So, I bought this fantastic looking bed, with 12 storage drawers. It has a book case headboard, which is wonderful for storing my pills, eye lube, eye drops, glasses...and other 'sundry' stuff that will remain unsaid....if you have Sjogren's or Sicca, you get the idea.

This bed also has a footboard, which in my lifetime thus far, has seemed like an extravance I could not justify. A headboard, yes, a footboard, nope....until now, since I am old, (kinda) I figure, what the he11, I'm worth it. Thing is, this footboard must rise to the occassion of 12 storage drawers, which are 2 rows of 3 stacked on each other, bilaterally (3+3=6x2=12), which makes it pretty much mid thigh....add small fiber neuropathy....and you have 2 half dollar sized, aubergine, purple, magenta bruises on each lateral thigh....I reinforce each bruise, every time I round that corner exiting the room and one for each time I round the corner to get to my bedside....ufff....you think it would sink in after a few trips!

The foam pipe insulation I installed on the corners looks great........it really complements the Shaker styling of the bed....that I paid a small fortune for, since it looked so nice in the catalog.

It is not so bad having to have a step stool to get into bed either....at least my clothes are not laying all over the floor any more....and my dogs have more floor space to sleep.

I have learned to mount this bed successfully, and have not fallen out and given myself a skull fracture....and maybe eventually I will learn to walk AROUND the bed, not into it....and, I swear there is a pea under that mattress somewhere. Ya think?