I was able to snag the blue color (more of a blue gray color) one for our daughter (fave color blue!) for $100. We had been looking to upgrade her bed to a loft bed for a while. We originally looked at the Kura bed from Ikea, but they were constantly sold out and had a heftier price tag of $180. When I saw this one, I immediately read all the reviews and saw all the pictures, but decided ultimately to take the chance since this was solid wood. I arrived quickly and the box was a big one. No damage to the box, so we were hopeful. Hubby inspected each piece and started putting it together. It took him about 1 hour to put it all together. He hand tightened everything and in the end it was really sturdy. We do have a foam type mattress so hubby will need to reinforce the slats by adding a few more slats in the top and end of the bed to make the mattress more secure. Hubby only had two complaints, one, the bottom stair did not line up flush with the handle bar, and two, the handle bar piece was not flush with the bed. Other than those two minor things, the bed is great! Our daughter loves it! Bedtime is no longer a fight! win/win in my book!
Good Bang For Our Buck.
I was able to snag the blue color (more of a blue gray color) one for our daughter (fave color blue!) for $100. We had been looking to upgrade her bed to a loft bed for a while. We originally looked at the Kura bed from Ikea, but they were constantly sold out and had a heftier price tag of $180. When I saw this one, I immediately read all the reviews and saw all the pictures, but decided ultimately to take the chance since this was solid wood. I arrived quickly and the box was a big one. No damage to the box, so we were hopeful. Hubby inspected each piece and started putting it together. It took him about 1 hour to put it all together. He hand tightened everything and in the end it was really sturdy. We do have a foam type mattress so hubby will need to reinforce the slats by adding a few more slats in the top and end of the bed to make the mattress more secure. Hubby only had two complaints, one, the bottom stair did not line up flush with the handle bar, and two, the handle bar piece was not flush with the bed. Other than those two minor things, the bed is great! Our daughter loves it! Bedtime is no longer a fight! win/win in my book!