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!! :-)

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Very well made. Easy to assemble. Beautiful and simple. So happy with this purchase (bought 2)

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It arrived just in time for our new mattress, I was able to build the whole thing in 20 minutes or less.
It’s very sturdy and looks beautiful. I probably should’ve gone with the antique espresso because I thought the cherry was a little darker.

Either way very sturdy, easy to build, beautiful.

The only thing that I’m worried about is that it slides very easy and I don’t want to scratch my floors. Probably will have to buy a rug for under it

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I've been using this frame for almost a year now, and I love it. It hasn't started creaking, no broken boards, nothing. It looks great, nice dark wood and elevates my bed to a pleasant height. Tall enough that I can just slide off the bed when I get up, and short enough that there's no awkward hop to get on the bed. Very easy to set up, and because it's such a simple, basic construction it's turned out to be remarkably sturdy and stable. Couldn't be happier, honestly.

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Purchased 2 for my small children. Beds were easy to assemble, even little ones helped, and look really clean and nice. However, pieces do not appear to be full solid wood but instead pieces of wood attached together for the long beams. They still seem solid. However, after a month we noticed the frame seemed wobbly. For sure the children (both under age 6 and under 50lbs) jump on and off the beds at times, but the screws became extremely loose at all 4 corners - loose enough that they could be hand tightened - and needed to be completely tightened. We’ll keep the beds, ensure we’re regularly checking for movement and re-tighten.

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Wow, this bed frame is amazing...

I did a lot of research behind bedframes for my newly purchases purple mattress and considering the mattress was quite expensive, I wanted a bedframe that would be adequate for it, but not break the bank. After researching I found Zinus was a popular brand, but after reading comments on a ton of their products(literally read comments/researched products for hours), I found contradictory reviews. Either it was the most amazing, or the worst product ever. My take on this bedframe is it is an amazing bedframe!

Pros:
Affordable(I got it for around $200)
Very Sturdy(I am 245 lbs)
Really easy to assemble(took me and 1 other about 30 minutes.)
No squeaking/sliding
WOOD!

Cons:
The only cons I could even think of was:
Very low to the ground(this could be a con for you)
Not extravagant looking, but look simple and clean.

I will update this review if any issues arise, but this is a great bed frame for the price!!! Go with this one if you're getting a Zinus frame. (Zinus Marissa 12 Inch Deluxe Wood Platform Bed Queen)

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We downsized into a smaller home and when we moved we purchased new beds for all of the rooms. I didn't want to deal with heavy boxsprings any more and decided to go with platform beds. We bought the first frame for a queen bed that we have in the guest room. It is so sturdy and strong and gives off mid century modern vibes. I then bought the same frame in king and in again for our second queen bed. This was easy to assemble with one person. It looks great with a floating headboard and takes up less space than a traditional bed frame.

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the package is very heavy so I had to break the package into separate parts to take it to the second floor.
The instructions are very clear.
The wooden parts are clear wood of good size.
The screws supplied are in a blister package and isolated as per their function.
They even added some spare screws!
The kit comes with a ratchet driver that is quite a time saver.
I had no problem building this alone!
The finished product is flawless.
Well worth the price !

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A very easy to assemble frame for a good price.Well made.

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I ordered this bed a second time for our spare room, and the packaging was in good condition, bed frame is double wrapped in cardboard for those "bad delivery drivers" and its kept undamaged. Easy for me to install, and looks clean and sturdy. So far our queen size no issues after a year nothing broken or falling apart.
We attached it to a headboard with drilling some holes through the legs and long bolts. Holds up just great! Thats because its solid wood, not some garbage glued particle board from, must I say it, Ikea stores and the like.

Thanks amazon and Zinus.

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I don’t often take the time to review items but this one is definitely worth it. Very well made, solid and high quality. The instructions and packaging is exceptional. The only one thing that has nothing to do with product is that delivery was delayed by a few days