It's very functional for what I needed. It has saved a ton of space in my 4 year olds room and he absolutely loves his "castle". However, I'm not thrilled about the quality of the bed. My husband followed the instructions and the bed is not as sturdy as I would have hoped. 1 week after my son using it, a screw fell out of the bottom of one of the 2 ladder railings making it unsecured and unusable. The bed came with extra hardware pieces but I threw them out days ago thinking we wouldn't need them so now I'll need to go out and buy some to fix the bed.