If the room is that small, consider a platform bed and have no headboard. Use art instead to replicate a headboard.

Or, do headboard only.

https://www.vivandtimhome.com/rattan-headboard/

1940's houses have smaller bedrooms. But, it's not so small that the only option is a platform bed or to have no headboard at all. Just looking to maintain the look I was going for, but with a full-size bed vs the originally selected queen frame.

I don’t think you have to resort to a bed without a headboard. Although, maybe just a frame with a headboard would work better than the additional side rails and end/foot. It would be a nice focal point as long as the height didn’t overwhelm the room. If you know a good finish carpenter they could probably knock off the headboard for you and you could attach it to a bed frame with bolts.

Along those lines, you can also take the bed parts to a local custom kitchen cabinet shop. They can leave the headboard untouched and reduce the width of the bed frame to a double by shortening the foot portion. Not much work to get close. 76" for a king, 60"- queen, 54"- full.

For a beach house, maybe a pencil reed headboard?

Chairish

Circa Who

There are a million ways to a feeling in a room

If you could show the rest of the items you plan? Inform a reason you're stuck on one bed? Show the actual room? You love the wood, the curve, etc

Or.........in full, nicely beachy feeling, and comes in full

Sometimes? You just have to adjust. The full size bed is less common, and a curved headboard becoming even less common than the size: )

But there are many ways to a look

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/sand-stable-nicolas-platform-bed-w003724614.html

How large is the room? How many doorways and windows does it have? Is it a guest room or the master bedroom?

I have two guest rooms in my vacation home and they are quite small--11' square. Originally I had a twin bed in one and a full in the other. However, I've since replaced them with queen sized beds in both. Keep in mind that a queen is only 6 inches wider than a full, and if you can swing it, it's both preferable and easier to find than a double/full bed. It's also more difficult finding sheets in that size.

Guest rooms don't need much furniture--night stands and maybe one small dresser just to balance off the room. A closet or a chair is more practical for overnight guests.

Actually the sheets are darn easy, it's the quilts and duvet covers that are all a "one size" full and queen: ) combo

Two people can't really sleep comfortably in a full sized bed. If your visitors tend to be singles, then no problem. But if they're couples, I agree with Diana, just put in a queen.

I so agree on the size of a full bed being so uncomfortable for 2, as a guest, I’m looking for a nearby hotel 😅
Please don’t put style over guest comfort. The bed is gorgeous, but keep looking for a more appropriate, headboard only, style. The other furniture pieces in the room can more easily be adapted to fit or done away with.

I have a full size bed that I purchased from a discount mattress warehouse. That might work for you.

Buy a mattress, the metal frame that it fits into, and have a headboard made to fit. I wouldn’t buy a BED with side rails and foot board. It will take up more space than a mattress on the metal frame. Unlike Jan Moyer, I have had difficulty buying full size sheets. More and more companies are discontinuing them, or doing the F/Q combo that isn’t a good fit on a true full. Same with comforters, duvet covers, too, as she says. (Heck, TWIN items are difficult to find!). I have an Eastlake bed with a full mattress. My sheets are “antique,” too! Old Ralph Lauren sheets from over 20 years ago! But…they fit!

LL Bean 400 ct !!!! percale, every size!! The absolute best! Value incredible. and they fit like a dream

Cut the top half of the headboard off or just get rid of the headboard completely. Queen (or king) for guests is really important rather than a double.

Thanks Jan Moyer!!!!!

If you have to go down to a full size, consider getting an extra long one. IMO, the biggest problem with a full bed (especially when sleeping only 1 person) is that the length is short. The length of a XL full is the same as that of a queen. It will be harder to find bedding, but I learned of the new mattress size by seeing sheets for an XL full. Also, many queen size beddings could be easily modified to fit a full. The only pita one would be a fitted sheet.

@pteckle

Link to Bean sheets

I have converted sooooooo many clients to these! They dry with almost no wrinkles, sleep soft and cool ! Get better and better with every wash

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Yeah, I was going to comment about length. If this is for a rental, you really don't want a footboard, because that makes the bed unsleepable for a set of taller folks. Better feet hanging off then bisected by the footboard!

When the op doesn't return? Pretty safe bet they don't like any of the answers,or figured it out.

As the song goes, "You can't always get what you want , but sometimes you get what you need" : )

You are always so kind, positive, and tremendously helpful, Jan.

The can't have thing happens to designers every day of their lives. We adapt, even as we sigh. There's virtually always more than one way to a dream space.

Full size beds, or double as they were once termed are just far less common in the marketplace for so many reasons. Rooms got larger, couples do NOT generally like them. Even a Queen means you are each sleeping in a crib. That is why....: ) folks will stuff a king bed, into a room that barely leaves room for a lamp table the size of a hard cover book.

I used a full headboard on a queen mattress, and you cannot tell the difference.

Hi all. I didn't ghost you, I just got busy! Thanks everyone for the thoughts, contributions, and questons. Here is some additional information that I think will be helpful. This is a summer house on Cape Cod, not a full-time residence. Though, it likely will be when I'm ready to retire. The room I'm putting this bed in is actually my room, not a guest room. There is a queen bed in the room currently, so a queen is possible, though I want to emphasize a queen bed is not a requirement. I'm single and happy being single, so I don't see that changing any time soon. I'm also not renting this house or any rooms out. I'm really just trying to maintain aestetic and functonality. I'm okay with a full-size bed if it means better functionality and flow of the room. That said, positioning the queen bed against one wall is an option. I just personally hate making beds when you can't access all sides.

The room will be wallpapered above the chair rail. Planning to use Priano from Serena & Lily. While it's a beach house, I'm not going for literal beach house. Just overall colors and textures. Paint will be Simply White. I created a simple floor plan as best as I could based on measurements, below. The house has nice 1940s mouldings, trims, and features and that's all staying. And the original fir floors. The living room is mostly finished, so let me know if you want to see any of that to see where I'm headed style-wise. Thanks again for your help!

Priano Wallpaper (ironically, the inspiration photo doesnt have a headboard and looks great! Ha... maybe this is the way after all. I'm taking this as a sign.)

Floor plan

Did I miss something? What are the dimensions of the room? And if it's your master bedroom, are you single or will it be for you and your partner?

Option 1) No headboard/footboard

Option 2) Bed frame above... tight fit!

Option 3) No headboard/footboard. This is where the bed currently is. Fits fine.

Option 4) Bed frame above. To me, this doesn't work at all. Just seems way too tight.

Which option do you prefer? Option 3 seems best to me, since it leaves room for nightstands. Thoughts?

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC Relationship status is in my comment above. Regarding dimensions, each square on floor plan is 1 foot.

The 36" window??? is hanging you up!!

Fake it! Wider...." bigger"

Follow......

Can you live with it blocked? , and the look of it extended in width to 84 inches?

Get a rod 84 ", hang curtains shade,nice and full behind that bed and simply center a queen under the "new" 84 inch window. You'll have plenty of room on both sides.

Why? You have 9. 5 feet RIGHT of the closet to the entry wall

The bed is five feet wide, leaving you with 2 feet on both sides using the queen, and no issue opening the bedroom door

In other words? Yes.....you're faking it!

I love that bed.

As usual, you come though, Jan Moyer! That bed from Garnet Hill that you found is beautiful. I love it for the room. Like you said, "Presence" without dominating a small room. I really like your sketch! Thank you for taking the time to do that. I agree this is the optimal furniture layout. I'll give some thought to your advice on the window. I'm hesitant to block it because there's a beautiful view of the garden and the woods beyond from that window (also a great view of my owl house). But, I'll give it some thought. I'm in planning mode for the next few months, as I won't be back to the house until spring. But the bed is a done deal—it's perfect!

Regarding "rustic farm house" ... absolutely not! :D There won't be anything gray or gray-washed in this house! And no barn doors, either! I can't wait for that awful trend to end.

BTW, I also bookmarked the LL Bean sheets.

So happy for you! I loooove that bed : )

Makes me think of....sand..clams, lobster and Nantucket , also a favorite of mine

Love Jan's bed!