My husband (who is pretty handy) was able to assemble this by himself in roughly three hours but there was definitely a lot of cursing during the process. There are about a thousand parts with seventeen different types of screws, and the wood parts are labeled with a indelible ink that has you staring trying to figure out if the number is a 1 or a 4. The instructions are like what youd get at ikea (although the wood for this bed is thinner than what weve gotten through ikea) with no written instructions and just lots of diagrams and numbers and arrows, so its easy to mistakenly assemble pieces the wrong direction only to realize holes arent aligned and you have to take apart and re/do. The top bunk is connected to the bottom using a small wooden dowel and is absolutely unsafe on its own / we have to get brackets to secure the beds together plus figure out a way to secure it to the wall to be safe and unwobbly.
Some other nits: the stock pictures do not show visible screws so I assumed these came with white screw covers and they do not. Plus maybe its because we couldnt figure out the instructions but there are holes leftover with nothing to go into them (see picture). We also have a purple mattress for the bottom bunk which ended up being too thick for the ladder to connect so keep in mind your mattress heights too (top bunk we have a 6 memory foam mattress and we probably couldve gone up to 8 which would help with not feeling the slats underneath).
On the plus side, it is a cute bed and the kids like it. I like that the ladder is angled and easy to climb (once we figure out a way to install it). Theres room underneath for storage. Its a good height where you dont worry about the kid on top while offering space for the kid on the bottom. I just question its sturdiness and longevity given the materials (they claim it can hold up to 300+ lbs but theres no way based on what we can tell). But at least it didnt break the bank so I wont feel as bad tossing it when the time comes. highly disappointed!!!
Not as good as IKEA
My husband (who is pretty handy) was able to assemble this by himself in roughly three hours but there was definitely a lot of cursing during the process. There are about a thousand parts with seventeen different types of screws, and the wood parts are labeled with a indelible ink that has you staring trying to figure out if the number is a 1 or a 4. The instructions are like what youd get at ikea (although the wood for this bed is thinner than what weve gotten through ikea) with no written instructions and just lots of diagrams and numbers and arrows, so its easy to mistakenly assemble pieces the wrong direction only to realize holes arent aligned and you have to take apart and re/do. The top bunk is connected to the bottom using a small wooden dowel and is absolutely unsafe on its own / we have to get brackets to secure the beds together plus figure out a way to secure it to the wall to be safe and unwobbly. Some other nits: the stock pictures do not show visible screws so I assumed these came with white screw covers and they do not. Plus maybe its because we couldnt figure out the instructions but there are holes leftover with nothing to go into them (see picture). We also have a purple mattress for the bottom bunk which ended up being too thick for the ladder to connect so keep in mind your mattress heights too (top bunk we have a 6 memory foam mattress and we probably couldve gone up to 8 which would help with not feeling the slats underneath). On the plus side, it is a cute bed and the kids like it. I like that the ladder is angled and easy to climb (once we figure out a way to install it). Theres room underneath for storage. Its a good height where you dont worry about the kid on top while offering space for the kid on the bottom. I just question its sturdiness and longevity given the materials (they claim it can hold up to 300+ lbs but theres no way based on what we can tell). But at least it didnt break the bank so I wont feel as bad tossing it when the time comes. highly disappointed!!!