Ive had to build 4 bedframes at least over the past year and half, but this one might have been one of the more difficult ones. Like a lot of the 1 and 2 star reviews talk about, there is a problem with missing labels, and dinged or damaged parts. Thankfully for me, the damage was aesthetic and miniscule, or in places nobody will be able to see. However, my roommate is having to take on a risk because the one of the bed posts has misaligned holes, so we had no other choice but to leave a dowel out of it in order for it fit in. With the parts being unlabeled, we of course ran into a case of having to undo the frame part way through to swap two different posts, which was more than a pain to say the least. Again with that too was a constant of second guessing ourselves and trying to divine just what might go where with the wordless instructions. The biggest offender of the instructions were three wooden blocks that act as the drawer stops; the picture showing partially where it would be going, but on a terrible angle with no follow up to see more. Feeling for pilot holes wouldve been a great hint as to where they would be going, but being that this frame needed to be as frustrating to put together as possible, there were no pilot holes for them. A decent amount of elbow grease at an incredibly awkward angle does the trick at least. As for no pilot holes as well as some confusion too, the drawer wheels make you feel like youre trying to solve some puzzle of where center might be. Instead of pilot holes, there are holes on the inside block they get screwed into that you match up with one of the screw holes on the wheel itself. For my preference on how to get it as in the middle as possible, I lined the screw hole on the wheel facing the drawer with the second hole, then had to use a pen and make two lines that I then made pilot holes for myself to line up with the wheels holes. I certainly messed up 3 of the 8 wheels, which again couldve been easily avoided had they just given me pilot holes to start instead of a riddle. I think the bed looks nice and cute despite how hard the manufacturer wanted it turn out bad. I can only leave any potential buyers of this with a warning of frustration and back pain to come.
Missing labels, unclear instructions, frustrating experience
Ive had to build 4 bedframes at least over the past year and half, but this one might have been one of the more difficult ones. Like a lot of the 1 and 2 star reviews talk about, there is a problem with missing labels, and dinged or damaged parts. Thankfully for me, the damage was aesthetic and miniscule, or in places nobody will be able to see. However, my roommate is having to take on a risk because the one of the bed posts has misaligned holes, so we had no other choice but to leave a dowel out of it in order for it fit in. With the parts being unlabeled, we of course ran into a case of having to undo the frame part way through to swap two different posts, which was more than a pain to say the least. Again with that too was a constant of second guessing ourselves and trying to divine just what might go where with the wordless instructions. The biggest offender of the instructions were three wooden blocks that act as the drawer stops; the picture showing partially where it would be going, but on a terrible angle with no follow up to see more. Feeling for pilot holes wouldve been a great hint as to where they would be going, but being that this frame needed to be as frustrating to put together as possible, there were no pilot holes for them. A decent amount of elbow grease at an incredibly awkward angle does the trick at least. As for no pilot holes as well as some confusion too, the drawer wheels make you feel like youre trying to solve some puzzle of where center might be. Instead of pilot holes, there are holes on the inside block they get screwed into that you match up with one of the screw holes on the wheel itself. For my preference on how to get it as in the middle as possible, I lined the screw hole on the wheel facing the drawer with the second hole, then had to use a pen and make two lines that I then made pilot holes for myself to line up with the wheels holes. I certainly messed up 3 of the 8 wheels, which again couldve been easily avoided had they just given me pilot holes to start instead of a riddle. I think the bed looks nice and cute despite how hard the manufacturer wanted it turn out bad. I can only leave any potential buyers of this with a warning of frustration and back pain to come.