My 10 year old had been begging for a bunk bed for over a year but I was reluctant since most people with bunks said by the tween/teen years, the kid doesn't want them. I looked long and hard for the right combination of style and price. It was important to have beds that would separate nicely so that in the future she could use just the bottom. This bed is absolutely beautiful and like others said, it looks like it would have cost much more. The only thing that I wish was different is that the ladder could be moved to the other side. Luckily for us, the room was big enough to rotate the bunks from how I preferred to put them, but some may not - - so if purchasing keep that in mind that the ladder can only be put on the front right.