This is a great value for a nice looking bed. Overall I am pleased with the purchase. When installing the stop boards that the drawers make contact with when you pull them out, it was necessary to use longer and bigger diameter screws to secure the stop boards. You cant go too long with the screws though or they will poke through the outer material of the bed and be a scratch hard.
Also if you buy a hybrid style mattress and dont have a sturdy mattress foundation (box spring). you will need to purchase 2 sheets of 3/4 OSB (plywood) from your local big box store and cut to fit a mattress support to sit on the inner bed rails for sufficient support of the mattress. 1 sheet of plywood is 48 (not wide enough). You can use the slat support legs that come with the stock slat kit to support the center of your plywood. There are other ways you can support a hybrid style mattress with this bed, the method I used with the plywood support and the support legs under the plywood has made the bed I purchased extremely sturdy and is perfect support for the hybrid mattress. Hope this helps. I would buy again!
nice bed except for a couple of unsturdy items
This is a great value for a nice looking bed. Overall I am pleased with the purchase. When installing the stop boards that the drawers make contact with when you pull them out, it was necessary to use longer and bigger diameter screws to secure the stop boards. You cant go too long with the screws though or they will poke through the outer material of the bed and be a scratch hard. Also if you buy a hybrid style mattress and dont have a sturdy mattress foundation (box spring). you will need to purchase 2 sheets of 3/4 OSB (plywood) from your local big box store and cut to fit a mattress support to sit on the inner bed rails for sufficient support of the mattress. 1 sheet of plywood is 48 (not wide enough). You can use the slat support legs that come with the stock slat kit to support the center of your plywood. There are other ways you can support a hybrid style mattress with this bed, the method I used with the plywood support and the support legs under the plywood has made the bed I purchased extremely sturdy and is perfect support for the hybrid mattress. Hope this helps. I would buy again!