King vs Double Bed – Is It Worth

When comparing a king vs double bed, many people wonder whether upgrading is truly worth it. At Sleep Matters Beds in Honley, we help customers understand the real difference between a king vs double bed so they can choose the right size for better sleep.

Upgrading your bed is one of the biggest improvements you can make to your sleep and wellbeing.

At Sleep Matters Beds in Honley near Holmfirth and Huddersfield, many customers visit our showroom asking the same question:

Is it worth upgrading from a double to a king size bed?

With our Kings for Doubles event now on, it’s the perfect time to explore the benefits of making the switch.

Double vs King Size Bed – UK Size Guide

UK Bed Sizes

Double – 4’6″ x 6″3″ |135cm x 190cm

King – 5’0 x 6’6″ | 150cm x 200cm

This will give you: 

• 15cm extra width
• 10cm extra length

This may not sound like a huge amount (which means you can probably find the room) but this will make a huge difference to your comfort and sleep quality. 

Why Many Couples Upgrade to a King Size Bed

More Personal Sleeping  Space

Couples often outgrow a double bed. A king size bed reduces movement transfer and gives both partners more room to sleep comfortably.

Better Support for Tall Sleepers

The extra length helps keep your spine properly aligned and prevents feet hanging over the edge

Improved sleep qualit

Better space = fewer disturbances = deeper, more restorative sleep.

This is why many customers tell us:

“We wish we’d upgraded sooner.

Will a King Bed Fit in My Bedroom

Most bedrooms that comfortably fit a double bed will also fit a king size bed with minimal rearranging.

If you’re unsure, visit our Honley showroom and our team will help you plan the perfect fit.

Kings for Doubles Event – Upgrade for Less ⭐

During our Kings for Doubles event, you can upgrade from a double to a king size bed for exceptional value. The promotion applies to mattresses and divans when purchased together. The offer also includes a headboard when you purchase a divan set. 

This limited-time event makes it easier to enjoy:

• More space

• Better comfort

• A luxury sleep experience

Without paying full price, You can save up to £600 on selected sets

Try King vs Double Beds in Our Honley Showroom

The best way to understand the difference is to try a king size in person.

Visit Sleep Matters Beds and:

• We will help you find the perfect support for you and your partner 

• Get expert sleep advice

• Enjoy free local delivery and installation

We proudly serve customers from:
Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Denby Dale, Saddleworth and surrounding areas

Final Thoughts – Is a King Bed Worth It

For most couples, upgrading to a king size bed is one of the best sleep investments they make. With this promotion its a no brainer – you will pay the same whether you purchase a king or a double bed! 

More space. Better sleep. Greater comfort.

If you’re considering upgrading your bed, there has never been a better time to explore the difference.

FAQ’s

Is a king bed worth it for couples?

Yes. The extra width reduces sleep disturbance and improves comfort.

Can a king bed fit in a normal bedroom?

Most bedrooms that fit a double can accommodate a king.

Is upgrading from a double bed worth it?

Most customers notice a significant improvement in sleep quality. 

 

At Sleep Matters in Honley, we know that a good night’s sleep is vital for your health and well-being. One often overlooked but essential part of a restful sleep experience is the mattress protector. While some people see it as just an extra expense, it plays a crucial role in maintaining your sleep environment. Here’s why you should consider using one and why you should visit our store to explore our range, including products from Fine Bedding.

Why You Need a Mattress Protector

1. Hygiene and Allergen Protection
A mattress protector helps keep your sleeping area clean by blocking dust mites, allergens, and bacteria. This is especially important for those with allergies or asthma, as it helps create a healthier sleep environment.

2. Stain Resistance
Accidents can happen—spills, pet messes, or even sweat from a warm night. A quality protector prevents stains from seeping into your mattress, safeguarding your investment. Check out our quilted luxury waterproof option from Fine Bedding, designed to keep your mattress in top condition.

3. Extended Mattress Life
Your mattress is a significant investment, and protecting it is essential. Using a protector can greatly extend its lifespan. Our deep fill cotton and spundown options are crafted for durability and comfort, ensuring you enjoy your mattress for years.

4. Comfort Enhancements
Many protectors are designed to improve comfort. Our Luxury Cotton Range adds an extra layer of softness, helping you enjoy a cozy and restful night.

5. Easy Maintenance
Caring for your protector is simple. Most are machine washable, making it easy to maintain hygiene and prolong its life.

6. Peace of Mind
Using a mattress protector gives you peace of mind. Knowing your mattress is protected from spills, allergens, and wear allows you to relax and focus on getting a good night’s sleep.

Visit Our Store Today!

At Sleep Matters in Honley, we believe every component of your sleep environment is important, and a mattress protector is essential. We invite you to visit our store to explore our wide selection of options from Fine Bedding, including deep fill cotton, spundown, quilted luxury waterproof, and luxurious cotton.

Experience the difference a protector can make in your sleep quality. Our knowledgeable staff are here to help you find the perfect fit for your needs, ensuring you wake up refreshed every morning. Don’t overlook this small yet mighty accessory—it’s time to prioritize your sleep!

Explore our selection today and take the first step towards a healthier, more restful night. Visit us at our Honley showroom!

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Luxury Bed Sheets at Sleep Matters

We are so excited to announce the launch of our new luxury linens. Here at Sleep Matters we have been working hard to make sure you can get all your bedding needs at your Huddersfield independent store. Thats why we have sourced luxury bed sheets, pillowcases, and duvet covers from the best suppliers in the UK. Having good quality bedding that helps control climate and comfort will dramatically effect the quality of your sleep. However, we recognise the need to feel and sample bedding rather than just guessing what it will feel like. We carry extensive samples of all our bedding to allow all our clients to be able to assess which range is right for them. From easy iron bed sheets, to sheets so soft and silky you will wont ever want to be out of them. 

 

Our linen range includes pillowcases in oxford or housewife style, fitted or flat sheets, duvets and throws. 

 

Our Core Bed Linen Collections

We have made a variety of bed linens and thread counts available for you to sample and order. However, we have simplified the choice in store to just three core collections. Of these collections we will carry most items in stock, across a variety of sizes. Anything not carried in to stock can be delivered to store for three usually within 1 day, or delivery can be arranged to your door for a £6.99 fee. 

 

400TC Egyptian Cotton Range 

Egyptian cotton bed linen is renowned for its superior quality. With its sateen weave, woven from long stable fibres, our 400 thread count range feels wonderfully soft. And, for an added bonus, it has a wonderful drape. The duvet cover, flat sheet and pillowcases have an embroiled hem detail giving a smart finishing touch. With a 7 year guarantee this range is an ideal choice for long lasting luxury. 

 

450TC Pima Cotton Range

 

Pima cotton is considered to be one of the most superior cottons in the world due to its extra long staple fibres. Longer, silkier individual fibres create a fabric that is not only durable and strong but also super smooth to the touch. Our 450 thread count Pima range is available in White, Ivory, Oyster and Platinum and comes with a 7 year guarantee. 

600TC Cotton Sateen Range

Our 600 thread count 100% cotton sateen range, available in pure white, classic ivory, and smart platinum feels wonderfully smooth. The high thread count sateen weave gives the fabric both a full lovely drape and fine lustre. And, the 600 thread count is stitched with a smart pin tuck detail. This is undoubtedly a truly luxurious range of linens that will give years of pleasure.  

 

All our samples are available to touch and view in store. Allowing you to make an informed decision. Visit us at our Honley store to view the ranges today. 

Why a Copper Mattress?

We are always on the look out for the most innovative products that are designed with sleep in mind. So, we are especially excited to introduce our Copper Mattress range from Highgrove Beds. 

This material is an essential nutrient in our body and it offers many health bodies. It also has huge benefits when used in a mattress. By infusing copper with foam, Highgrove have been able to create a mattress that offers a cool, clean and healthy sleeping surface.

Is a Copper Mattress in Anti Inflammatory?

Athletes have long since used copper bracelets and copper socks to help with joint pain. This is because Copper help reduce joint inflammation and arthritis due to it being essential in the formation of connective tissue in the body. 

What are the Anti Bacterial Properties of Copper?

Copper can help prevent bacteria from living inside your mattress. Copper works to actively prevent the growth of bacteria and various fungi. This can help to prevent odours from developing and keep your mattress clean. Studies have shown that copper has anti-microbial properties and offers beneficial effects when exposed to humans. 

How does Copper Benefit Your Mattress

Highgrove have developed the mattress with coppers anti-microbial properties in mind. The copper creates a film of protection on top of the foam which is closest to the sleeping surface of the mattress. This process also adds another level of support to your mattress. The copper will support the heavier parts of the body aligning the spine whilst you sleep. 

Aide Recovery 

Copper can also aide recovery by improving blood flow by maintaining iron levels, and reduce the build up of lactic acid in your muscles. By incorporating copper in the mattress it can improve recovery rate whilst you sleep at night. 

Copper and Heat

Copper is one of the most conductive materials on earth, with conductivity 20,000 times higher than that of conventional polythene foam. When copper particles are placed within the cell structure of the memory comfort it allows heat to escape resulting in a cooling effect. Overheating while sleeping is never good and it is recommended to be 16 -19 degrees Celsius in the bedroom. If your mattress is too hot it is likely fighting against you to get a better night’s sleep. 

By adding this innovative Sleep Technology to your mattress, Highgrove have been able to allow you to reap the benefits of a clean, cool and comfortable night’s sleep. The material is not only anti-microbial but can also help with arthritis. Plus, it is the perfect addition for any bed that wants to be cooler and cleaner. 

3 Great Sleep Podcasts

Podcasts are becoming more popular.  There are lots of genres choose from. From comedy to true crime, although we do not recommend the latter just before bed! We have been exploring some highly rated podcasts and we have narrowed down our top 3 below.

Planet Sleep

Planet Sleep’s podcast host Josh Thomas has put his soothing voice to great use. He creates a truly relaxing and immersive expierience. Combining soothing music and the tranquil sounds of nature. Whilst the content is not currently being renewed, the topics that are available to choose from range from space to spiritual journeys. As a result, we think this is a great podcast to listen to before bed.

4.8 stars on Apple Podcasts

 Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/planet-sleep-relaxing-nature-stories-sounds/id1573462096

Boring Books for Bedtime

Usually this wouldn’t be the most tempting title for a podcast. But if you are looking for something to put you to sleep then what could be better! Released weekly, the hosts use slow pace and monotonous tones to bore you to sleep. Mind numbing topics include art needlework and household management.

4.5 stars on Apple Podcasts

 Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep/id1438351534

Slow Radio – BBC Radio 3

Slow Radio is a celebration of soothing sounds. Listen to the calming tones of nature and the sounds of the earth. Episode topics do vary, but focus manly on nature. For instance, the ‘whale song’ is known to help you drift off into a peaceful sleep. Described as an escapist podcast, offering more than just ASMR.

4.6 stars on Apple Podcasts

Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/slow-radio/id1297180610

For more helpful tips on how to promote mindfulness and better sleep check out our blog on meditation and Sleep.

Yorkshire Beds – For Yorkshire Folk!

At Sleep Matters we are dedicated to providing our clients with the best beds and mattresses available in the UK. Luckily that means stocking beds and mattresses from premium skilled Yorkshire based manufacturers.

Our Yorkshire Beds and Mattress Manufacturers

There are so many great things about buying from Yorkshire  manufactures. Gods own country, as its correctly often referred to,  is home to some of the best bedmakers in the UK, and buying from local suppliers gives us the retailer more control over deliveries (especially when it comes to working with tight schedules.) We are able to visit the factory and send customers to the factories to, for example try different tensions of a mattress we may not have in store. To find out more about the brands we choose to work with and why visit our brands page.

         

What Buying Local Means…

Aside from the things we have already mentioned, buying locally also helps the world we all live in. Having a sustainable business is something we work towards passionately. We are constantly seeking products that are sustainable and do more good than harm to the environment. Buying locally reduces transmissions and helps us be a more ECO friendly business. 

So why not visit us to view our range of Yorkshire made beds and mattresses!

The New Year sometimes calls for a bit of a change, whether that be a new hair style – or a bit of a revamp in the bedroom. We of course are going to focus this blog on the latter, looking particularly at the headboards, divan and bedframes. 

If your mattress is in good working order and still performing how it should, but you fancy a change then focusing on your bed base is a great place to start. There are however a few things to consider when looking to buy a new bed without a mattress.

1. Is Your New Bedframe or Base Suitable For Your Current Mattress?

A Divan base can either be sprung (springs within the base) or solid. A Bed frame usually has flat slats or sprung slats.  It may be worth noting what your current base is, as placing a your existing mattress on a sprung base can change the feel ever so slightly. Sprung bases tend to have a bit more give in them, whereas a solid top base can make the mattress feel firmer.

It is important to recognise, that some mattresses require certain bases. For example: a latex or foam mattress may need ventilation and only be suitable for a sprung or slatted base. Whilst others may perform better on a solid top. 

When Buying a bedframe be aware of the slats – general guidelines stipulate that the slats be no more than 7cm apart, anymore than this and you can seriously compromise your mattress and invalidate your guarantee.

2. Is it the Right Fit?

 

The Standard UK size for bedframes and divans is simply in reference to what mattress dimensions. You will need to make sure you are taking into account the dimensions of the bed as a whole. 

Whilst Divans generally come in two pieces, headboards (especially floor standing) do not. A 5ft headboard may be an impressive addition to the divan, but you must make sure you have adequate access to get it into the bedroom. This will include taking measurements of all the entry points, any corners or low ceilings across the whole of your house and not just the bedroom. 

Taking note of measurements is especially important when it comes to bedframes. Most bedframes are substantially bigger than the mattress dimensions, both in length and width. So not only must you ensure you have adequate access, you also need to make sure it will not cause an obstruction in the bedroom. 

 

3. Do You Need Storage?

Beds are the focal point in every room, but they do take up a large amount of space in your room. It does then make sense  to try and utilise the space. The type of base you choose, will affect the type of storage you can have. Whilst some bedframes do contain drawers – which are great for storing light and relatively small items, it is more common to have a bedframe as an ottoman. 

An ottoman will provide you with a wealth of storage, divan options are usually as deep as the base, and ,can hold a ton of stuff, from toys to suitcases. You will however pay more for one. Adding an ottoman to a standard King Size frame roughly is an extra £250 pound on top of the price of the frame, this might seem steep but when you consider the price of storage its a relatively small amount! Think of it as a Floordrobe. 

 

 

Nothing says luxury like a beautiful statement bedframe in your room. 

Look at a bed as the forefront of design for your bedroom, don’t shy away because of the vast amount of space a bed can take up, instead, embrace the space as a stage for the grand event – you guessed it…sleep, fill it with the luxury you deserve. 

Heres a look at some of our favourite bedframes, which can be ordered from our Honley store in any size, with, or without storage and in a huge range of elegant fabrics to suit you. 

 

A Royal Bedframe

Enjoy a royally good sleep on this beautifully crafted bed. Offering a striking design, this bedframe features bold lines and unrivalled attention to detail. A true statement piece, its a grand looking bed which will add interest to any space. Visit us in store now…

Italian Style in Bed Form

Enjoy a taste of Italy with this contemporary-styled bed. Embracing clean simple lines, this design introduces a new, lower constructed headboard – perfect for smaller spaces. Visit us in store now…

A Curved Chesterfield Classic

Offering optimum comfort, the lovingly-handmade bedframe takes inspiration from the classic Chesterfield design. A sleigh-style bedstead, with gentle curves, turned legs and an overall aesthetic which will undoubtedly stand the test of time. Pair with the beautiful Otto footstool to finish the look. Visit us in store now…

A Classic Chesterfield Design 

Featuring a Classic shape. This bedframe ensures traditional, British styles are delivered in a neat and simple way. An instant hit in any bedroom, fine button detailing makes this a piece that is sure to stand out. Pair with the beautiful Otto footstool to finish the look. Visit us in store now…

An Art Deco Classic

An Art Deco influenced bed frame. This bedframe has been crafted to ensure supreme style and comfort. With smooth edges, bold lines and clean shapes, this frame is bound to be the focal point of any room.Visit us in store now…

Refined and Elegant 

With gently curved wings and attractive, buttoned detailing. This bedframe offers classic design which showcases a host of features. A practical choice for any bedroom, this brings a touch of elegance to any decor. Pair with the Bertrum buttoned seat.Visit us in store now…

As it turns out, when it comes to sleep, some positions are just better for us than others. We are going to look at the three main sleeping positions in this blog and explore the benefit assuming them can have for our health and well being. 

Sleeping Position 1: Side Sleepers 

 

The most common position of all and with good reason, as this position is the most comfortable.  Just under half of us choose to sleep this way and those that do will reap the benefits. Sleeping on your side can alliveate insomnia, back and hip pain and can even ward off acid reflux. The most comfortable way to sleep on your side, involves bending your knees upwards towards your chest. This is commonly known as the foetal position.The most common position of all and with good reason, as this position is the most comfortable.  Just under half of us choose to sleep this way and those that do will reap the benefits. Sleeping on your side can alliveate insomnia, back and hip pain and can even ward off acid reflux. The most comfortable way to sleep on your side, involves bending your knees upwards towards your chest. This is commonly known as the foetal position.

It is also recommended that you try to sleep on your left hand side. Sleeping this way will reduce pressure to your liver and actively improve blood circulation. 

Sleeping Position 2: Back Sleepers

According to the National Sleep Foundation sleeping on your back is the healthiest way to sleep, so long as you are receiving proper support from your mattress and bed (see our Sleep Guide to find out more.) Sleeping on your back allows your spine to remain in a neutral position as you sleep, allieviating added pressure on problem areas such as the neck shoulders and hips. But, back sleepers be warned – if you suffer from sleep apnea this is not the position for you and can actually be dangerous. You should also avoid sleeping on your back if you snore, as it can make the issue worse. 

 

Sleeping Position 3: Front Sleepers

Unlike sleeping on your back, sleeping on your front can, actually help to alleviate snoring. Unfortunately for front sleepers this is where the pro’s end. This position makes it really hard to keep your spine in a neutral position. Whilst some mattresses, like Dunlopillo, can help choosing this position night after night can cause unwanted aches and pains in many problem areas. 

 

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