Awesome bed!! Better than I could have hoped for at an excellent price. Lots of head room if you are sitting on the bottom bunk. The slats that secure the mattresses are screwed in and close together so it feels really study. I have a friend that just bought a bunk bed and her son displaces the top bunks slats all the time by kicking at them. Very unsafe. That cant happen with this bed. The bed arrived in three boxes, well protected by styrofoam. Save yourself the search and look for the directions in the hardware box. I put the bed together alone in 6 hours. All of the holes lined up fine and the directions were not difficult to follow. The bottom bunk works out great for visiting guests, big enough to accommodate a couple. The only disappointment I had with the bed was the screw holes dont have covers, with holes exposed it feels a little less nice than it actually is. Still I would 100 buy this again, and I would recommend it to anyone.