That was five years ago so I don’t remember exactly where he was… but he shipped the rails to us in Colorado so you don’t have to be local! Score! See where the seam is on the rail above? That’s where the extention was welded on. If you are an expert antique cast iron welder then don’t bother asking me for tips… go lengthen those rails! If you happen to be in the 99.9% of the population that doesn’t know how to lengthen cast iron (that would be me!) it’s ok! We did a quick google search for extended queen bed rails and were able to find a gentlemen who specializes in this sort of thing. Longer rails! In order for the larger mattress to fit your bed rails have to be about 6 inches longer. So what exactly are the steps? Well friend, I’m glad you asked! UPDATE: Want to see this little bed after 10 years of use? I update it here! Luckily I really haven’t had a problem with it! The Queen size mattress will be a tad bit wider than your headboard and footboard. A Queen size bed is both longer and wider than a double… so in order for the conversion to work the rails have to become longer to support the added length… and you have to be okay with a little overhang. We knew right away that if we wanted it to work we would have to find a way to convert the rails to a queen size… a double just wouldn’t cut it. We took it home and set it up in our guest room… I hadn’t moved out yet and we wanted to see how it looked. So that means I have been sleeping on my antique double bed for almost 5 years. Well my friends you are about to hear a success story! My mom bought this double size antique cast iron bed frame for me straight out of college. (I know you can sometimes convert a full to a queen, but I haven’t heard many success stories with that.) One reason we had just a metal frame for our own queen bed for so long is that I couldn’t find an antique bed frame that would fit a queen mattress and I couldn’t find a new bed that had the antique look I was going for. I am soooo excited! I have been waiting to write this post ever since I read Miss Mustard Seed’s post about her new guest bed! Here’s what she says:
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