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A wooden double bed with drawers is a bed and a chest of drawers in one footprint. Unlike a hydraulic or box bed, you open it every day without lifting the mattress, which is why it suits a bedroom that has no room for a separate chest. The one thing it needs: clear floor on the drawer side, 24 inches of it, so a drawer bed cannot go against the wall on that side.
Double bed sizes in India
Size
Inches
Feet
Sleeps
Double
48 × 75
4 × 6.25
2, snugly
Queen (sold as “double bed queen size”)
60 × 78
5 × 6.5
2
King (sold as “double bed king size”)
72 × 78
6 × 6.5
2 with room
On Amazon India “double bed” often means any bed for two; the dimensions line tells you which. Double vs queen, explained.
Drawer types
Two side drawers on one long side: the common type. Put the drawers on the open side of the bed.
Four drawers, two each side: needs both sides clear, so a bed in the middle of a 12-foot room.
Foot drawer: one wide drawer at the foot, which leaves both sides free to stand against walls. Rare and worth looking for in a small room.
Drawers plus box: drawers at the side and a lift-up box in the middle; the most storage of any bed.
What to check
Runners. Metal runners slide for years; drawers on wooden rails stick in the monsoon. The listing or the photos show which.
Drawer depth. A drawer under a bed is 6 to 8 inches deep, right for sheets and clothes, not quilts. For quilts, a box bed.
Weight. 60 to 90 kg for a solid sheesham double; the drawers add to it.
Which side the drawers are on, if only one. Some listings let you choose.
Wooden beds with drawers on Amazon India, highest scores