I was so excited to have an opportunity to review this for free. We left a difficult situation this year, and Ive put together four different beds for my kids in the past year. Wasnt funds for a new bed for me, but thankfully for this, I now have one. Im going to compare this to the four other beds I put together this year: two were metal twin beds, one was a canopy bed, and one was a queen sized metal bed. This was the easiest by far. Really well designed. It took me about 1/1/2 hours doing it myself. First off, everything comes inside of a zipper pouch within the headboard. Strange, but cool. All the tools you need are provided, plus lots of extra screws just in case. You start by unfolding the two metal support pieces, which go in a t/formation. Then you loosen the bolts on the headboard and footboard and attach one of the metal rods that goes straight down the middle of the bed. Add in the upholstered side pieces (two per side)...same technique of loosening screws and tightening with the enclosed allen wrench. Finally, you unroll the two sets of wooden slats. What I loved about this bed was that the wooden slats are held together by the fuzzy part of velcro, and the bed itself has the sticky part of the velcro. This means, you dont always have to rearrange the slats like on previous platform beds Ive owned, they stay in place. Only negative was that its kind of tight doing the screws on the headboard and footboard near the sides...would have liked a shorter wrench. Just finger tighten as much as possible to make it easier. Still, great bed...looks wonderful (fabric is luxurious)....and easy to put together.
Easy to Put Together, Great Design, Looks Fab
I was so excited to have an opportunity to review this for free. We left a difficult situation this year, and Ive put together four different beds for my kids in the past year. Wasnt funds for a new bed for me, but thankfully for this, I now have one. Im going to compare this to the four other beds I put together this year: two were metal twin beds, one was a canopy bed, and one was a queen sized metal bed. This was the easiest by far. Really well designed. It took me about 1/1/2 hours doing it myself. First off, everything comes inside of a zipper pouch within the headboard. Strange, but cool. All the tools you need are provided, plus lots of extra screws just in case. You start by unfolding the two metal support pieces, which go in a t/formation. Then you loosen the bolts on the headboard and footboard and attach one of the metal rods that goes straight down the middle of the bed. Add in the upholstered side pieces (two per side)...same technique of loosening screws and tightening with the enclosed allen wrench. Finally, you unroll the two sets of wooden slats. What I loved about this bed was that the wooden slats are held together by the fuzzy part of velcro, and the bed itself has the sticky part of the velcro. This means, you dont always have to rearrange the slats like on previous platform beds Ive owned, they stay in place. Only negative was that its kind of tight doing the screws on the headboard and footboard near the sides...would have liked a shorter wrench. Just finger tighten as much as possible to make it easier. Still, great bed...looks wonderful (fabric is luxurious)....and easy to put together.