Awful bed, complete junk. Its been less than a year since we bought this bed, and we have already had to throw most of it away.  The construction of the bed is from very poor quality wood that has been spliced together. This is especially problematic with the side rails which are not a solid piece of wood. The weight limit says 400lb, but the side rail cracked within a few weeks of us putting the bed together when my under 200lb husband sat on the edge of the bed. It proceeded to creak and groan for several months after that, often waking my son up from sleep when we would lay him down on it. We finally turned the bed around so that the not cracked side was facing away from the wall. That worked for a minute, but I was facing away from the bed one evening, lost my balance, and sat down hard on the edge of the bed. The entire (not already cracked) side rail cracked in half. This bed will break on you. Do not buy, you will be sorry.