With this bed, you get a lot for the money! A daybed with trundle, 2 large drawers, and the ability to use a fold-in-half king-size mattress (8 thick when single twin, 4 thick when expanded out as a king size). We saw a bed like this on s website when we were researching daybeds, but the shipping on that bed was literally more than the bed ($400 or something). Then we found this bed, which is nearly the same design.
Construction wasnt too hard. If you have a little experience and proper power tools, its easy. If you have no experience, you can still do it. I think I saw only a 2.7 star review for ease of assembly, which seems unfairly low. The instructions are clear and they have indicators to help you orient the pieces correctly as long as youre careful.
The only knocks against the bed I have are:
1) The rails are a little low. Using an 8 mattress, normal sized pillows almost spill over the rail. My daughter mostly sits on it like a couch and the back is against a wall, so its not a problem for her. But realize that thicker mattresses and more layers of bedding with larger pillows would likely spill over the rails pretty easily if there isnt a wall to stop it.
2) Drawers have no sliding surface help them slide easier - its just wood on wood. Eventually, this wood on wood will probably become slicker and slide more easily, but initially there is a decent amount of friction. I believe I could add a cheap solution, but it seems like the bed should have came with something to aid in this area.
3) Wood from Brazil. This might weigh on your conscience if you pay attention to the massive deforestation happening at the hands of both man and nature, or if you just care for the well being and long-term survival of humans in general. If Id have known this before purchasing, I might not have. Logging can be done responsibly, but Brazil is not even close to doing it and are very likely accelerating the extinction of life on Earth.
Whoa...that got dark. Sorry!
Other than those small issues, Im happy with the bed.
A good bed for the price
With this bed, you get a lot for the money! A daybed with trundle, 2 large drawers, and the ability to use a fold-in-half king-size mattress (8 thick when single twin, 4 thick when expanded out as a king size). We saw a bed like this on s website when we were researching daybeds, but the shipping on that bed was literally more than the bed ($400 or something). Then we found this bed, which is nearly the same design. Construction wasnt too hard. If you have a little experience and proper power tools, its easy. If you have no experience, you can still do it. I think I saw only a 2.7 star review for ease of assembly, which seems unfairly low. The instructions are clear and they have indicators to help you orient the pieces correctly as long as youre careful. The only knocks against the bed I have are: 1) The rails are a little low. Using an 8 mattress, normal sized pillows almost spill over the rail. My daughter mostly sits on it like a couch and the back is against a wall, so its not a problem for her. But realize that thicker mattresses and more layers of bedding with larger pillows would likely spill over the rails pretty easily if there isnt a wall to stop it. 2) Drawers have no sliding surface help them slide easier - its just wood on wood. Eventually, this wood on wood will probably become slicker and slide more easily, but initially there is a decent amount of friction. I believe I could add a cheap solution, but it seems like the bed should have came with something to aid in this area. 3) Wood from Brazil. This might weigh on your conscience if you pay attention to the massive deforestation happening at the hands of both man and nature, or if you just care for the well being and long-term survival of humans in general. If Id have known this before purchasing, I might not have. Logging can be done responsibly, but Brazil is not even close to doing it and are very likely accelerating the extinction of life on Earth. Whoa...that got dark. Sorry! Other than those small issues, Im happy with the bed.