Why not a box pleat bed skirt? It will cover the frame. https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/wrap-around-wonderskirt-bed-skirt/3245502?skuId=43480791&mcid=PS_googlepla_nonbrand_bedding_online&product_id=43480791&adtype=pla&product_channel=online&adpos=1o2&creative=224102837717&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&mrkgadid=558422912&mrkgcl=609&rkg_id=h-729d51358758100f9b7650e451c55d86_t-1515687472&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt7Wk5KfQ2AIVDI1pCh3idQYHEAYYAiABEgI6MPD_BwE

I used a fitted sheet to cover the boxspring on my son's bed, and while it was fine for him, i think a box spring cover, being more tailored, would look nicer. As in, it wouldn't look like you fudged by using a less-expensive fitted sheet.

Loonlakelaborcamp - I like that idea. It's easy, inexpensive, and I can even tuck in the skirt, which is what I did on my guest bed.

bpathome - good to know that you tried the fitted sheet. Do you have color suggestions?

apple_pie_order - the bed is actually polished nickel. I think black would be too dark & stand out with the rest of my room, so I'll probably go with a lighter/warmer color. Here's a photo that shoes more of my room:

Perhaps a chocolate colour? And yes...the cat takes precedence when thinking of tiding up for a photo :-)

In our house, when the phone rings, we can often be heard saying, "Can you get the phone? I have cats [sitting on my lap]". Cat comfort is paramount!

bpathome - good to know that you tried the fitted sheet. Do you have color suggestions?

My son's bed is blue wood, and his linens were blue, so I used a light blue sheet. It looked okay for a kid. Actually, first I used a yellow sheet in his previous blue-and-yellow bedroom. The light blue looked better in his new bedroom with khaki walls, but still not real tidy. For your brass bed, maybe a quilted boxspring cover in a shade of your comforter.

SJ McCarthy - Glad you understand about cats taking precedence. It is with great regret that I've occasionally been so uncomfortable as to need to remove cat from lap to use the rests room.

bpathom - bed is nickel, not brass, so more silvery in color. My bedding changes regularly, so I don't want to match any particular color as much as I want to go with something really neutral.

Well, I went to Target and bought a bed skirt in dark grey. I don't think it's right. They also have it in white and in cream. I'm thinking cream might be better. What do you think?

I admire beds with a bed skirt but always stick to bed spreads that come to the floor and cover up the box spring and bed frame. A bed with a skirt is always hard to make for me....gotten keep that skirt straight and neat. If you got a bigger coverlet would it cover your box spring and bed frame?

I just went and tucked the skirt under the box spring, and think it looks better this way.

Erinsean - yeah, I like the way it looks with bedding going farther down, but I don't seem able to maintain the bed so that the bedding comes down far enough on all sides. It always ends up looking messy for me.

This is better, I think. Is the color OK when it's tucked in?

The grey looks too cool to me relative to the other colors in the room.

It does look better tucked in but the color is sorta off from the rest of the room. I used a tan jersey knit fitted sheet over the box springs I put together when we reno'ed after the Harvey flooding, I didn't like the jersey sheet set for the bed but the fitted works great on the box springs, there's some stretch to it so it looks fitted and smooth.

I use a fitted sheet - cat is too tempted to claw a skirt. Plus then I don't have to vacuum cat hair off it.

I think a box pleat skirt might work for you.