a tad bit wider than your headboard and footboard. A Queen size bed is both longer and wider than a double… so in order for the conversion to work the rails have to become longer to support the added length… and you have to be okay with a little overhang. We knew right away that if we wanted it to work we would have to find a way to convert the rails to a queen size… a double just wouldn’t cut it. We took it home and set it up in our guest room… I hadn’t moved out yet and we wanted to see how it looked. So that means I have been sleeping on my antique double bed for almost 5 years. Well my friends you are about to hear a success story! My mom bought this double size antique cast iron bed frame for me straight out of college.
(I know you can sometimes convert a full to a queen, but I haven’t heard many success stories with that.) One reason we had just a metal frame for our own queen bed for so long is that I couldn’t find an antique bed frame that would fit a queen mattress and I couldn’t find a new bed that had the antique look I was going for. It does not store any personal data.I am soooo excited! I have been waiting to write this post ever since I read Miss Mustard Seed’s post about her new guest bed! Here’s what she says: The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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The first step in making an adapter to fit a full size headboard and footboard to a queen size frame is to attach extension pieces to the bed frame for the footboard. I am now turning this over to my husband to explain what he did. We started out with a queen size mattress and box springs in this simple queen size bed frame. In fact, I think it looks great! Add Full Headboard & Footboard to Queen Frame: Start with a Queen Size Bed Frame: I was afraid it might look strange, but it doesn’t. How Much Bigger is a Queen Bed than a Full Size Mattress:Ī full size mattress is 54″ x 75″ and a queen mattress is 60″ x 80″ so some extensions must be added in order to attach the full size headboard and footboard to the queen mattress.Ī queen headboard is only around 6 inches wider than a full size headboard, so that just leaves three inches empty on each side of the bed.