Sorelle Joel Toddler Bed, Espresso

I purchased the Sorelle Joel Toddler Bed in Oak on Pine about 2 years ago when my daughter just turned 1 yrs old. Now, she is 4 years old and still uses this bed. This bed was extremely easy to put together and it is sturdy after 2 years of use. I love the quality of the bed. It is sturdy. The only drawback I have about this bed is the drawer. The drawer is wide, but not deep. Plus, like another reviewer mentioned, it does not stay on the tracks that well, which causes it to be difficult to open and close. Being that the bed is made out of Pine, it does scratch easily. There are a few scratches on the bed that shows, but what can you do. It's wood and it is bound to get knicked up. I am on the market again for another toddler bed, since my youngest will be 1 yrs old in May. I will be looking at purchasing this bed, in the same color, again.

We had a convertible crib, but when it came time to convert it, the mattress surface was just too high 22 inches. Our little guy had to jump out. This bed is sturdy and the mattress surface is 15 inches off the floor. So, our little guy can just slide off and still keep his balance.

Assembling the mattress support was a bit tricky, requiring two extra hands. I would recommend marking the position of the holes for each dowel with a sharpie -that will help you position each of the slats. Took some trial and error before I figured that out....

I saw the other comments on here about the drawer, and I have to agree that it has questionable utility -it just isn't very deep. I decided to assemble it anyhow, and taking the comments here to heart, I used some wood glue on the joints to reduce the flimsiness. All the drawer is holding is the instructions and the little hex wrench they give you for assembly. It's perfect for that!

I'm not happy at all with the Amazon delivery contractor -"Pilot". I made an appointment with them using their system, asking for 9-12. They called at 12 and said it would be 2, called at 1:30 and said it would be 3, then called at 4 to reschedule.... Finally showed up at 5:30 in what appeared to be an airport shuttle van. Rather than making an appointment, I wish there was an option for "leave it on my porch and I'll call you if it's damaged". I would have been happy with that; that's what UPS and Fedex do.

But just a minor annoyance. My son is sleeping in the bed right now, so it seems to work.

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The bed was very easy to put together. I put it together by myself with being 7 months pregnant and I had no problems with it. The bed is very sturdy and my son loves it. The only thing is that the side rails are very low once you put the mattress on the bed. We used a regular crib mattress and the rails ended up being barely 1/2 inch above the mattress. Other then the low side rails we really like the bedwell built and beautiful look. Because of the rails I only gave it 4 stars as if I had a kid that was active when sleeping the low rails might be an issue.

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We got this bed, in expresso, from Buy Buy Baby. One of the bed slats that screws to the bed rails had the hole drilled wrong (it was about 1/2" off center). 5 of the nuts that it screws into were missing. The instructions said we would get 9 wooden dowels...we got one, and it was snapped in half. The allen wrench that came with it was severely bent. Also there were scratches on the headboard. The bed was made in 2011 and it was a brand new bed based on all the packaging I had to take off. We wrote the company and within 4 days then sent new slats...but they were the wrong ones. I finally just returned it to the store and got something different.

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Drawers on the bottom do not stay on track. otherwise the bed is nice and steardy.