When you assemble this bed, you will see a couple of strips on the slats that say remove the upper strip. The strip beneath is sticky and helps to hold the mattress in place. I hired someone to assemble the bed and he removed the upper strips. Unfortunately, the lower strip said Remove upper strip. Not realizing that the upper one had already been removed, I inadvertently removed the lower sticky strip. The lower strip should say, Do not remove. Anyway, I contacted the manufacturer and asked if they could send me a couple of the strips. I made it very clear that I didnt need anything but the two sticky strips and sent a picture of the bed to them. Instead, what they sent me is another set of the slats. Anyway, Im am happy with the bed. It looks exactly as pictured. I put a mattress on it and it is very comfortable and the mattress doesnt move despite the missing sticky strips. I would caution that if two very large and/or heavy people plan to sleep in it, you may want to make sure how much weight it supports.
Good bed for the money
When you assemble this bed, you will see a couple of strips on the slats that say remove the upper strip. The strip beneath is sticky and helps to hold the mattress in place. I hired someone to assemble the bed and he removed the upper strips. Unfortunately, the lower strip said Remove upper strip. Not realizing that the upper one had already been removed, I inadvertently removed the lower sticky strip. The lower strip should say, Do not remove. Anyway, I contacted the manufacturer and asked if they could send me a couple of the strips. I made it very clear that I didnt need anything but the two sticky strips and sent a picture of the bed to them. Instead, what they sent me is another set of the slats. Anyway, Im am happy with the bed. It looks exactly as pictured. I put a mattress on it and it is very comfortable and the mattress doesnt move despite the missing sticky strips. I would caution that if two very large and/or heavy people plan to sleep in it, you may want to make sure how much weight it supports.