I'm sorry to give such a bad review but for the money we paid I'm seriously disappointed. I chose to build the bed myself. As a mechanical engineer of 12 years and a design engineer for the previous 2 , I should be able to handle a bed? However I assumed the letters on the corners of the sides, head and foot board should match up but they didn't. After hand screwing the 60mm screws into all 4 corners of the solid oak I realised that it had been stickered up wrong as the hinge mechanism was closer towards the foot end of the bed and the strut was on the wrong end of the hinge. Therefore had to disassemble the bed and start from the beginning. Please may I suggest looking at a better way to attach the sides. Posi headed screws are not convenient, when the access is limited and you have to use a screw driver. Hexagonal headed screws would be better; you'd be able to use an Allen key and tighten the bolts up better. Metal threaded inserts would be even better rather than self tapping into solid oak To attach the hydraulic struts to the triangular brace, you use a nut and bolt. I can only guess this is so that you can replace the strut easier but due to access, you'd have to remove the brace from the bed anyway. The head of the bolt, although reduced, still gets in the way of the bed and hinge so both braces have to be fitted at an angle. As well as this, the slot in the bolt is very shallow and its awkward to tighten. Surely it would be better to weld a pin into the brace, with a bushing on either side of the strut to reduce the huge amount of play? My next suggestions are a bit picky but we paid over 1000 pounds for this so I expect better. There are some fairly large gaps in the external slats and joints where the wood is bowed and the holes are slightly off. The hole in the leather strap is not in the middle and I'm wondering if there is meant to be two holes in it? And there are no spots or markings on the bed for where the horizontal slats are meant to go, so laying the slats in an even fashion takes more time than it needs to. Lastly, the headboard and footboard where pre built which I am grateful for but you included all the bolts and biscuit joints for both parts as if I was to build it myself. As a company you'd probably save a lot of money if you only provided the bolts that are required?