My daughter wanted this bed so that she could have a desk in her smallish room. We were redecorating her room anyway so gave it a try. It wasnt hard to put together but I had to assemble the two ends and the mattress support and then we lifted it upright. Assembling it upright would have been a nightmare. The fit was almost perfect. The front rail did not seat perfectly but, all in all, everything else went together fine. The shipper charges to bring the thing into either your house or your garage so read the shipping instructions for the phone number to call so that 2 guys show up to carry it for you. It comes in 2 boxes and one is 100+ lbs and the other is 150+ lbs. I just paid the $100 and had them bring it into my garage where I could take the individual pieces into the room for assembly (much easier). The instructions are just fine and you just have to make sure the ladders face front. The mattress support is labeled with a front sticker so no problems there. I left off the keyboard tray since my daughter uses a laptop and I find them pretty much useless anyway.
Its a good sturdy, made and painted in China, bed. (so I dont know if its toxic or not). I just hope she doesnt slip and fall off of it in the morning when shes groggy. I uploaded a picture and you can see how good it looks (hers is the one on the laminate floor).
Pretty Sturdy Bed
My daughter wanted this bed so that she could have a desk in her smallish room. We were redecorating her room anyway so gave it a try. It wasnt hard to put together but I had to assemble the two ends and the mattress support and then we lifted it upright. Assembling it upright would have been a nightmare. The fit was almost perfect. The front rail did not seat perfectly but, all in all, everything else went together fine. The shipper charges to bring the thing into either your house or your garage so read the shipping instructions for the phone number to call so that 2 guys show up to carry it for you. It comes in 2 boxes and one is 100+ lbs and the other is 150+ lbs. I just paid the $100 and had them bring it into my garage where I could take the individual pieces into the room for assembly (much easier). The instructions are just fine and you just have to make sure the ladders face front. The mattress support is labeled with a front sticker so no problems there. I left off the keyboard tray since my daughter uses a laptop and I find them pretty much useless anyway. Its a good sturdy, made and painted in China, bed. (so I dont know if its toxic or not). I just hope she doesnt slip and fall off of it in the morning when shes groggy. I uploaded a picture and you can see how good it looks (hers is the one on the laminate floor).