*IF* I had ever brushed my teeth with Brylcreem when I was 12 years old, I have mercifully forgotten about it now..

I did though, just this past January, build a fancy headboard for our new bed, with bookcases and everything.....making it about 9" deep...then I had to put a piece of plywood on the back to fasten it to the little brackets on the bedframe....so, I measured VERY carefully, cut, sanded, and screwed it on with about 30 drywall screws. Had my son help me carry it upstairs, and slid it in behind the bed and.....

....did I mention up there that I put the plywood on the BACK of the headboard construction? Yep....which made the plywood the full 9" from the brackets it needed to be attached to. The FRONT of the assembly rests against the bed frame. (Like 2 books on a shelf...the front of one rests against the back of the next.)

Only took me a couple of hours to redesign, re-cut and re-assemble it all...and it looks wonderful!