STRICTLY BEDS&BUNKS Ripvan Pine Day Bed with Storage Drawers, 3ft Single

Happy with the bed, very sturdy and solid. The under bed drawers are large which is great (although it would have been better if the bottoms weren’t MDF). I found you do need at least 2 people to assemble certain parts, and even then it was quite tricky but the instructions are helpful. You need to open all the boxes to find the general instructions and leaflets. The 20cm mattress is very soft but comfortable. I used a dark wood stain and wax to finish it and it looks excellent. Finally, there was a long split in one of the corner posts but they have an excellent free parts service on their website and I got it replaced quickly for free. Very impressed generally!

This product is brilliant! Strong and comfortable ( my 5 years old daughter can jumping without any problems). Installation not easy but can install just follow an instructions.

Day bed itself was well packaged with clear instructions and plenty of fittings (had lots of screws and dowels left over). It is bare wood so will need treatment - it took 3 coats of antique pine satin varnish to get a dark enough finish. All holes were drilled and aligned correctly. All types of bolts, screws and dowels required for assembly were present. Drawers are great quality, very large and solid. Easy to assemble ends and drawers. The hardest bit of assembly was pushing the dowels of the back rails into position as the middle rails do not have bolts to help tighten (in the end I trimmed the dowels so that they went further into the post holes and then enlisted help of another person to hold and push post while I pushed rails). Once erected and all tightened it appears to be sturdy, except that the length of the back rails means that they bend in the middle if lent against, so I will probably add an additional vertical support. It is disappointing that the day bed is only sold with one end board, but what I did was make one for the other end and fitted it exactly the same. So product is great - but not matched by the communication from courier who arrived unannounced with no tracking information (despite checking tracking daily, and even after delivery it still said product was at depot) also only 3 of 4 parcels were delivered the first time. Seller was helpful at the second time of contacting (but not the first), and their initial notification by post had grammatical and spelling errors.

- I had a bolt missing but was able to get hold of a spare from the supplier Free on next day delivery. - The middle support legs were an inch too big and I had to trim them down a touch :( - One of the drawer fronts is a bit wonky - The screws to attach the wheels to the drawer are too big and will end up going through the drawer floor if used. I ended up replacing them with my own supply. + Good looking cabin bed + Extremely good value + Very sturdy

Wow! Such a great bed. So sturdy, instructions were second to none, better than any furniture i’ve bought before. The finish of the bought product is plain and bare which is perfect for customising but not if you just wanted a finish product. However, with a little bit of effort it’s definitely made a difference. Great price for such good quality. Drawers are quite annoying to put together. Two hands are better than one for sure

This is the third of these beds we have purchased although the other two were not day beds and didn't have the back rail , They are very sturdy and reasonably easy to put together ,and we really like them , The drawers are large and much better than those on runners which always break . we recommend them heartily and we are extremely pleased with them, I added the foam cushions from our old settee and chairs for back rests and covered it all with a large throw and it looks really good .

This is the 2nd bed we've bought from this company, I love how straight forward they are. I managed to put this together by myself without too much swearing, had to do a few balancing acts, but it's certainly do-able. Took 2-3 hours maybe? Obv would have been quicker with help haha! All necessary bits and pieces were included apart from the screwdriver for the slats. Only thing I'll mention (though not worth marking down over) a few parts were abit roughly sawn, keep some sandpaper on hand. My son loves it.

First off, just in case the comments I am going to make seem negative, I just want to say that we'd go straight out and buy the same again if we needed one! Bed was for a nine year old, but we decided to get this "adult" scaled bed rather than a flimsier child one. And it is solid - with the plus that should you manage to break a bit of it, it could be replaced by a competent woodworker, as it is all solid wood rather than chipboard and laminate. Criticisms - in theory, simple to assemble, but in practice some of the planks had twisted slightly in the longitudinal axis, meaning a bit of pressure was required to line holes up. OK, we were building it in the small hours of Christmas Eve, but you can't throw it together - go thoughtfully, methodically and at a measured pace. Tighten screws and bolts a little at a time in rotation, rather than one at a time 100%. And there were a couple of screws (from memory, those attaching the extra middle support leg - that you don't put on if you have the trundle bed option rather than the underbed drawers, or nothing) that the instructions said just screw straight into the wood. I'm never happy with that, so drilled pilot holes with an electric drill first. Few minutes extra work, but well worth it. Design is basic rather than inspired - takes a bit of 'dressing' with cushions and throws if you wanted to make it attractive in, say, a living room. Ditto the finish (or lack thereof!) - budget the time for staining and varnishing. Ours has just had one coat of varnish to seal it, but will probably paint it in a year or two But, overall, we're happy we made the right choice and would buy again. Just typed this after an entire family bedtime cuddle . . . told you it was solid!