Yesterday, I did a major declutter with my bed. The bed frame is new; I already had a mattress and a box-springs set. When the bed frame was installed, I had the movers layer the box-springs under the mattress on the bed frame.
Well, yesterday I extricated the box springs. Now the mattress sits on top of the bed frame. The box-springs are on the floor next to the bed.
Eventually I will have to get the box out altogether, I suppose that means calling 1-800-GOT-JUNK again. But for now it is enough that the bed itself is workable.
With the box-springs, the bed was just too high, dangerously so. And everything had this teetering feeling when I lay on top. Now the bed feels firm and solid and the height is easy to get on and off of.