Ikea beds

Ah excellent thread. About to buy a bed myself. I was contemplating buying just a new mattress but I've been informed that this is the majority cost of the new bed? Is that the case? I am a lankster and need a king size bed really but I'm also worried of the sheets/bedding situation. Do they cost more? Also, I heard a rumour from a mate, that king size beds aren't ever longer, but just wider. That can't be right? can it?

EDIT: talking about double beds.
 
I've got this bed. It's got 2 height settings for the mattress. I use the lower setting, a cheap mattress underneath and a decent one on top. Works like a charm. :)
 
I sleep on this bed every night. The mattress is perfect, and although I haven't bashed my shins on the side, it does take up a lot of room and is difficult to shove in the corner - you'd have to have a big enough room, that or make it the centrepiece.
ALSO - if your feet are small/narrow enough you can walk along the sides of the bed!!
 
Think I may go for the Malm -

Quick question though - is the 180x200 version roughly King Size, whereas the 160x200 Queen Size? A bit confused with the sizing!
 
ordered a malm double a couple of weeks ago, should be coming in a few days! they're slightly different to UK bed sizes as they use scandinavian sizes.
 
Unlight said:
Quick question though - is the 180x200 version roughly King Size, whereas the 160x200 Queen Size? A bit confused with the sizing!
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Ikea use non-standard sizes and they seem to measure the frame not the mattress dimensions - Ikea 160cm equates roughly to a double, 180cm is roughly Queen size. If you're intending to use as it as a genuine double bed, as in 2 people sleeping in it every night, go for the 180cm.
 
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I went to Ikea last week and left with the following conclusions:

All their stuff is either cheap and crap, expensive and crap, useless-but-you-have-to-buy-it and crap, gaudy and crap, tacky and crap or half missing and crap.

However, their feather duvets are good, and their black bed linen is pimp. On the other hand, their meatballs are crap.

So all in all, you will get lost within swathes of Swedish designed crap, eat crap meatballs and find that some git has bought Ikea's entire stock of 180 24 can cases of the Kopparberg pear cider that you went there to buy some of, the day before you got there.

I love Ikea.
 
The major problem I've had with my ikea beds is the metal struts on the underside designed to 'hold' the frame together and stop the wooden support slats from slipping. I found the struts soooo fiddly to screw into the right place, and the screws provided are so small that it's hard to get the thread to stick. Mine keep falling off despite my best efforts, its very annoying.
 
lots of people have this bed:rolleyes: including me :p

ive knocked my shin once or twice, but its no biggy. the fram is solid and feels like it will take a lot of abuse (and has done so far;))

im not sure why danza came away thinking that of ikea stuff, i think quite the opposite. all my furniture is from ikea infact, its cheaper than flatpacks from elsewhere and far better built. i cant fault any of the stuff ive bought at all, most of it being the malm range :)
 
Does anyone have a small double bed (4ft?), Ive got a lowly single in my room at the moment, but putting a double in would be just a bit too big, however i've seen small double beds for sale which seem to fit the bill perfectly.

Anyone know if small double bed linen is widely available? As double bed sheets will be too big for the mattress etc.
 
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