Bed Sizes in Nepal: A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Fit

Bed sizes are usually described by the mattress they're built to hold, measured as width by length. The five sizes below cover almost every household need, from a single child's room to a shared master bedroom, though we also build custom sizes for irregular rooms or imported mattresses on request.

Mattress thickness has increased over the years — many spring and hybrid mattresses now run 8-10 inches thick, compared to the 4-5 inch coir mattresses common a generation ago. A bed frame designed for a thin mattress can look disproportionate or feel unstable with a thick modern mattress sitting well above the frame's side rails, so tell your furniture maker the mattress thickness you plan to use before the frame is built, not after.

This matters most for platform beds without a separate base, where the frame's side height is fixed at build time. Beds with a slatted or ply base built specifically for a given mattress thickness sit more securely and look proportionate, whereas mismatched combinations are one of the most common reasons customers come back asking for a frame modification.

Storage beds — with drawers, or full hydraulic lift-up bases — are popular in Kathmandu Valley apartments where cupboard space is limited, especially in one- or two-bedroom flats around Imadol and Ekantakuna. Hydraulic storage beds need slightly more mattress lift clearance and a firmer, appropriately weighted mattress that doesn't sag oddly when the base is raised; very soft foam mattresses aren't ideal on hydraulic bases since they can slump at the hinge line over time.

Drawer-based storage beds are simpler mechanically and work with almost any mattress type, but need floor clearance in front of the bed to fully open the drawers, which should be factored into your room layout from the start.

Bed size alone doesn't tell you whether a bed will work in a room — clearance does. A queen bed that technically fits a 10x10 room can still make the room feel cramped if there's no space to walk around it or open a wardrobe door beside it. As a general planning guide, leave at least 24-30 inches of walking space on the sides you'll regularly access, and more if that side also has a wardrobe or dressing table that needs door-opening clearance.

In many Kathmandu Valley apartment bedrooms — commonly built to accommodate a queen bed comfortably rather than a king — pushing to king size often means sacrificing a side table or walking space on one side. It's worth measuring your actual room, including door swing and wardrobe placement, before assuming a larger size will fit.

Once the bed size is set, bedding sizing follows: fitted sheets and duvet covers are sold to match single, double, queen and king dimensions, but locally stitched bedding in the Valley sometimes runs slightly looser than imported standard sizes to accommodate mattress depth variation, so it's worth checking mattress height against the bedsheet's stated pocket depth, especially for thicker modern mattresses over 8 inches.