This loft bed set is neither too large nor too small, with a bit of room to grow. Our daughter's room is tiny, and this unit provides much needed space. She creates adventures and micro-environments for toys using the many different storage locales within her new "fort-bed". I think she lived in it for the first three days after it was assembled, she was so enamored of it. Kids will absolutely enjoy the additional storage and uniqueness of this type of loft bed. The area under the bed has become the favorite hang-out for play and TV viewing (through the shelving unit).Assembly was easy but very time consuming,[...]. This is not a single afternoon job for the handy-man, rather an entire day for two. It's very heavy, so two people are required to align the bed unit onto the support casings.Now for the not-so-great: Two weeks after assembly, the off-gassing began, burning our daughter's throat. During the good-weather days we'd open the house to try to air it out, but it keeps releasing its irritating fumes. For now we're using an ionic air filter to conteract the fine whitish particulates that have appeared in her room. We're over three weeks into this and hope it stops soon. Our standard computer hangs over the edge of the desk and seems to be holding fine. We're a bit leery because this laminated engineered wood doesn't look as though it will last, but it's not sagging yet.The laminate scratches relatively easily. If you have rough & tumble kids, don't expect a pretty hand-me-down."..." Read more
- Pac NW Mom in Western WA