Originally Posted by
ghostrider
As an extreme example of what GrannieAnnie just said, my mattress and box spring sit directly on the floor with a mattress height of 15 inches; my daughter's antique four-poster has a mattress height of almost 4 feet...same sized mattress. LOL
My box springs sits on the floor and I still have to stretch to get into bed. A drop of a good 24" with just the matteress and springs. I can't use bedruffles since the springs are on the floor, so I usually have a nice looking bottom bottom sheet for the springs---------even if I have to make it.