Day Bed (retired)
Apr 4, 2007 20:34:43 GMT -5
Post by Keri on Apr 4, 2007 20:34:43 GMT -5
My official review of the daybed and mattress set:
B-
Why?
-- The bed really isn't THAT amazing. The cute details on the headboard and footboard are decals, its sturdiness is questionable, and as it is metal, it is prone to rust. But it is really cute and the fact that there's room for at least two dolls makes it worthwhile. Plus, it's easy to take apart and store if you don't want it on display or only want it out for playtime.
The bedframe is a lightweight metal painted green with decorative stickers on the head and footboards to mimic molding and painted details. Well, actually, it has a bit of weight to it, but not a lot. There are three pieces to it: headboard, footboard, and mattress support.
The frame connects with one hook at each leg. The side bars of the mattress support (hidden by wide guards) slide into a thin hollow tube attached to each leg of the endboards. These hollow tubes are more like C's, with a missing chunk of each. I don't know why. But mine don't fit very snuggly and they tend to rattle - it's as though the C's got stretched out or something. At any rate, there's no screws or anything needed for putting it together. It all slides in and out. This does, however, mean you have to be careful when lifting it up. If you lift it by the middle, it will slide right out of the hooks and you'll only be holding onto the mattress support part, with the endboards hanging out on their own.
The head and footboard are two different heights, but otherwise, they're exactly the same. There is a hollow tube frame, and vertical smaller wiry tubes with a panel in the middle. The panel is made to look like it is molded and painted by the use of a sticker, and there is one on each side of both the headboard and the footboard. If you wanted to decorate the beds yourself, I can't imagine that it would be difficult to use Goo-Gone on the stickers to remove them.
The trundle part is very simple. The heavy-gauge wire frame of the mattress support is duplicated and attached to one side with two hinges. There is a small guard over the hinge part, so that fingers are less likely to be pinched. There is another hinge at the opposite side of the trundle, which attaches the support. It can fold either on top of the trundle or underneath when the bed is in single-mode. If it isn't set up at the right angle, though, the weight of your doll could cause it to collapse.
Also, this bed WILL rust if you get it wet. Mine's showing rust at the hooks on the legs, where they were welded to the tubing. But the each leg has a plastic cap on the end, so that there are no raw edges to scratch floors, skin, or furniture.
The mattress is two pieces of foam covered in cotton or muslin or something that's white, and with a strip of that same fabric connecting them longwise. It's really simple, honestly, but seems to be fairly sturdy. You can fold it in half with either sides facing, and the strip is wide enough that the two sections don't bunch up or anything if you're using the bed in single-mode. They lie nice and flat.
Another benefit of that little strip is that when you have the mattress/bed open, it covers up the hinges of the trundle.
The bed also comes with a pillow that I forgot to take a photo of. It's very plain. A piece of foam a little bit less than the width of the bed, with a green cover. I think you might be able to see it in the corner of some of the photos I've listed already. It's plain and simple, nothing fancy. It's odd to me that there's only one, though, if the bed is meant to sleep two people.
--- KERI
B-
Why?
-- The bed really isn't THAT amazing. The cute details on the headboard and footboard are decals, its sturdiness is questionable, and as it is metal, it is prone to rust. But it is really cute and the fact that there's room for at least two dolls makes it worthwhile. Plus, it's easy to take apart and store if you don't want it on display or only want it out for playtime.
The bedframe is a lightweight metal painted green with decorative stickers on the head and footboards to mimic molding and painted details. Well, actually, it has a bit of weight to it, but not a lot. There are three pieces to it: headboard, footboard, and mattress support.
The frame connects with one hook at each leg. The side bars of the mattress support (hidden by wide guards) slide into a thin hollow tube attached to each leg of the endboards. These hollow tubes are more like C's, with a missing chunk of each. I don't know why. But mine don't fit very snuggly and they tend to rattle - it's as though the C's got stretched out or something. At any rate, there's no screws or anything needed for putting it together. It all slides in and out. This does, however, mean you have to be careful when lifting it up. If you lift it by the middle, it will slide right out of the hooks and you'll only be holding onto the mattress support part, with the endboards hanging out on their own.
The head and footboard are two different heights, but otherwise, they're exactly the same. There is a hollow tube frame, and vertical smaller wiry tubes with a panel in the middle. The panel is made to look like it is molded and painted by the use of a sticker, and there is one on each side of both the headboard and the footboard. If you wanted to decorate the beds yourself, I can't imagine that it would be difficult to use Goo-Gone on the stickers to remove them.
The trundle part is very simple. The heavy-gauge wire frame of the mattress support is duplicated and attached to one side with two hinges. There is a small guard over the hinge part, so that fingers are less likely to be pinched. There is another hinge at the opposite side of the trundle, which attaches the support. It can fold either on top of the trundle or underneath when the bed is in single-mode. If it isn't set up at the right angle, though, the weight of your doll could cause it to collapse.
Also, this bed WILL rust if you get it wet. Mine's showing rust at the hooks on the legs, where they were welded to the tubing. But the each leg has a plastic cap on the end, so that there are no raw edges to scratch floors, skin, or furniture.
The mattress is two pieces of foam covered in cotton or muslin or something that's white, and with a strip of that same fabric connecting them longwise. It's really simple, honestly, but seems to be fairly sturdy. You can fold it in half with either sides facing, and the strip is wide enough that the two sections don't bunch up or anything if you're using the bed in single-mode. They lie nice and flat.
Another benefit of that little strip is that when you have the mattress/bed open, it covers up the hinges of the trundle.
The bed also comes with a pillow that I forgot to take a photo of. It's very plain. A piece of foam a little bit less than the width of the bed, with a green cover. I think you might be able to see it in the corner of some of the photos I've listed already. It's plain and simple, nothing fancy. It's odd to me that there's only one, though, if the bed is meant to sleep two people.
--- KERI