Thanks all... The main thing I do remember is that I was proud of how it got transformed... I won't overplay the results, however, considering what I started with, it was one helluva achievement bearing in mind the location (workshop), tools and my inexperience (in everything)... and a new siren for a bride ever ready to lure me to that other room with the big bed, (with my "love" of reading... guess which side of the bed was mine?).
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD