We bought this for our 3 and 5 year old boys 9 months ago and have had time to live with it. Overall the quality of this bunk is good. The bed is attractive. The paint is even and scratch-resistant. The bed doesn't squeak and the construction feels super-solid. BUT, the whole unit is very low/short for a bunk bed. The top of the top bunk rests at my eye level (I'm 5'8") which I guess is nice if you worry about your child falling off the top (not a worry of mine) and the clearance b/w the bottom and top bunk is about 23-24". This means that if you lay down with your child, you will bump your head pretty much every time. It also means that your child will outgrow the bed sooner than with a reasonable amount of clearance. My 3 year old seems to like the cocoon feeling of this bed so overall we're fine with it, but it's disappointing that this bed will have such a short shelf life and that we can't really expect an adult guest to use it. The other complaint about the bed is the STRONG odor that off-gassed from it for a full 3 months (we had the keep the window open in the kids' room during the day to offset it).