Harper & Bright Designs Twin Size Loft Bed with Desk Underneath Twin Loft Bed with Shelves and Ladder, Wood Loft Bed Twin for Kids Girls Boys,Espresso

This bed is worth the money paid. It came in a single box, long and heavy. Definitely a two person lift. We noticed two minor dents in two separate pieces (luckily they faced the rear of the bed). All of the pieces needed to be wiped down, as they had a decent layer of dust on them. The bed was a two person build, as one person needed to hold up the structure while the other set the next piece in place. The slats for the mattress didn't come predrilled, so they took a while to install. Once complete, it looked nice enough, however there is a heavy wobble in the head to foot direction of the bed. Our solution would be to anchor the bed to the wall, but with an energetic child going up and down, as well as play on and under the bed...that might need reinforcing.

This will be a long review -- but if you buy this product I hope this is helpful.I am a somewhat crafty but otherwise unskilled mom in terms of handyman stuff. I put this bed together in a couple hours with some help from my 8 year old son, who is awesome at lego instructions, so he was super helpful.Mine came with instructions - some people found better ones online but I couldn't so I made do. Here are some tips:1. Pull out everything in the box and inventory the contents. You will likely find that some things are funky, like: some wooden parts have no label. If you pair everything up (all the bed legs, all the slats, etc) you will quickly see what is what. Some of the hardware is mislabeled - the #10 screws are not marked but are in the package with the ladder brackets. The #17 screws are actually #16 and are referred to interchangeably in the instructions.2. If you use a drill, you will prob strip the cheap hardware and you'll be screwed. No pun intended. Chuck the crappy Allen wrench provided - it is the little metal tool in the pic - and use the tool I have pictured here. MUCH easier for all those hex bolts and you will not strip them. Sorry - I think it's called a socket wrench? But not sure.3. For each page of instructions, line everything up first and put the wooden dowels in. Put the screws in last, and to be super safe, leave them all a little loose, tightening once they are all in place. This is especially important when you get to page 6, when the picture shows everything coming together at once, and if you do it one piece at a time, you will not be able to pull the bed legs apart enough to get the supporting crossbars in. I hope that makes sense. Also - on that page, it doesn't tell you to put the short cross bars (labeled "D") in at head and foot - but be sure to do that with dowels first, as I said, or you won't be able to squeeze them in. I had to saw the ends off a couple dowels to make this work and that will compromise the stability and the weight-bearing of the structure.4. On that same page (page 6), the screw labeled "5" is actually screw "2". At the bottom, the pieces labeled "P" and "O" should be switched, since the pilot holes for the dowels (the pre-drilled holes) are supposed to face in.5. In my opinion, there should be two more slats where the mattress lies. They only give you 8 (part "15") but this leaves gaps at head and foot, and a soft mattress will dip down at those places. You could buy two more pieces of wood, but we elected to get plywood and place it on the slats so the mattress will lie flat and the weight will be distributed evenly.Overall, this bed is really pretty and I think it is a great deal for the price. Once I got going, it was fun to assemble. There is plenty of room underneath for a dresser or desk, or play area. I did not attach the ladder so I will be able to switch it from side to side. It comes with soft felt for the inside of the brackets, but it makes small marks when you use it anyway - no big deal.I hope this was helpful to someone out there! Happy constructing!!

Second Update: DO NOT BUY THIS BED! It is known to contain and outgas toxic levels of formaldehyde! The fumes were horrible after six months (headaches for the occupant, severely aggravated asthma for me). I've given 2 stars instead of one, because the customer service is very good.It's been 6 months and the outgassing has not stopped. The windows have been open and a fan pointed at the loft for six months. On extreme weather days we close his door and he sleeps in our room so we can close the windows. If the windows are closed and/or the fan is off the fumes will knock you over!When I took the bed apart (hubby assembled it) I saw a California TSCA title vi complaint 93120 for formaldehyde emission phase 2 (we hadn't noticed it when we assembled the bed). This bed is known to contain formaldehyde and toluene and I can tell you the amount is outrageous. Not being from California I didn't bother to look up what "compliant to California 93120 meant. Somehow, I falsely assumed that if something is compliant the state has ensured chemical levels are low enough to be safe. Why wouldn't furniture for children that isn't safe be compliant? I was wrong, it's a warning that it contains formaldehyde!After the first message the company contacted me to offer a partial refund for my inconvenience of having to air it out, because the smell was so horrible and asked me to change my rating. (see previous update below) I did, because good customer service can cover over a number of failures. It was a little sketchy that they asked me to improve the rating, in hind sight. I contacted them earlier in the week that the fumes had not dissipated and that I wanted them to take the bed or refund the rest of the purchase price so we could get a different bed. Their customer service is the only reason this didn't get 1 star.UPDATE: The seller has called and offered a partial refund due to the lingering odor in response to my review. I appreciate the gesture.Original review:Purchase with caution. If you have asthma or any other lung issues no matter how minor, I suggest you pass.The good: My 5’, ten year old can stand upright under it and use a regular desk chair. It hasn’t squeeked as others have mentioned. Ours came with instructions and almost all of the hardware, unlike other commenters. It was a bear to assemble. It took over four hours to put together, because the instructions were horrible and a few key screws were missing. It would have been longer if we didn’t own a real set of Allen wrenches. If you attach it to the wall (as you should anyway) it is sturdy given the configuration. Great for a real workspace.The Bad: The fumes are beyond awful! It’s been in use for about 3 weeks now, and the smell has decreased some, but not nearly enough! It turns out, we had just gotten used to the smell, but the fumes were still present. My child started getting headaches a few days ago. I didn’t think it was the bed, at first, because the smell seemed to go away. When I turned a fan on in the room I was hit by a mouthful of fumes. No wonder he had headaches! The bed is close enough to the ceiling that the rising warm air trapped the fumes at the top of the bed. Of course, we got rid of the boxes last week, because we thought the fumes were dissipating and we were confident we wouldn’t need to return it. I think requiring all original packaging on an item this large as a condition of return is a crummy way to limit returns. If I can’t get the smell/fumes out by running fans full blast with open windows around the clock for a few days, I’ll have to ditch the bed and find another solution.If the thing didn’t smell toxic it would be an awesome bed. I really hope we can salvage it.