# What Is the Difference Between a Twin & Double Mattress?
-
Size
-
Twin mattresses are 39 inches wide and 75 inches long. Double mattresses are 15 inches wider at 54 inches wide and 75 inches long.
Function
-
Often used in the rooms of children, twin beds take the least amount of space in a room. Double mattresses provide additional space for the single sleeper, and they give kids more comfort as they grow.
Considerations
-
While double beds are 15 inches wider than twin beds, couples may not find double mattresses wide enough. They provide only 27 inches of width per person.
Fun Fact
-
Double beds were the most common choice for couples until the 1960s. It's then that queen and king size mattresses became popular.
Famous Ties
-
After Little Ricky was born on "I Love Lucy," some thing changed. Producers decided that, although they were married, Lucy and Ricky should sleep in separate twin beds in order to downplay any suggested sexual relationship.
-
- What Is the Difference Between Single Station & Double Station Smoke Detectors?
- What Is the Difference Between a Mamasan Chair & a Double Papasan Chair?
- What Are the Sizes of Twin & Full Mattresses?
- What Is the Difference in a Futon & a Japanese Futon Mattress?
- What Is the Difference Between a Full & Queen Bed Set
- The Difference Between Plush & Pillowtop
- What Is the Difference Between a Duvet & a Featherbed?
- What Is the Difference between a Hardside and a Softside Waterbed?
- Difference Between Queen & Full Mattress
- What Are the Sizes of a Twin and Queen Mattress?
- What Is the Difference Between a Hoover Steamvac F5914 & F5915?
- The Difference Between Double & Queen Headboards
