Queen Pillow Size Vs King

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Queen pillow size vs king.

The three most common pillow sizes are standard queen and king. A queen size pillow is 20 inches x 30 inches and placing two side by side fits a queen size bed. This not only fills all your pillow needs but allows some fun color and pattern combinations in your shams and pillow cases. You do need to buy bigger pillowcases if you use king pillows which measure 10 inches longer than standard pillows at 20 by 36 inches.

Choose a pillow size by first determining your bed size. For example a king size pillow measures 20 inches by 36 inches so that two king size pillows will match the 72 inch width of your king bed. Bed pillows are usually made to complement standard bed sizes. Queen pillows 20 x 30 queen size pillows are typically four inches larger than standard pillows though they do retain the same width.

Two standard pillows can be placed side by side on a queen bed and three can be used side by side on a king size bed. King pillows have an extra long measurement of 20 x 36 and two of them side by side are the perfect width for a standard king sized bed. A bigger size for your reading pillows king queen or euro and then layer the smaller size that you may prefer to sleep on in front. One pillow typically fits a twin bed while two can stretch out over a queen or full size bed.