After nearly a year with this bed, I can safely say. .
The construction pieces are garbage.
Now hold on, before you roll your eyes and say I dont know how to build furniture or decide against buying this bed entirely, let me elaborate. All of the furniture I own is furniture I have to build. I dont buy second/hand furniture because I dont know what you did on that couch, and I dont buy pre/built furniture because I would rather just mess it up myself than pay someone else to mess it up for me. That said, I have a lot of DIY furniture.
The shelving system in this bed is absolutely horrendous. Some of the tracks came bent before we even installed them, but we decided, hey, we can just bend that into place ourselves and itll be fine!
If the other pieces came in a passable condition, that is.
My boyfriend and I spent hours working with stripped screws, unaligned holes and track pieces on the actual shelves that didnt match up to track pieces on the bed. If it was just bent track pieces then fine, but were fairly certain we were sent the wrong pieces entirely. Our stick/tuitiveness being what it is, we still tried to build the darned thing no matter how it fought us.
The storage is fine, but for the price point, you would expect sturdier shelves. I dont know how much this bed is going for now, but it was a 500 USD buy for us, and you would think that means the bottom of the shelves wouldnt come dislodged when you put four bath sheets in it, but we have now limited it to two bath sheets.
Assuming we can get to the bath sheets in general. Since, you know. The tracks have been banged up since day one.
We ended up taking out a couple of shelves entirely. We have no idea what to do with them because they only go to this infernal contraption that was supposed to be a space/saver, but instead it caused more head/scratching on where should this go? Can we put this extra shelf up there? Should we just put it inside the damned bed?
The bed itself takes up more space than an ox (we got a queen), so you would think the supports on it would be great. Not even a year later and the whole thing is already squeaking when we get into it, like a platform bed after a music festival weekend.
Its clearly not meant to last for regular use, and were not big people / my partner is a 62 guy and Im 53. Collectively we weigh less than 400 lbs, so unless this bed is meant for a single un/American human, which, despite how I squint I do not see not for American couples in the fine print // then how in the world are we meant to keep the supports from screeching at us every time we turn over? A restful nights sleep this bed does not make.
So, to recap: assembly would have been easy if the parts were un/damaged and/or the correct parts* upon arrival. Since I dont make beds for a living, I had no way of knowing if they were definitely the right tracks for this bed, but I can safely say a year later that they were clearly not and I shouldve listened to my gut on returning the darned thing.
Sturdiness is not great. Weve already had to take out shelves because theyre more of a hassle than a convenience now, and the bed itself screeches at us for so much as looking at it. My cat already does that, thank you.
Storage capacity: you can fit a couple of bath sheets into these without their bottoms falling out onto the shelf below it, ensuring you will never get either of them open again.
In short, if you have the 500 USD to spend and youre a single person, sure! Maybe this bed is for you.
If youre expecting a storage saver thatll make your life less of a hassle, find something else.
After nearly a year with this bed, I can safely say. .
The construction pieces are garbage. Now hold on, before you roll your eyes and say I dont know how to build furniture or decide against buying this bed entirely, let me elaborate. All of the furniture I own is furniture I have to build. I dont buy second/hand furniture because I dont know what you did on that couch, and I dont buy pre/built furniture because I would rather just mess it up myself than pay someone else to mess it up for me. That said, I have a lot of DIY furniture. The shelving system in this bed is absolutely horrendous. Some of the tracks came bent before we even installed them, but we decided, hey, we can just bend that into place ourselves and itll be fine! If the other pieces came in a passable condition, that is. My boyfriend and I spent hours working with stripped screws, unaligned holes and track pieces on the actual shelves that didnt match up to track pieces on the bed. If it was just bent track pieces then fine, but were fairly certain we were sent the wrong pieces entirely. Our stick/tuitiveness being what it is, we still tried to build the darned thing no matter how it fought us. The storage is fine, but for the price point, you would expect sturdier shelves. I dont know how much this bed is going for now, but it was a 500 USD buy for us, and you would think that means the bottom of the shelves wouldnt come dislodged when you put four bath sheets in it, but we have now limited it to two bath sheets. Assuming we can get to the bath sheets in general. Since, you know. The tracks have been banged up since day one. We ended up taking out a couple of shelves entirely. We have no idea what to do with them because they only go to this infernal contraption that was supposed to be a space/saver, but instead it caused more head/scratching on where should this go? Can we put this extra shelf up there? Should we just put it inside the damned bed? The bed itself takes up more space than an ox (we got a queen), so you would think the supports on it would be great. Not even a year later and the whole thing is already squeaking when we get into it, like a platform bed after a music festival weekend. Its clearly not meant to last for regular use, and were not big people / my partner is a 62 guy and Im 53. Collectively we weigh less than 400 lbs, so unless this bed is meant for a single un/American human, which, despite how I squint I do not see not for American couples in the fine print // then how in the world are we meant to keep the supports from screeching at us every time we turn over? A restful nights sleep this bed does not make. So, to recap: assembly would have been easy if the parts were un/damaged and/or the correct parts* upon arrival. Since I dont make beds for a living, I had no way of knowing if they were definitely the right tracks for this bed, but I can safely say a year later that they were clearly not and I shouldve listened to my gut on returning the darned thing. Sturdiness is not great. Weve already had to take out shelves because theyre more of a hassle than a convenience now, and the bed itself screeches at us for so much as looking at it. My cat already does that, thank you. Storage capacity: you can fit a couple of bath sheets into these without their bottoms falling out onto the shelf below it, ensuring you will never get either of them open again. In short, if you have the 500 USD to spend and youre a single person, sure! Maybe this bed is for you. If youre expecting a storage saver thatll make your life less of a hassle, find something else.