This is not an assembly for the faint of heart or quitters. Trust me on this.
My husband and I have been married for a rock solid 29+ years, but the assembly of this bed damn near ended that. We are both very intelligent, skilled and technical individuals, not without good hand eye coordination and mechanical skills. Lots of previous reviews of this bed mentioned that it is a two person job to put this bed together, and they were not just kidding. With some counseling, I feel that our marital closeness can be restored, but if you want to put this bed together, you better hire someone who is both deaf and mute as your assistant, because guaranteed, one of you is going to be cussing up a storm.
Now, once you spend the entire day messing this thing up and redoing it to finally get it right, it is sturdy and beautiful. All of the dowels and bolt holes lined up and we did not have to do any jerry-rigging. The assembly instructions were clear and concise and all the needed parts are there. The bed looks beautiful in our Asian inspired guest room and since neither my husband or I came out of the assembly process with black eyes, I guess I will keep it. The most pain in the ass part of putting this bed together is getting all those little slats to stay where they are supposed to. This is not an assembly for the faint of heart or quitters. Trust me on this.
While I am overall very pleased with the finished product, I would not take on this assembly again for all the tea in China. I would gladly pay more and get one that didnt strain my marriage if I had it all to do over again.
This is not an assembly for the faint of heart or quitters. Trust me on this.
My husband and I have been married for a rock solid 29+ years, but the assembly of this bed damn near ended that. We are both very intelligent, skilled and technical individuals, not without good hand eye coordination and mechanical skills. Lots of previous reviews of this bed mentioned that it is a two person job to put this bed together, and they were not just kidding. With some counseling, I feel that our marital closeness can be restored, but if you want to put this bed together, you better hire someone who is both deaf and mute as your assistant, because guaranteed, one of you is going to be cussing up a storm. Now, once you spend the entire day messing this thing up and redoing it to finally get it right, it is sturdy and beautiful. All of the dowels and bolt holes lined up and we did not have to do any jerry-rigging. The assembly instructions were clear and concise and all the needed parts are there. The bed looks beautiful in our Asian inspired guest room and since neither my husband or I came out of the assembly process with black eyes, I guess I will keep it. The most pain in the ass part of putting this bed together is getting all those little slats to stay where they are supposed to. This is not an assembly for the faint of heart or quitters. Trust me on this. While I am overall very pleased with the finished product, I would not take on this assembly again for all the tea in China. I would gladly pay more and get one that didnt strain my marriage if I had it all to do over again.