Short bed for box bedroom

Laz123

Does anyone know of a budget shop where I can get a bed 3ft wide, length 180cm? The ones I've seen in searches are silly prices.

TIA

Mrs_Jojo

I don't know of a shop, but if you could find a short mattress I am guessing that a fairly competent (amateur) joiner would find it easy to adapt a wooden framed bed and shorten it - they can be found fairly cheaply.

Tim_Deegan

Most smaller independent bed manufacturers would be happy to supply a special size, and it should only cost about an extra £20 or so on top of the normal bed price.

Owain_Moneysaver

Argos have several 'shortie' beds - small single W75, L190. Small double W120, L190.

Tim_Deegan

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Argos have several 'shortie' beds - small single W75, L190. Small double W120, L190.

They aren't short beds, they are standard length. It is the width that makes them smaller. The OP was after a bed 180cm long.

laurel7172

IKEA do extendable children's beds (e.g Leksvik or Trofast). They would squash down quite happily to 180cm-as long as you can get a mattress-IKEA do one in three sections. I have one in our box room, squidged down one mattress piece for floorspace-but there's enough room (just) to extend it when anybody actually sleeps in it!

Tim_Deegan

laurel7172 wrote: »

IKEA do extendable children's beds (e.g Leksvik or Trofast). They would squash down quite happily to 180cm-as long as you can get a mattress-IKEA do one in three sections. I have one in our box room, squidged down one mattress piece for floorspace-but there's enough room (just) to extend it when anybody actually sleeps in it!

Standard single Ikea mattresses are 200cm long, as they are continental size. So it might be difficult getting the mattress to fit.

Also Ikea mattresses are terrible quality.

blissfulbabe

I built a bed for my daughter's room as it is a box room and too small for a proper bed and ordered a foam mattress from a local supplier - the whole thing, including wood and fixings cost less than £60 - but this was five years ago.

Tim_Deegan

blissfulbabe wrote: »

I built a bed for my daughter's room as it is a box room and too small for a proper bed and ordered a foam mattress from a local supplier - the whole thing, including wood and fixings cost less than £60 - but this was five years ago.

The mattresses don't even have to be foam. Manufacturers will make proper sprung mattresses to order.

laurel7172

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

Standard single Ikea mattresses are 200cm long, as they are continental size. So it might be difficult getting the mattress to fit.

Also Ikea mattresses are terrible quality.

As I said, they sell three-piece mattresses to fit the adjustable beds at different lengths.

Tim_Deegan

laurel7172 wrote: »

As I said, they sell three-piece mattresses to fit the adjustable beds at different lengths.

Yes, but does that mean they are 3 even sizes? If so then it would mean taking a third off the length. The OP only wants to take 3" off.