box spring on bottom of bunk bed?I have a really comfortable full bed set but we are adopting children and the rooms would work out better if we got bunk beds so the two oldest could share the bedroom downstairs and not be woken by the baby during the night.We are looking at full/twin bunk beds. Could I use the full mattress and box springs on the bunk below? I wouldn't want to have to get rid of it and probably get something else less comfortable. The children are young, 5 and 6 so there wouldn't be a problem with not enough space between bunks for sitting up. For the top, we would get a bunk bed set up so as not to raise that bed any higher.
I'm a little confused.. but I think I understand your question... correct me if I'm wrong. The boxspring won't fit with the mattress, you'll be able to use the mattress but the box spring, no.
You can buy just the top bunk and slid your bed under.
I myself am looking into doing this. I have two full beds and want to turn them into a full bunk bed for my son. My husband is going to build the bunk bed set. So, I am going to measure everything to see if it will work. I agree with you, I don't want to throw out a nice bed and trade it for a mattress with no box springs. I don't know if your husband is handy, but I am thinking about having the bunk bed built so that the bottom is not a lot of room under the bed. That way the room can be used for the box springs. Under the bed always ends up being a mess anyway. Good luck :)
