Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was skeptical at first in getting this platform bed frame. However, after reading all of the positive reviews I decided to go for it. The frame came in one long box that weighed about 70 pounds. I'm not a big guy at 5 - 6' and 145 pounds but I guess because the box was on the narrow side, I had no problem wrapping my arms around the box and carrying it up 21 steps into my townhouse. It was actually easier than getting my sit on top kayak up the flight of stairs. I was well prepared in assembling this bed frame. For starters, while researching this product, I found some YouTube KD Frames assembly videos. I suggest anyone getting this frame to check out their videos. Caution, if you don't like Classical Music, be prepared to shut off the sound. My assembly took longer than usual because I decided to stain the outer frame pieces before I assembled the frame. For those of you who want a uniform looking bed frame, you might want to steer clear of this frame. This is a natural wood product. You can't predict what type of wood you will get and if you stain it, it will highlight all of the woods grains, shades, and flaws. Luckily, I like the look of natural wood and in my package, there were decent looking pieces for the outside frame. Like the directions suggested, I went with a lighter color stain just to give it a more golden color. Poplar wood is really porous in nature so I used stain conditioner before I stained it to give it a more even color. Because of the humid weather we've been having in Hawaii, the pre-stain and staining took 1 day before it was ready to assemble. Once I had everything in order, the assembly process was quick as it only took me a half an hour to assemble. Getting all the parts, especially the wooden slats in order took longer than putting the frame together. Man, the plus bed frame has a lot of wooden slats! Once assembled, I did not clear poly coat it as I wanted to keep it natural looking. Instead, I finished it old school style with wood finishing polish. Almost forgot to mention, to make assembly easier, once I got the 4 outer frame pieces together, I put carpet slider discs under the 4 legs to make it easier to move around and get better angles to add the middle section, slats and tightening all of the screws. I read that there was a rise in the gap area of the frame while looking through the reviews. However, my frame is level in the gap area. I guess KD Frames fixed this as my frame is level in all areas, hence the advertisement of Updated Version. I also read that platform beds have a problem of some mattresses moving around while sleeping or getting out of bed. To try and remedy this, I bought a Tru Lite no slip pad to prevent this from happening. Since Amazon did not have the lighter version in full size, I bought the heavy version. The mattress I sleep on is a 9 inch coil spring mattress. Everything is rock solid as the frame is holding together with no squeaking or wobbling. The mattress does not move around . After about a week of sleeping on this new frame, the mattress has not moved an inch. The frame is on carpet so it's pretty locked into place. I'm really happy with this product and even happier that this is a product made in the USA with real wood that is sustainable and grows in the USA. I was pleasantly surprised at how everything was packaged nice and neat and how everything fit perfectly. There was no modifications or trying to cram in a screw or bolt, everything fit perfectly. This was the kind of project that gives a home improvement challenged guy like me some confidence in putting stuff together. It made me feel so good about myself, I went out and took on the challenge of changing all of my old lighting fixtures. Great bed frame. A very good buy in my opinion.