Tall footboards require that the bedspread be tucked into the gap between the footboard and the mattress.
Gap between mattress and footboard.
I bought my mattress about 4 or 5 years ago.
Closes space between mattress and headboard footboard.
Prevents arm and leg entrapment.
Check pieces and determine measurements.
It was supposed to be a standard king.
If you prefer you could push the mattress all the way up to the headboard and fasten the stop gap board s to the footboard instead.
Wedge shape fills gaps up to three inches.
The number of boards you use depends on how wide the gap is.
Short footboards can either have the bedspread tucked behind the footboard or allowed to cover it.
Diy headboard mattress gap filler so full disclosure this gap filler technically goes between the foot board and the mattress not the headboard and the mattress.
In many cases when there s a gap between the headboard and mattress it is simply because the box spring isn t positioned correctly.
Stand at the bottom end of the bed and try to push the box spring until it hits the headboard.
When they arrived and set everything up i also noticed that there was a huge gap between the mattress and the rails and the mattress and the headboard footboard though not as much.
It pushes the mattress all the way up to the headboard so that the gap doesn t occur at all.