Chelsea Cherry Queen Platform Storage Bed

I've been looking for a low profile platform storage bed for two years. I communicated with Overstock sales staff using the built-in online IRC software, and like magic the salesperson returned a link to me the exact platform storage bed I was looking for. The bed came in 3 fairly heavy boxes. The instructions were clear and the bed finish and design was was one of the best examples of this kind of assemble-it-yourself kit furniture. Don't rush assembly, it's easy, but not a snap. It would be great if the mfr. would include one extra fastener of all the parts included in the event of damaging a piece during installation. Included are exactly the number of parts needed, no more. They have an 800 number to contact for part replacement. If you are going to use a foam mattress I suggest placing thin plywood or composite board over the slat/space/slat platform assembly provided. The bed is a very handy solution to seasonal clothes storage.

This bed is awesome. the storage space is great, and the bed is very strong and sturdy!!! I love that it doesn't budge an inch or sqeak or anything when I get in or move around in it, and I am a large person. The manufacturer should, however, factory assemble some of the parts as it took us almost 5 hours to get it together instead of the 2 hours it predicted in the instruction book, but i love the bed and it matches my "hand me down" antique dresser perfectly!

The bed was exactly what I envisioned when shopping for a "platform" style bed. The quality was very good for the low price. There were 2 or 3 items that we needed to reorder because of manufacturing errors, but overall it was easy to construct according to the directions.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? very close
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Good quality for the price.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? very accurate, I especially appreciated the pictures and the reviews by customers.

First of all, it looks pretty good. I've had mine over a year now, and we decided to screw each and every bed slat down, because they were constantly falling out of the headboard or footboard (these go lengthwise for some reason). Now it is better. It also helped to "square" the bed too, it didn't stay square after we assembled it, since our mattress is just latex foam. We thought it might help the drawers to close better too, but they still don't. I wish the drawers had some kind of dust guard over them, between the bottom of the mattress and the top of the drawers, but they don't. Overall, looks pretty good for the price, adds a little storage, but screw down the slats and you will like it more.