Trying to figure out our new guest room bed situation, as its doing triple duty as a guest room / office / treadmill room!
As a couple, if you were guests in someone's house, would you rather you each sleep on your own twin mattress, or share a full/double mattress?
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wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Would it be easier to have 2 twins that can be pushed together to make? That way couples can sleep together, non couples can sleep separate?
kiwi / 656 posts
Sharing a double bed with my 6’4” husband is brutal, so I would 100% prefer two twins!
persimmon / 1367 posts
My husband is a sprawler, and I find it next to impossible to share anything smaller than a queen bed with him, so I'd strongly prefer twin beds.
I really like @snowjewelz: suggestion of twin beds that can be pushed together.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Twin. We have very different opinion me about blankets.
Since your room has so many functions I’d pick what works best for its main use.
nectarine / 2400 posts
I vote twins, but we have European family so couples is separate beds is the norm
nectarine / 2973 posts
I'd rather share a full. I'd feel weird sleeping separate in two twins!
pomelo / 5573 posts
One bed. Are you doing a pull-out? Is there such a thing as a queen sized pull-out?
pineapple / 12566 posts
@MrsBucky: my DH is also very tall, and sharing a full sized bed with him is tight/uncomfortable. If a queen isn’t an option, I would probably prefer 2 twins.
kiwi / 598 posts
A double bed is pretty small. Can you do two twins but keep spare queen/king sheets on hand to pull them together? More options depending on the visitors.
pomegranate / 3658 posts
We have two XL twins in our guest room, and a kit to combine them into a king when couples are staying. Best of both worlds.
coconut / 8472 posts
I wouldn’t stay at someone’s house if they only had a double bed for us to share. We would drive each other crazy all night long kneeing and elbowing each other. We’d be much happier in separate beds.
nectarine / 2243 posts
Is this like a daybed/with a trundle situation? Our third bedroom is exactly as you describe. Two desks, our peloton, storage, and the guest bed. We had a full and just switched to a queen (its our old master bed when we upgraded to a king). Honestly it doesn’t take much more room than the full; we went to a super low profile bed frame from amazon which is a dupe for our room and board frame and a fraction of the cost.
pomegranate / 3350 posts
If height is the issue, unless you get twin xl it is the same length as a full. We have a trundle day bed and it's not ideal. Most people prefer to sleep in my son's double than have separate twin beds.
clementine / 920 posts
I would try to make a queen fit or do 2 twin beds. My mom has a full bed in her guest room and it is brutal when DH and I try to sleep there. Even she has commented that she should have upgraded.
persimmon / 1310 posts
As mentioned above, twin beds that can be pushed together, for sure.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
My husband is 6’6”, So sharing a double would be tight, but we don’t like sleeping separately. I agree with the others that I would convert the two twins to a King.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
We can’t fit more than a full in our guest bedroom and two twins wouldn’t work. It is what it is, if anyone has an issue, there are hotels in town.
nectarine / 2242 posts
Thanks for all the comments! It seems people are pretty divided on this 
We could probably fit a queen but then the whole room is mostly bed, and we only have guests staying there every other month or so so it seems like a waste of a room. That's why I was thinking of a twin with pop up trundle. I'll definitely look into those straps that connect them to make a king, maybe that would be the solution!
coconut / 8861 posts
Maybe a queen pull out in couch form? Our first bed together as a married couple is a queen. It's now in our guest room. We also have a queen pullout sofa in my husband's office in case of many guests.
nectarine / 2242 posts
@cascademom: Is the one you have very comfortable? I haven't slept on a pull out except for in hotels and those are never the best quality!
pomegranate / 3355 posts
I'd prefer twins, DH would prefer full/Double. DH is 6'2" and 295 lbs.
persimmon / 1171 posts
@HappyBaker: would the IKEA Hemnes work for you? It’s a twin daybed but when you pull out the trundle it’s a king sized bed (two twins together).
nectarine / 2242 posts
@hellocupcake: Yes that was my first idea! But then someone pointed out that it might be harder for older people to get into because someone is basically crawling in since its king size horizontally (i.e. their heads aren't at the top, they are to the side)
persimmon / 1171 posts
@HappyBaker: I would use it like this. We sleep on a king sideways all the time. I think it would look better and be easier for each person to get in on their own side. If there was room for that
persimmon / 1310 posts
@hellocupcake: I would use it that way too. I sleep sideways on our king all the time with the kids so they will roll into the headboard instead of the floor. It's comfortable; a king is almost a square.
nectarine / 2242 posts
@hellocupcake: @Iced Tea: Ah then maybe that would work after all! We don't have a king ourselves so I didn't realize its almost a square anyway. Thanks guys!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@HappyBaker: Or just get those foam fillers for the gap and then put a sheet over and call it a day!
pomegranate / 3272 posts
We were just in a hotel with a double bed and it was a brutal night. Two twins all the way!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
What about a queen futon? You can buy spring mattresses for them. Ours is really comfortable!
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