ATTENTION: NOT solid wood as it appears, but pressed wood with a decorative laminate surface to look like wood!
This bed looks great and is very functional and wasnt that hard to put together, although I am pretty good at assembling things like this. You will need to go back and tighten all the bolts after the first few weeks of use (maybe as needed after that). We have had our now for a couple of months and my 2 and 4 year old boys love it.
My major complaint, we noticed a few weeks ago that some of the side/rail finish on the corners was starting to come apart. Upon further inspection I could see that the dark stain wood look was nothing but a pressed wood with a laminated wood look on the outside. I have included a picture of one of the damaged areas. This will not be as long lasting as a solid wood bed frame.
The price is still cheap, but now I know (after the fact) that this bed frame is not going to last as long as I hoped. The listing says nothing about the actual material used, so I am disappointed they are not up front about this so customers can compare apples to apples when shopping for an item like this.
Would I buy this again Probably not. We had also found a solid wood bunk bed that would need to be stained for not much more, but would have been a much better deal in the long run.
ATTENTION: NOT solid wood as it appears, but pressed wood with a decorative laminate surface to look like wood!
This bed looks great and is very functional and wasnt that hard to put together, although I am pretty good at assembling things like this. You will need to go back and tighten all the bolts after the first few weeks of use (maybe as needed after that). We have had our now for a couple of months and my 2 and 4 year old boys love it. My major complaint, we noticed a few weeks ago that some of the side/rail finish on the corners was starting to come apart. Upon further inspection I could see that the dark stain wood look was nothing but a pressed wood with a laminated wood look on the outside. I have included a picture of one of the damaged areas. This will not be as long lasting as a solid wood bed frame. The price is still cheap, but now I know (after the fact) that this bed frame is not going to last as long as I hoped. The listing says nothing about the actual material used, so I am disappointed they are not up front about this so customers can compare apples to apples when shopping for an item like this. Would I buy this again Probably not. We had also found a solid wood bunk bed that would need to be stained for not much more, but would have been a much better deal in the long run.