Great for the kidsMariaKids loved it4
A great findKRISTINAWas going to get Pottery Barn captains beds, but these were perfect and way cheaper!5
Awesome bedHEATHERBought this bed for my daughter. She needed something that gave her extra storage and this one was perfect. Well made and headboard can be placed on either end so it fits your space perfectly!5
Good for kidsKarenI used it on a twin bed for my 3 yr old but when I get on her bed it makes some sound of wood moving I think it needs some rubber on the tips. Other that that it works fine and is very affordable.3
Great bed!RebeccaWe bought this for my teenage daughter. Great quality, convenient storage and stylish!5
Great bedDreamerDeI bought 2 of these for my pre-teen daughters. The quality is great and will hopefully last thru high school. The drawers are a great size and the cubbie is a great feature as well. It took about 2 hours to put together. They are very satisfied with their new beds and so am I.5
Well designed!NYTaxistaIt is very elegant and sturdy.5
Slates not included as indicated online!!!!valcarmonaWe purchased 2 of these beds only to find out once we got home that the slates are not included!!!! At the store IKEA indicated this product was 4 boxes total but online it indicates it is 5 boxes and the slates were included. They were not!!! We live 2 hours away & will have to go to a hardware store to pick up slates. Very disappointed in this huge discrepancy and also disappointed that we have to spend more money just to make the bed usable. IKEA this needs to be corrected ASAP! Also, the option on which direction to place the head board isn’t clear initially in the instructions.2
There are 5 boxesAshesWDid click and collect since that is the only way to shop right now. They missed the box with the headboard. Of course now it's past time that customer service phones are open. So hopefully it'll get sorted out. You'd think they'd have some sort of way to indicate to employees and customers how many boxes they should be picking up. So buyer beware - there are 5 boxes that you need. 3 stars as this mistake is average performance with IKEA now.3
Great storage but too highMomofboys04We bought 2 and my kids love their new beds (ages 6 and 8). My husband and I decided to build them on two separate days to not overwhelm ourselves. First one took about 3.5 hours- we are not handy at all and second one took closer to 3 hrs. Instructions booklet is pretty thick due do several options depending on what side you want the drawers/headboard footboard so please take your time in finding out which would work for your room. We followed two separate instructions for our beds. It’s nice that the screws are bagged in 4 sections and instructions let you know once you need to open the next bag of screws. Instructions were ok to follow but to be a bit more helpful, it would be nice if they would also label the wood pieces with letter or numbers to identify them quicker and easier, we were slow to identify and spent too much time counting the holes and making sure the holes matched the picture. Drawers seem sturdy and slide very smoothly and very spacious!-however I am being cautious and not overfilling them. Slats that come with the bed worked for us, my son had no issue but I also bought my mattress outside of IKEA (8inch gel) and this also caused the bed to be a bit higher than the picture. But the bed sits pretty high on its own so just be mindful. Overall we are very happy with the beds that we may get another one for my older son- he loved his brothers new beds.5
Sturdy with Plenty of StorageLee7351I am so impressed with this bed! Assembly was easy/straightforward. Took about 2.5 hrs. The end result definitely exceeded my expectations! It’s sturdy, the drawers work perfectly and have plenty of storage room. This is for my 10 year old daughter and I’m confident it will last her until she leaves home.5
Great amount of storage!Cluna760The drawers are big and spacious. We can fit a lot of clothes in there. We love it, but most importantly our daughter loves it!5
Big roomy drawersOsozLots of space in the drawers5
Slakt bed fits the needs!Grateful BuyerMy granddaughter's transiting from the toddler bed to a big bed. There room is small and shared with another child. It works out great for all.5
Great minimalist bedNique72Got this for my seventeen year old daughter. She loves that she can have less furniture in her room because of storage and shelves. She’s into the very minimum. She put it together herself...no problem.5
Buyer BewareMayaVThis is definitely one of IKEA's more poorly conceived and poorly executed products. Apparently, their employees can't even figure it out. It was not on display at the Burbank store so we asked for help with making sure we had what we needed. An employee gave us a list of all the parts/boxes--so he said--but he didn't realize the slats had to be purchased separately. This bed is NOT USABLE unless you buy the Leroy slats despite what the title bedframe w/storage and slatted bedbase would suggest. (It comes with the storage so why not the slats?) I'd read the reviews so thankfully I knew to ask for them. However, apparently the Leroy slats come in more than one size under the same name though this is not obvious even to Ikea's employees. Ikea Burbank sent us home with the WRONG ones. Not a big deal for some but exchanging the slats means a 4-hour roundtrip drive for us and until then, the bed is totally useless. And of course, Ikea customer service refuses to do anything to fix the problem. You should also know that the instructions in the box are not as clear as other Ikea furniture. There's multiple ways to assemble this bed and each version starts on a different page.1
Tall bed, options for building, happy childEJonesI can’t speak for longevity yet, because we just built this tonight for our 9 year old. The screws come in 4 bags so it makes it easier to keep them sorted. The bed gives you directions to build it with the drawers facing left or right and with the shelves at the headboard or footboard so you can really build it to fit your space (so it basically hs four sets of directions. Just take a minute to make sure you are following the one you want because it is a bit confusing. Just flip through all the directions before you start and you will get it). It seems sturdy (sturdier than my daughter’s Malm) and took my husband and I about 2 hours to build. Our 9 and 6 year old children “helped” us so it would have been a little faster had we not had the extra help. Like the picture on the website, it is nice and high off the ground, taller than the other bed in this series. Make sure you get the bed slats. We just put my son’s regular mattress on the top (it is not an Ikea mattress, but a regular 6 inch twin mattress) and it fits just fine. He is one happy kid tonight.5
Solid bed but challenging assemblyStoney44I bought this bed for my son, to give him some extra storage. As far as the product goes, it delivers. Its solid, has plenty of storage. However, this is a very challenging build. Think of this like a very big lego set. I'm pretty used to putting ikea stuff together, paying very close attention to the details like where the holes line up, and which side of a board is up. It's very complicated, and when you start to build the frame, you have no idea which way things go for quite a while, which slows progress. Then there's all of the screws. Literally there has to be about 250 screws on this thing. If you don't have a lightweight cordless screw driver, I'd not recommend buying this, you'll surely suffer from arthritis trying to drive all the screws in by hand. Even with a power driver calibrated carefully so as not to strip any of the holes, building this bed took me two days, probably around 5 hours. My recommendation besides the power driver...make sure you have plenty of time..maybe a few beers or something to mellow you out. Otherwise, frustration will take over. But if you persevere, you will end up with a solid piece. Good luck!4
Do not buyHeather123456We purchased qty.2 of the SLAKT beds online. Instructions told us to verify that parts had been received, and based on the part numbers on the boxes we did in fact receive the correct items. HOWEVER, once we tried to assemble the beds we noticed that the holes drilled into the headboard AND footboard DID NOT MATCH the layout of the holes on the instruction manual (they were spaced much further apart in the manual) and therefore, the bed could not be assembled as instructed. Furthermore, we tried to assemble one of the side panels of the bed and the locking pins that are meant to hold the two panels together were TOO SHORT, so the screws could not hold the panels together. This bed absolutely could not be assembled. I called IKEA to return the items and was told a case number would be created and that someone would contact me to schedule a pickup. Photos were sent to prove that there was indeed an issue in the MANUFACTURING of this bed, and yet I received only a generic reply that returns could be accepted in-store (and still refused at their discretion). There is a reason we ordered online... we live 6+ hours from the closest IKEA store. Incredibly dissatisfied with the quality and customer service (or lack there of). $600 out the door. Do not buy this bed - you'll only be returning it to the store shortly thereafter.1
Perfect for small NYC apartmentGMJBWas very worried this would look too childlike for an adult's apartment, but it works wonderfully. It added much needed storage. I'd like to suggest to IKEA this be made in a queen bed size as well!5