>>2057445You swing your legs out and can stand up. But yes rolling ocer during sleep would suck, but even an inch clearance of retaining barrier would make accidentally rolling over the stair-side painful.
>>2057480Books you perhaps don't read as often; its a hassle but you can remove the first book, shunt the rest along, take out the next, shunt the rest along, repeat until book you want has enough clearance to remove.
Quite honestly I'd be more worried about all the dust being at nose-level, ergo nose at floor level all night long and breathing it in. Must wake up with one hell of a congested sinus in the morning.