I got the cherry because it was $50 less than the other colors ($150 at the moment), and it turned out to be a beautiful choice! You can tell it is made from small pieces of wood glued together but I guess thats what you get unless you want to spend a lot more money. It doesnt really affect the aesthetics, at least not for me. Even being composed of smaller pieces of wood it feels incredibly sturdy. No creaking or squeaking or wobbling, zero movement at all. I put it together by myself very quickly, its simple and includes easy to understand instructions. If youve ever put together a piece of ikea furniture this will be a piece of cake for you. The pieces all fit together snugly other than a slight gap between one of the leg and sideboard pieces, even with the bolts screwed down tight, but thats not bad for a pre/drilled, mass produced item. Its WONDERFUL they included a ratchet allen wrench instead of the plain old hand crank allen wrench. The slats being attached to Velcro was very cool, fun to just unroll them and stick em on! I have a 12 thick mattress and since I didnt want my bed to be so tall (and also one of my little dogs wouldve had trouble jumping up unassisted) I had planned to cut the legs shorter, which I did on a bandsaw. I did not realize when I ordered that the stabilizing bar and its 3 legs that run across the center was metal… luckily my dad helped me to cut them with a hacksaw. So it was a bit of extra effort, but it was worth it. I cut 4.5 off of the legs, so its pretty short now! I think it looks really good though, I love the style of a low rise bed. Its cry how there are no low rise beds on , at least not currently. Or maybe my mattress is just too thick lol (its a puffy deluxe and its very comfy). Also no slipping or sliding of the mattress, even before I peeled off the sticky strips to use them. I love my new bed!
Excellent! Sturdy and good looking
I got the cherry because it was $50 less than the other colors ($150 at the moment), and it turned out to be a beautiful choice! You can tell it is made from small pieces of wood glued together but I guess thats what you get unless you want to spend a lot more money. It doesnt really affect the aesthetics, at least not for me. Even being composed of smaller pieces of wood it feels incredibly sturdy. No creaking or squeaking or wobbling, zero movement at all. I put it together by myself very quickly, its simple and includes easy to understand instructions. If youve ever put together a piece of ikea furniture this will be a piece of cake for you. The pieces all fit together snugly other than a slight gap between one of the leg and sideboard pieces, even with the bolts screwed down tight, but thats not bad for a pre/drilled, mass produced item. Its WONDERFUL they included a ratchet allen wrench instead of the plain old hand crank allen wrench. The slats being attached to Velcro was very cool, fun to just unroll them and stick em on! I have a 12 thick mattress and since I didnt want my bed to be so tall (and also one of my little dogs wouldve had trouble jumping up unassisted) I had planned to cut the legs shorter, which I did on a bandsaw. I did not realize when I ordered that the stabilizing bar and its 3 legs that run across the center was metal… luckily my dad helped me to cut them with a hacksaw. So it was a bit of extra effort, but it was worth it. I cut 4.5 off of the legs, so its pretty short now! I think it looks really good though, I love the style of a low rise bed. Its cry how there are no low rise beds on , at least not currently. Or maybe my mattress is just too thick lol (its a puffy deluxe and its very comfy). Also no slipping or sliding of the mattress, even before I peeled off the sticky strips to use them. I love my new bed!