Sturdy, fun, but buyer beware: comes in a MILLION PIECES and takes forever to assemble
PROS: This bed is super sturdy, and my 5yo son loves it. We love the steps because it seems safer than a ladder at this age, and he loves that he can store toys and things in it. I love that (even though the loft is pretty low) we can store bins of toys under it and he can play underneath it. Once everything is tightened up, the construction feels really secure. The pieces were very well labeled and the asembly instructions were clear. However, be warned
CONS: I joked to a friend that the only thing Ive ever bought that came in more pieces was a bag of granulated sugar. Its a good thing the pieces are labeled so meticulously and the instructions are simple and clear—all 41 pages of them—because man oh man, it is a LOT of steps and pieces. My husband and I thought wed put it together on a Friday when we were both home and our son was at school, to surprise him, but two days later we were still only on step 20 out of 41. Its ridiculous, because this thing COULD easily come partially assembled, so that youd just have to attach the major pieces to each other (support slats to rails and headboard and so on)—but nope, EVERY SINGLE TINY PIECE is separate: every slat, every bar, every screw and washer, probably a couple hundred pieces. Id estimate we spent a total of 12/15 hours on it. I think this would be super overwhelming if I were a single parent or hadnt had basically a whole weekend to devote to it. (As it was, my husband took the morning off work on Monday just to finish the @* thing.)
Sturdy, fun, but buyer beware: comes in a MILLION PIECES and takes forever to assemble
PROS: This bed is super sturdy, and my 5yo son loves it. We love the steps because it seems safer than a ladder at this age, and he loves that he can store toys and things in it. I love that (even though the loft is pretty low) we can store bins of toys under it and he can play underneath it. Once everything is tightened up, the construction feels really secure. The pieces were very well labeled and the asembly instructions were clear. However, be warned CONS: I joked to a friend that the only thing Ive ever bought that came in more pieces was a bag of granulated sugar. Its a good thing the pieces are labeled so meticulously and the instructions are simple and clear—all 41 pages of them—because man oh man, it is a LOT of steps and pieces. My husband and I thought wed put it together on a Friday when we were both home and our son was at school, to surprise him, but two days later we were still only on step 20 out of 41. Its ridiculous, because this thing COULD easily come partially assembled, so that youd just have to attach the major pieces to each other (support slats to rails and headboard and so on)—but nope, EVERY SINGLE TINY PIECE is separate: every slat, every bar, every screw and washer, probably a couple hundred pieces. Id estimate we spent a total of 12/15 hours on it. I think this would be super overwhelming if I were a single parent or hadnt had basically a whole weekend to devote to it. (As it was, my husband took the morning off work on Monday just to finish the @* thing.)