[header] How to build a captain's bed from two dressers [title] Measure the dressers to get an idea of how the mattress will fit on them. [step] A standard queen mattress is 60 " wide and 80 " long. A full size is 54 " wide and 75 " long. 
The dressers used in this tutorial are 72 " long and 22 " wide. To make a queen sized bed, add 4 " to the head and foot ends for length and leave a 17 " gap between the dressers for width.