What you see in the image is what you get. Its a pretty cool bed for a kid. Why 3 stars?
When the bed was delivered, it was in the cheapest cardboard they could find. Pieces of cardboard were missing, all four corners were gone it looks like it had been strapped to the top of a car. The box itself weighed over 150 lbs., so I emptied it downstairs brought to my sons room. The framing arrived relatively unscathed, but the desk (Canadas finest imported pressboard) was scatched, crushed and missing laminate.
I called the company for a replacement they were extremely accomidating, sending out the piece via UPS crawl. Greatexcept the 2nd desk was shipped in the thinnest cheapest carboard AND arrived damaged AGAIN. So, I called againstressing the need to reinforce the corners and maybe double box the desk as pressboard is not the most durable wood. Another desk, another damaged piece. As a businessman, why waste the money to ship a 39 lbs. piece across the US not package it for such a journey? So, yes, my sons desk is flawed after three attempts.
Assembly is pretty straightforward. Two flaws in the design are easily rectified. One is that the unit needs to be anchored to a wall. I found bed supports on for 12 that do the trick if the bed is in a corner. If its against a single wall, I would install brackets that screw into two studs screw into the bed. Its a little work, but then the bed wont shift around.
The other thing this company did not take into account is the sound of on of the crossing mattress supports on the main support beam. Any movement on the bed results in a clackety clackety sound. Order a set of either rubber or felt pads, 32 should do the trick place them under every crossmember. All the clanky sound disappears. Between the pads and the supports, its a 20 investment that turns this bed into something your child will love. Part missing otherwise I like it.
A few tweaks for 5 stars
What you see in the image is what you get. Its a pretty cool bed for a kid. Why 3 stars? When the bed was delivered, it was in the cheapest cardboard they could find. Pieces of cardboard were missing, all four corners were gone it looks like it had been strapped to the top of a car. The box itself weighed over 150 lbs., so I emptied it downstairs brought to my sons room. The framing arrived relatively unscathed, but the desk (Canadas finest imported pressboard) was scatched, crushed and missing laminate. I called the company for a replacement they were extremely accomidating, sending out the piece via UPS crawl. Greatexcept the 2nd desk was shipped in the thinnest cheapest carboard AND arrived damaged AGAIN. So, I called againstressing the need to reinforce the corners and maybe double box the desk as pressboard is not the most durable wood. Another desk, another damaged piece. As a businessman, why waste the money to ship a 39 lbs. piece across the US not package it for such a journey? So, yes, my sons desk is flawed after three attempts. Assembly is pretty straightforward. Two flaws in the design are easily rectified. One is that the unit needs to be anchored to a wall. I found bed supports on for 12 that do the trick if the bed is in a corner. If its against a single wall, I would install brackets that screw into two studs screw into the bed. Its a little work, but then the bed wont shift around. The other thing this company did not take into account is the sound of on of the crossing mattress supports on the main support beam. Any movement on the bed results in a clackety clackety sound. Order a set of either rubber or felt pads, 32 should do the trick place them under every crossmember. All the clanky sound disappears. Between the pads and the supports, its a 20 investment that turns this bed into something your child will love. Part missing otherwise I like it.