Got this and assembled in a couple hours. It is very solid. Most beds have a little jiggle/sway. Those small motions get magnified in a taller structure but its still no big deal. By comparison, this is much more solid and less squeaky than the ubiquitous stacking wooden beds that many of us had in the 70s.
As with many such projects, its great to have a cordless drill/screw driver when you are making this. The small shelf in the picture is not there, but the desk is large and really useful (great as a desk and strengthens the structure). As others have indicated, the ladder is a bit uncomfortable. We used foam pipe insulation around it and my daughter thinks its great. The bed is in a corner, and we also used some of the same kind of foam padding to pad the top corner of the bunk (wrapped around the back corner of the top of one leg). This is because the baseboards keep the corner leg about 3/8 inches away from the corner of the walls. A little padding up top closes that gap and helps stabilize the bed.
The support bars for the mattress come with clever, strong plastic clips that help minimize noise, vibrations, and movement.
We painted the black squares on the top rails the same lavender color as my daughters room. It rally softened the beds appearance and tied it into the room.
We used a 5 thick mattress, but after seeing it in place, we would have had no worries with a 6 mattress.
A good purchase. Like both bed and desk.
Got this and assembled in a couple hours. It is very solid. Most beds have a little jiggle/sway. Those small motions get magnified in a taller structure but its still no big deal. By comparison, this is much more solid and less squeaky than the ubiquitous stacking wooden beds that many of us had in the 70s. As with many such projects, its great to have a cordless drill/screw driver when you are making this. The small shelf in the picture is not there, but the desk is large and really useful (great as a desk and strengthens the structure). As others have indicated, the ladder is a bit uncomfortable. We used foam pipe insulation around it and my daughter thinks its great. The bed is in a corner, and we also used some of the same kind of foam padding to pad the top corner of the bunk (wrapped around the back corner of the top of one leg). This is because the baseboards keep the corner leg about 3/8 inches away from the corner of the walls. A little padding up top closes that gap and helps stabilize the bed. The support bars for the mattress come with clever, strong plastic clips that help minimize noise, vibrations, and movement. We painted the black squares on the top rails the same lavender color as my daughters room. It rally softened the beds appearance and tied it into the room. We used a 5 thick mattress, but after seeing it in place, we would have had no worries with a 6 mattress.