Discovery World Furniture Twin Size Bookcase Captain Bed with 12 Drawer in Merlot

I gave this bed 4 stars because the finished product is a pretty decent piece of furniture, especially when you consider the price. Having said that there were a couple of problems that kept it from being 5 stars, and a few tips that might help some people who choose to order it.First of all, shipping and delivery were great. The freight forwarder (ABF) worked with me as soon as the order was received, and they were able to get it to me almost two full weeks before the scheduled delivery date from Amazon. The dispatcher and driver were very helpful, and worked with my very difficult delivery location. The boxes were intact and undamaged.The furniture itself is pretty well finished. Some slight imperfections that you would probably find in more expensive pieces as well. Nothing that is very noticeable or would require correction by any but the most picky customers. The pieces are all real wood - no particle board, MDF or OSB. A little plywood for the drawer bottoms, which are just a bit thin, but everything else is actual lumber (not sure what species, but some of the drawer assembly pieces are common pine or spruce.As previously stated, everything arrived undamaged, with one major exception, which is the reason I couldn't give it 5 stars. I got the 12 drawer full size model, and one of the 6 drawer units was in perfect condition. The other looked like it had been assembled by a someone who just didn't care. 10 of the screws where the drawer guides fastened to the support pieces had to be replaced. The assembler had driven the screws at an angle that caused the support pieces to split and splinter. Many of the screws were only loosely inserted or had fallen out completely. All but one of these occurrences were in the back, where the imperfections are ultimately invisible. One was in the front, though, but the visible portion is mostly hidden by a drawer front.I know other people have identified and photographed these same problems, and I'm sure if I had complained the company would have sent a replacement drawer unit. Luckily I'm pretty handy, so I was able to fix the problems without too much trouble. All I did was remove the short screws they had used and broke off the loose splinters and chips of wood. I then drilled the holes deeper into the supports and substituted some longer wood screws I had laying around. The result is everything works fine, and you would have to know where to look to find the one front flaw. Took about an hour to fix, but if you aren't comfortable with this level of repair it could be worse.Once the drawer unit was repaired, the actual assembly took about an hour and a half. All the hardware was there and the instructions, which were all pictures, were nonetheless clear and easy to follow. For some reason, the pages were stapled together out of order, but the steps were numbered anyway. Interestingly the parts card had one spot labeled "spare hardware", which contained just one nut and bolt for fastening the side rails to the head/foot boards. Coincidentally, one of the original nuts in the group of eight of these was mis-threaded, and I damaged the bolt trying to force them to work. Funny that the one spare they included happened to be the one spare I needed.Finally, a few things I did that others might find helpful. First of all, if you aren't using a cordless electric screwdriver you should be, and you can save a lot of time by getting a hex bit that fits the bolts they provide. It would be nice if they included one in addition to the little Allen wrench they give you. If you have to tighten all the bolts using that wrench, though, add about a half hour to the assembly. Second, if you think you might use the shelves in the headboard for anything electrical, get a couple of desk grommets. It's easier and less messy to hole-saw for these before the headboard is assembled, and the finished look is worth the few bucks they cost. Finally, I bought a whole bunch of the adhesive backed furniture sliders that are a half inch wide by 4 inches long. Before assembly I put them all along the bottom edges of every piece that contacts the floor. I think I used 16 for each drawer unit, and a few more for the head and foot boards. Cost about $15 on Amazon and took a few minutes to apply, but now I can slide the entire unit around if I need to. If you don't do that, you better do the assembly pretty much right where you want it to stay.One last comment about the quality control of the item. The majority of the pieces came from Vietnam, and they had no problems. However, on the side of each drawer unit box were the words "Assembled in USA". Ironically, this is where all of my problems were found, and most other people's problems, from what I read in other reviews.In retrospect, I should have taken pictures of the damage, my repairs, and my modifications, but I didn't, and I'm not going to take anything apart to go back and get some.

When the bed was delivered, we were provided duplicated right hand drawers and needed left side to install the remaining drawers. Contacted seller and the were very polite and diligent on getting the corrected pieces shipped. I would highly recommend this bed and this shipper.

So I ordered this for my daughter because I wanted a nice bed for her that had some storage. I also ordered two sets of drawers. As far as the quality of the wood goes, it's good. Everything was well packaged and got to me without any scratches or scrapes. Only one part was broken, and I contacted customer service and they got a replacement piece right out. Great service! Once everything was done (which took me a while), I have to say that the bed looks great, and my daughter loves it, so mission accomplished there.My issue was with the instructions, which were a little tough to decipher at times. Also, the pre-drilled holes were MOSTLY correct, but 2 or 3 were off a little. Everything still worked. My main issue was with a piece under the headboard. If you assemble the whole bed first, and you follow the instructions, you end up putting a piece in a certain way. If you also purchased drawers, you would naturally assemble those after the bed, right? And what you find out is that the one piece under the headboard needs to be flipped if you're going to use drawers. This requires disassembling a fair amount of the bed you just finished putting together so that you can flip the piece, because if you don't do this, then the drawers don't fit. You'd expect to find some sort of warning in the instructions for this, but there's nothing there. Nothing at all. I can't tell you how frustrating that was. So, if you buy this bed, you'll like it when you're done, but you're going to hate putting it together. Oh, and I'm just remembering that the wood pegs that are included that act as guides fit very loosely and will fall out as you attempt to put things together. I don't know why they did that, as making them just slightly larger (or make the holes slightly smaller) so that they stay in place would have been so much better. Anyway, I'm hopeful this helps someone out there. Oh, also, they should have made three big drawers instead of six small ones. The drawers really don't hold all that much. Not a good use of space, IMO, and more tedious to put together. At least they look good.