I was looking for a grey distressed wood-look bunk bed, and I considered bunk beds from a number of higher-end furniture companies, but I settled on these because the look, as well as height of the bunk beds seemed comparable to the higher end bunk beds. These bunk beds arrived ahead of schedule and took about 2 hours to build. We ultimately decided to leave them as separate beds, so I can't speak to them as functioning bunk beds. The look is nice, they feel solid. I am very satisfied with them.