I have a lovehate relationship with this loft bed. First, the assembly took over 4 hours due to lack of labeling and poor instructions. Some pieces were labeled, some weren’t, and the instructions didn’t have clear picturesverbiage. I’ve built a lot of furniture over the years, including a bunk bed, and this one was by far the worst to build. The bed it’s self is sturdy, however, there are a lot of imperfections on multiple areas of the frame color inconsistencies, cracks, scrapesnotches, stripped screws, etc. We bought it for our 8yr old, so we anticipate him outgrowing it by the time he’s a teen, unfortunately. We’re making do with it in the meantime, but I wouldn’t purchase it again, nor recommend it to others.