Overall
Two thumbs up. Good price for something that is solid wood, relatively easy to assemble, king size, and has a head board.
Likes:
Went together easy enough. Pretty intuitive and well placed mounting hardware. Could be done alone. Seems like this would survive being taken back apart for a move (unlike some of my college era furniture). Has no squeaks or creaks moving around on it once all hardware is tightened down. Finish looks great. The few points of minor cosmetic marks that came from shipping (things always get roughed up in shipping where I am) or my own doing (from not watching the door when moving the unwrapped pieces) were easily touched up with a finish pen as since this is solid wood the scratches were extremely shallow and easy to conceal. Packaging was more than adequate with the double cardboard a nice touch for survivability of shipping with some less than gentle carriers. Also wrapping the styrofoam to keep the mess down is a plus .
Dislikes:
I do wish there were maybe 50% more supporting slats for the base as my mattress sags a bit through the spaces more than I care for. I added some spare birch boards had and cut and sanded to match the existing.
Good buy for the price.
Overall Two thumbs up. Good price for something that is solid wood, relatively easy to assemble, king size, and has a head board. Likes: Went together easy enough. Pretty intuitive and well placed mounting hardware. Could be done alone. Seems like this would survive being taken back apart for a move (unlike some of my college era furniture). Has no squeaks or creaks moving around on it once all hardware is tightened down. Finish looks great. The few points of minor cosmetic marks that came from shipping (things always get roughed up in shipping where I am) or my own doing (from not watching the door when moving the unwrapped pieces) were easily touched up with a finish pen as since this is solid wood the scratches were extremely shallow and easy to conceal. Packaging was more than adequate with the double cardboard a nice touch for survivability of shipping with some less than gentle carriers. Also wrapping the styrofoam to keep the mess down is a plus . Dislikes: I do wish there were maybe 50% more supporting slats for the base as my mattress sags a bit through the spaces more than I care for. I added some spare birch boards had and cut and sanded to match the existing.