How High is Too High???

Okay, our Broyhill Queen Sleighbed bedroom set was delivered this week .. and we were in desperate need of a mattress set .. so we shopped .. and found a set we loved.

Now, I was set in my head I wanted a low profile box spring .. however, in shopping around .. it seemed that no one had it in stock .. ultimately, after seeing other sleighbeds with regular boxsprings and mattresses .. I thought that would be fine .. and I really wanted the matress set quickly .. so I decided to settle and go for it .. now I'm not sure if it's too high!!


The low profile boxspring would be 4 1/2 inches shorter .. our mattress (measures 14') is the Stearns & Foster 'Chrisswell' from Rockaway Bedding .. or the 'C' Series Pillow Top .. the name changes depending on where you get it .. at Sleepy's .. it's the 'Chappelhall' .. or other places the 'Chesterbury.'

Anyway .. I can have the box spring exchanged for the low profile .. however, I don't totally hate this current set .. maybe I'm just not used to it .. our other bed was very low to the floor .. and I'm worried that if I go through the trouble of having an exchange done .. maybe I won't like it the other way!

Oh, I'm so confused!!


Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are?? The mattress doesn't come up to the very top edge of the footboard, it's maybe about 2 inches below .. but I'm 5'6' and when I sit on the side of the bed, my feet don't hit the ground ... not even my toes ... same with hubby .. who is 6' tall! The Queen comforter I have, barely comes down to the siderails .. and the top of the mattress is above the top of the nightstands.

I've looked on-line at pictures of sleighbeds .. and have noticed that the heights vary tremendously on how they are displayed .. is there a 'correct' way???

Here's our set .. not our actual bedroom:

Do you have a pic?

I think its probably better that the mattresses come high on a sleigh bed b/c im always kicking my footboard and it annoys me to no end.

At really nice B&B, they have extremely high beds and that little footstoll to get to the floor with. SO I think if it looks okay, you can make it look very luxurious and romantic.

Trying again to post the pic:

And yet another try:
(Finally!! Right now, I'm thinking my only concern is that the mattress comes a bit above the nightstands .. and I was thinking it would be more appropriate for them to at least be level.) My mom suggested adding the footstool .. but that makes me think that dummy me would trip over it!

We just got our new mattress and bed delivered this weekend, and I was going to post the SAME question, we didn't get a sleigh bed but it is a footboard and headboard and will the high frame AND box spring and pillow top mattress - you don't even see the footboard post when laying down, I will try to post a picture of one from a website. I think I can get use to it but it is sooo hight and I am 5'2'

My set is similar to this one and see the footboard post - the mattress is higher then them!

I had trouble with posting a picture too .. but finally just went back to the one I had posted on a previous thread and used that one.

Can you post a link to the picture you've found???

My mom is coming over soon to take a look and give us her opinion on our set.

Okay .. mom came over .. and said she thinks it looks fine .. that if the bed were a more modern looking type of style .. it probably wouldn't work .. but this works, if we like it.

So, since I don't 'hate' it .. and really don't want to go through the hassle of exchange and another delivery, we've decided to keep it as is.

Mom was surprised at how thick the actual mattress is .. not the boxspring, but the mattress ... but I told her it only measures 14 inches .. and many other mattress now measure more .. like 16 to 18 inches.

Guess now it's just a matter of getting used to the big difference, since our previous bed was so much lower than this.

Any other comments??? Anyone else have a sleighbed (or bed with a footboard) willing to share their thoughts???

ETS: anyone know where to find the foot stools???

We have a bed with a footboard. When I was reading your post and you said the mattress came up higher than the night tables I thought hmm that dosent sound right. This morning I looked at my bed and realized that mine do too - and they look ablsolutely fine.

Go with what you are comfortable with - its your house.

Remember how we always used to say its your wedding.

I don’t know why I couldn’t post the picture- but like you decided, we too are going to keep it the way it is, I will get use to it and it doesn’t look too bad and hopefully we will have a bigger bedroom someday (we are in a one bedroom co-op now) and our doggy can't jump on the bed anymore