ZINUSAlexis Deluxe Wood Platform Bed Frame, Solid Wood Foundation, No Box Spring Needed, Wood Slat Support, Easy Assembly, Rustic Pine, Queen

I was very hesitant to order this bed, for a lot of reasons. Some of which are that these "assemble yourself" furniture things have, in the past (NOT Zinus), have been very difficult to assemble. Things like missing parts, missing instructions (!) (you name it). Gave me a definite pause.Add all of this to the fact that I am female, and (how to put this?) "older", and don't have a lot of experience with assembling things (i.e., mostly poor experiences, as mentioned above) and that a purchase of this bed would make it THE most expensive single item I have ever purchased on Amazon - me, an Amazon customer of 20+ years standing - just about made me decide to give this bed a pass.Boy, am I glad I read the reviews (more than 20,000 at this writing). Reading the reviews, and looking at the rating, made me decide to give this a chance.The bed arrived in about three days on my front porch. As expected (I had read that the box weighed about 85 pounds - no exaggeration here!) I could not lift the box to carry it inside (it was just too heavy for me) so I laid it flat on my front porch (it had arrived standing upright) and opened it there.The contents was EXTREMELY well packaged - it was a smaller box within the large box. The smaller box contained all of the parts - large and small styrofoam blocks everywhere, everything was welll-cushioned, thus un-blemished.The small parts (fasteners, screws and such) were shrink-wrapped onto sections on a piece of cardboard, with each section labeled with the corresponding part number to the directions - as an added bonus, there was also a section labeled "spare parts", with a few extras of each. I REALLY appreciated this thoughtfulness on the part of Zinus, as this guaranteed that I would have all of the parts required.The instructions were simple - mostly all graphic images (pictures) of the step-by-step assembly.The reason that the instructions were so simple is that this bed is incredibly well engineered - the design has really been carefully planned and carefully thought out. Because of this, the parts and assembly pictures exactly matched all of the actual parts.Not too much guess work here - I had one or two missteps at the beginning, only due to me inexperience in putting together such things. After more thinking, looking at what I had done and comparing it to the instruction, I saw my error, disassembled this first step, and it was smooth sailing from then on.It took me about an hour and fifteen minutes to put this bed together, only because I had to spend a few minutes at each assembly step staring at the instructions in order to understand if I was doing things correctly. Aside from the first step, I was.If I had this to do over again (or if I had been a person with experience in such things) I'm guessing that I could have put this bed together in a half hour, tops.And I LOVE LOVE LOVE this bed! It is beautiful, exactly what I was hoping for (I purchased the one with the headboard), although expensive (for me) it is a quality item and totally worth the price. I know I will enjoy this bed for many, many years to come.So, if you are contemplating getting this bed, even if you are "older" and even if you have no experience in do-it-yourself furniture assembly, I would say GO FOR IT! When it comes, don't be in a rush, study the instructions, only open the shrink wrapped parts sections as you need them (and be sure to put the parts in a dish or a pan or something so that they don't roll under your chest of drawers and disappear!), take your time - and soon you will have a beautiful new bed.The only thing I would say to Zinus is that the photos on the page for the bed were poor quality (the photos, NOT the bed), blurry and out-of-focus. This almost stopped me from buying the bed right there and then - so, Zinus: better photos, more bed sales!Thanks for reading, everyone!! :-)

If you are looking for a sturdy well made bed frame, you can’t go wrong here. Solid wood. Packed superbly with no scratches or damage. Styrofoam fillers are all encased in plastic so the traditional white snow particles during unpacking are non existent. GENIUS!!!! The instructions are so simple and clear, a child could put this together. The hardware is encased in shrink wrap and marked clearly and includes extras for each step. I just had total knee replacement 6 weeks ago and I did it. We need to lower our mattress so it shows better, but it is a really nice color. Very sturdy. I have ordered other frames and bedding items from this company before and will always continue to buy from them.

I buy quality first. There are somethings worth paying top dollar for and you should not skimp. Appliances would be a good example. Some furniture that serves practical purposes. Bedding definitely fits in this category and you will regret going cheap and if you don't do some research. a Good frame mis a must and you should buy with a view of the long term. Quite frankly there are some very pricey frames that are terrible, same goes for mattresses. I did months of research and found what I believe to be the absolute best bang for the buck examples of both. This bed frame is very sturdy easy to put together and gives support to Hybrid mattresses. It is also very attractive.

It's just what we wished for. Excellent quality and looks. Easy to assemble, we did it in 1.5 hours. It has right height and the headboard is a very convincing feature. The price is also right. We are happy with the purchase

Okay, lets talk about the bad to get that out of the way since I that's normally what I try to find in a review.1. This is not the strongest bedframe, I know... you're very surprised. It says solid wood, and it is.. but it's basically comprised of 2x1ish boards that have been glued together to make 6" wide board, so while it's not pressed or engineered wood... "solid wood" is a bit of a stretch or at least a clever descriptor. Now you can't really tell looking at it that's the case, but during the assembly I noted a finger joint and thats probably the only way I would have know other than a picture from another review on here somewhere. I would say that it is strong enough. I am not a little guy, and I am fairly confident in a robust wrestling match on this bed won't dismember any toes.2. The bottom of the main legs are very rough and do not come with a plastic or felt covering, they would 1000% destroy a non carpeted floor. Kinda a give to anyone with hardwood floors. The only reason I really bring it up is because I'm not sure if the center support was actually flush with the floor when the frame was assembled or the felt that I hot glued to the bottom are different thicknesses.3. So there is essentially no lip on the frame to retain the mattress, there is some 2 sided tape which I'm sure would have worked but if I imagine that when you take the bed on and off for whatever reason it will become useless pretty quick. I'm going to but some grip tape and place it on the slats. I think that would have been a better long term solution.So that's really all the negatives I have about this frame. And in all honesty they are all a little nitpicky and none are a true reason to not buy it save the first, but lets be real here... I bought this frame for around 300 bucks... no one should expect something coming out of a custom woodmakers shop or something you're going to hand down to your children at that price point. The frame was easy to assemble, I did it by myself in 40min and that includes hot gluing felt to the bottom of the frames legs, it came with a convenient little ratcheting tool which I especially appreciated. The hardware is good quality, the wood is good enough, and the frame seems to be pretty solid when everything is tightened down. I can see needing some threaded inserts at some point down the line... But all in all would I recommend this bedframe... If it is still around 300 then yes, I would buy it again with out hesitation.