Modern Beds too High up to climb into.

The Imea Malm bed is really low, 19" from top if mattress to the floor.
I'm 5'9" so it took some getting used to at first. I was setting up home after marriage breakdown and needed the cheapest bed I could find. That was the sturdiest, cheapest one. I've since changed the mattress for a better one and I'm perfectly happy with it. Had to buy a vacuum that would clean underneath it without having to take off the mattress and slats as the base is only 5" above the floor.

It could be a problem for me as osteoporosis has made me short. If it became a real problem I would saw the legs off.

I bought a drawer divan which is too high and has a memory foam mattress which I am not keen on. It isn't that I can't get on it but I feel that I am climbing into it. I had a drawer divan before which wasn't as high.
It isn't really old enough to justify replacing it but if I came into money I would replace that and my dryer which is also too big (I bought it before the washer and didn't realise that it was the wrong size).

I would probably trip over the footstool, grandtante!

My problem is low beds as I am 5'10" and everything is made for the "average" person. It is so nice to have my head supposrted on a big armchair/sofa, not have to squat to get in and out of low furniture!

Try using a solid footstool that stands securely at the side of your bed.

We have a high bed and a deep mattress, I’m 5’8 never ever had problem, don’t like low beds at all

We also have high toilets. Comfort height they are called and are certainly easier to get up from.

We stayed a fancy hotel in Ireland. The bed was so high I had to put pillows on the floor to reach the bed. Not an issue for my husband but difficult for me at 5'3".

Julia, I sympathise we must be the same shape! Also problem with swimsuits being too short even though I'm 5' 4" I also have a 27" inside leg!

I was 5ft 4 and am now 5ft 2 and our bed is really high as we have a divan bed, specially made that sits in an Edwardian bed frame, but the mattress turned out thicker than we expected.

I have never even thought about how I get in and out of bed until this thread, I went upstairs to check and found that like others, I sit on the bed then swing my legs up.

I couldn`t cope with one as low as that Scribbles, I`d be stuck there for the duration! No, just a normal height bed is all I ask for.

I love high beds and find low ones difficult to get out of. On a holiday in Malta about 15 years ago, we had a twin bed room where the beds were no more than 10cm from the floor. Both OH and I, being long legged people, found this very awkward. We spent the entire trip hoping the fire alarm didn't go off in the night - we'd have burned alive or died of smoke inhalation before we managed to scramble to our feet.

Our new bed is much higher. I don't have difficulty getting in, i just sit and swing my legs in.

However, I did say to DH that we must remember that it's higher when we get up in the night for the loo.

I don't like the high beds that have been the fashion for the last few years. We recently switched from queen to king sized bed. I went to have a look around the local furniture shop and hated the very high beds. We have a small room, so such a large bed would visually take up more space (does that make sense?) as well as be difficult to sit on.

We ended up getting a platform frame and foam mattress that does not need a box spring. It's really nice and we are both happy with it. I haven't measured how high it is, but it is exactly as high as my night table.

I know what you mean Julia, I`m 5`1", and find hotel beds very high. In one, I was sharing with one of my daughters, it took me ages to get into bed, she was killing herself laughing at me! I ended up doing what has been suggested, more or less anyway, I threw myself onto the bed bum first, then managed to swing my short, fat legs up onto the bed.

We had a very low ceiling in bedroom of old cottage. We bought a divan bed but got the legs taken off and furniture wheels put directly on base. It was handy when children were small and got into our bed, as if they fell out, it wasn’t far!

It would be too low for us now, but agree that modern beds are too high. I think it’s mostly due to very thick mattresses.

I'm 5'3" and have a high bed specifically because my knees can't,don't, won't bend. I just stand at the side of the bed and swing the leg nearest the bed out straight and get into bed that way. As long as the bed is level with my hips that's fine with me.

I think it must be me then and a combination of short legs and a dodgy knee that just refuses to do what l ask of it! If l stand at the side of the bed, the mattress surface is above hip height, so any chance of bottom wriggling, or even sitting on the edge of the bed is non existant! My DH once measured the matress height of a brand new hotel bed and it was a whopping 36inches off the floor, my own bed is only 26 inches so quite a difference. Luckily their was a disability shop nearby and thats when we went out and bought the half step, which is really handy when tackling high steps or getting into these types of bed. Most of my total height is in my long body midriff, l have always found swimsuits and corsetry too short, the bra section was often down around my waist, and no where near the bit where it should have been!

I am 5ft 4ins and have no problems with a high bed.

It could be that climbing forwards into bed is the problem. Turn your back on the bed.

Try sitting halfway down the bed with your bum well back (and the covers turned down, obviously) and swing your legs up and under the covers. If you are sharing a double or kingsize bed, you will then be sitting up in approximately the right position, and can lie down. If you are alone in a wide bed, you will have to shoogle into the middle.

Getting out is the opposite - Lie on your side, bring your knees up so that your feet hang over the edge, and sit up facing the side of the bed so that you can stand up.

I love our high bed. I can climb into it on my knees and getting up I just sit up and get out as if it were a high seat. Low beds are much more of a problem for me.

I'm 5' 5" too (a bit short) and have an extra deep mattress. I had shorter legs put on the bed base at home to compensate!

I've not had a problem with high beds, fortunately.

I think it could be more of a problem trying to get up from a very low one, especially if you have a troublesome back, or knees etc.

I agree with JukiaM. My son laughed when he saw our new bed and deep mattress and asked if I kept a stepladder handy. I stay in Premier Inns regularly. Beds are comfy but yes, high.