Even though I got this bed for a good price i was taken a back by a particle board bed that had an original price in the 600$ range.  Still it feels solid enough and was easy to construct.  There are some chips to the boards that have the brown color venier but it is hard to see it once the bed is in place.  On some of the connecting boards, holes were no drilled where they should be, so I had to use an electric drill to put them in place.  

All that being said, I think the bed looks nice once fully put together.  The directions were easy to follow and well thought our