Great bed. The only problem was the bottom cover plate at the bottom of the stairs has a lip on it that doesn't fit the notch on the panel to build the 1st step above it. So the only way I could screw in the screws was to cut off the lip above the plate. And it's pretty dummy proof so it was definitely a flaw in the build of the bed. But then when I went to put the cover plate back on, I noticed there is so much room for storage down there and decided to leave it off! All the other steps above this are open for storage too. So over all I'm happy. Another plus is that I was able to make into just a loft for now and my other boy's crib fits great under it.