Richmond Platform Bed

Comments about Richmond Platform Bed:

The packaging is flimsy so check for structural damage to the frame if the boxes are ripped, crushed or otherwise damaged. I did not receive the correct amount of bolts. Two weeks after delivery and two calls to customer service later, I still haven't received the needed hardware. Thanks to my local hardware store, I finally have an assembled frame. Once the hardware issue was resolved, I feel the quality of the bed is appropriate for the price. Assembly is straight-forward. The color is great. I haven't purchased a mattress, yet, so can't comment on comfort or durability. My ranking reflects my frustration with the missing hardware.

Comments about Richmond Platform Bed:

This review is intended primarily for the manufacturer: it is a very poorly designed bed, from a practical standpoint, in my opinion.

This bed is nice-looking and easy to assemble (though you may get an incomplete kit and have to order another one; Hayneedle, though, was quite obliging and sent another kit within a few days time).

However, once you get it assembled it can't be taken apart for moving, for ecample. It is almost impossible to clean under; it will not accommodate a bed skirt to keep lint from the bedclothes from gathering under the bed. It's corners and edges are sharp, which you should bear in mind when making the bed and changing the bedclothes. And the design, where the mattress sets well within the framework, makes it very hard to lift a mattress in order to make the bed.

I expected a lip of no more than, say, a half inch within which to set the mattress. However, with this bed the mattress sets within the frame, and the sides of the frame extend several inches upwards from the level of the slat structure. The mattress sets within this, so it is hard to tuck sheets and blankets under it when making up the bed and changing the bedclothes.

You may want to consider putting a piece of plywood on top of the slat structure, if you have a foam rubber mattress, for better support.

The design of the slat support structure under the bed is such that the central cross piece extends *below* the bed frame on either side and is visible when one stands away from the bed once it is assembled. This is unsightly, so I wouldn't recommend this bed for a guest room, say, or in any situation where the looks of the bed itself matter.

Nor would I recommend it to anyone who moves around a lot, such as someone in the armed forces, for the bed cannot be disassembled for moving, as mentioned above.

I understand that the design of this bed was, at least partly, necessitated by having to ship it in pieces. Nevertheless, a slat structure under a mattress, no matter the bracing structure designed for the slats, cannot be considered a *platform*. So in my opinion, this bed is improperly labeled as a platform bed.

One can't tell from the Hayneedle website that one will encounter any of these problems, as they only reveal themselves once you start using the bed and putting bedclothes on it, and so forth. Thus, from a housewife's standpoint, this is a poorly designed bed.

Comments about Richmond Platform Bed:

My son LOVES his new platform bed... The bed is great quality, the shipping was unbelievably fast... Over all, this was an A+ transaction!!...Thank you Hayneedle!!!