First off, this heavy box came a lot smaller than I expected. It was roughly 10x14x79 and I am small and pregnant and ended up carrying it piece by piece into my house as my husband was at work and I wanted it inside lol there must have been 30+ boards in the box. Carrying it inside I noticed it had more of a reddish tint to it than I expected. The color claims to be espresso but I would say more of an espresso cherry. Which isnt the end of the world, just harder to pair other furniture close in color. It did have a lot of small dents in the boards, definitely not entirely a smooth flat board. It seemed to be just regular board imperfections but if you have ocd this may bother you. I chose this bed since it can hold up to 250 a bed instead of 150 like some of the cheaper ones. Overall it does look really nice and my 5 year old loves it. I probably wouldnt suggest this for teens as the material it is made out of is very light and the boards are kinda thin. It works for what I plan to use it for. Easy directions.
Slight imperfections but nice
First off, this heavy box came a lot smaller than I expected. It was roughly 10x14x79 and I am small and pregnant and ended up carrying it piece by piece into my house as my husband was at work and I wanted it inside lol there must have been 30+ boards in the box. Carrying it inside I noticed it had more of a reddish tint to it than I expected. The color claims to be espresso but I would say more of an espresso cherry. Which isnt the end of the world, just harder to pair other furniture close in color. It did have a lot of small dents in the boards, definitely not entirely a smooth flat board. It seemed to be just regular board imperfections but if you have ocd this may bother you. I chose this bed since it can hold up to 250 a bed instead of 150 like some of the cheaper ones. Overall it does look really nice and my 5 year old loves it. I probably wouldnt suggest this for teens as the material it is made out of is very light and the boards are kinda thin. It works for what I plan to use it for. Easy directions.