How can I cover the footboard of a bed to soften rough edges?
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Redcatcec
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My husband has diabetic neuropathy in his feet and keeps bumping the corners of the bulky footboard of the bed with his shins, causing cuts, scrapes, and bruises. The wood foot board sticks out 6" from the side of the mattress as you are facing the foot of the bed and the foot board is 5" thick. It is a fancy carved pattern with curves and not straight up and down on the corners. A split open pool noodle is too small. What can I cover the corners of the footboard with that is padded well enough to prevent injury? It would need to cover the entire corner of the footboard...meaning the part where it is exposed to the room and the part where it joins to the sideboards?
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Hi Red. Your husband seems like mine. You'd think after a few times they'd learn to move around instead of into! We did the first wrap around with poly batting stuffed into fabric tubes I stitched together with fabric matching the bedding. Attached it with zip ties. He kept hitting into it. 2nd attempt, we added a layer of bubble wrap beneath the stuffed fabric. This made it stick out even more. Third time was the charm, I removed the footboard. No more cussing, bruises, or cuts! Good luck😊
I was going to suggest making a padded slipcover for it. Karen may have a better idea.
My rails were attached to the foot board. Ended up getting a regular metal bed frame and attached the headboard. It does make the room feel much larger, so something good comes from it! Still feels ornate. Wrap the feet of the frame cause he'll still find them with his toes!😂.
If you can make a pattern, use two layers of polar fleece with quilt batting between. This should be sufficiently thick as to cushion impacts. The neuropathy makes it virtually impossible to prevent foot injuries, shy of placing a laser beam around the footboard, with flashing lights :(.