Pretty easy to assemble / looks more expensive than it is
I was encouraged by other reviews I had read, and just put the bed together slowly, without tightening everything up until Step 9. Everything is labelled clearly, and you get a parts list to check before you get started (highly recommend doing this). I put it together in about 3 hours / and it looks pretty great.
I think I imagined the storage space to be bigger than it is, but honestly, its plenty. We replaced an old Ikea Mandal platform bed with storage with this bed, because a 4/drawer bed means you are forced to out the bed in the center of the sleeping area to use both sets of . The center lift means we can have the bed right up by the windows, its got a bench below it, and theres no loss of access at all.
Note: the bed is harder to push back down than to lift up, but I think thats maybe a safety feature.
All in all, it was well packed, the s are , rather than , the fabric finish is nice and understated, and its not hard to assemble, especially if youve done a fair amount of Ikea assembling in the past.
Pretty easy to assemble / looks more expensive than it is
I was encouraged by other reviews I had read, and just put the bed together slowly, without tightening everything up until Step 9. Everything is labelled clearly, and you get a parts list to check before you get started (highly recommend doing this). I put it together in about 3 hours / and it looks pretty great. I think I imagined the storage space to be bigger than it is, but honestly, its plenty. We replaced an old Ikea Mandal platform bed with storage with this bed, because a 4/drawer bed means you are forced to out the bed in the center of the sleeping area to use both sets of . The center lift means we can have the bed right up by the windows, its got a bench below it, and theres no loss of access at all. Note: the bed is harder to push back down than to lift up, but I think thats maybe a safety feature. All in all, it was well packed, the s are , rather than , the fabric finish is nice and understated, and its not hard to assemble, especially if youve done a fair amount of Ikea assembling in the past.