Camaflexi Mid-Century Daybed, Twin, Castanho

This daybed was a great purchase for when our 9 year old niece and her 3 year old brother stay on the weekends. Our niece adores the bed and won't let her brother on her upper mattress.If you're an adult and wanting to use this, you probably don't want to be over 200 pounds, and then I would say it's not for a full-time option because it's just not as sturdy as a full-sized bed to me. It IS a good size and nice and sturdy for kids or smaller teens. It's plenty large enough.We paired it with an 8 inch pillowtop mattress for the upper and a 6 inch, less robust, foam-type mattress for the lower from a local Big Lots store so we could see and return the mattresses if there was a problem more easily. Good thing, because the upper one we first got had oil stains and had to be swapped. These sizes have worked PERFECTLY for this bed with no issues. An eight inch mattress on top leaves a little more than one full back and end boards exposed above the mattress, in case you want to fill that space with pillows for some back support during the day.Like some have said, the lower trundle is a bit difficult to pull out on carpet, but I'm a 200 pound man and have no issues. The kids can't do it but the wife manages. I prefer it that way, as the lower trundle stays exactly where it's placed without moving all about when it's under the upper or pulled out to use. We only pull the lower out about 2/3 the way since our little 3 year old nephew doesn't need the whole mattress really, and we are often reclining in a couch opposite this bed to watch late night tv as they fall asleep, & it'd cause clearance issues if fully out.The color to me (we got the "Castanho" finish) I find is close enough in color to some of our light oak and pine furniture to not be an eyesore. They didn't have the current white finish back when we ordered this in February 2023 I don't think. Only the Scandinavian Oak and Castanho. The finish is not super-tough, & we already have 3 or 4 scratches, but that's from the nephew tossing larger plastic toys around while playing. If your kids are not too rough, or if this is adult use only, you'll likely find the finish adequately tough. It does SMELL a little funny for about a week or so, but it's completely scentless after about a month, & that could have actually been from the packing materials to be honest.I found assembly easy, except for most people's mentioned requirement to pre-drill the holes in the mattress support boards. Otherwise, they will split I am sure. The support boards seem to be much cheaper spruce or pine and not very dense wood. You will find many of them warping in different directions. I laid them all out after the frame was assembled and separated the ones with the worst warping and used most of them on the bottom and near the far ends of the mattress. I figured this would have the straighter boards supporting the upper, most-often used top mattress better. The bottom mattress would normally have a smaller lighter child on it.The only REAL gripe I have about this daybed is it's almost uselessness as a daytime sitting option. I was hoping with the right cushions or throw pillows this would be like a second couch in the "sitting" room we have it in. It just takes TOO MUCH padding or pillows to pad the back to allow people to sit on this as another couch. Usually you sit on the edge with zero back support, or kids can sit all the way back with just their feet dangling off the side of the upper mattress. It's just really all about the width of the mattress and the bed frame. It's just WAY too wide to function well as an alternate comfortable sitting option. I now feel EVERY daybed that takes similar sized mattresses will be like this. Not really the products fault. But if you go thicker than an eight inch mattress on top, you will likely have ZERO chance of placing pillows towards the back to give ANY back support for adults witting on this as they'd fall off unless it's against a wall.Some people have said this bed is creaky and makes sounds like it's cheap. I have barely heard a noise from it except the occasional bang when a child hits a piece of wood while playing on it vigorously. Just tighten the fasteners adequately, but show restraint if you're a man (or strong woman) as you can definitely damage the hardware if you go ape on the tightening.Overall, I'd buy this again AND recommend it unless you REALLY need extra sitting space that's very comfortable for adults. Kids can manage. Nice-looking piece of furniture!

I decided to write a review to provide some helpful tips on this bed. Some background: we were looking to add a bed to our second guestroom but anything bigger than a twin would take up too much room. We also felt like having a twin bed was a bit of waste since only 1 person could sleep there. Enter this trundle daybed bed (two twin beds for the space of one twin bed!). Perfect! I looked at many designs and they all seem to gear towards too childish/girly (i.e., something you find in a dollhouse or lacked style (all the fabric ones). I really liked the simple design of this daybed that I felt could last through changing trends. Just change the pillows/blankets to fit your style. A note on color, I got the "Castanho" color which looked like an ash brown in pictures but is more a warm brown. I believe another reviewer described the color as more "rustic cabin" less "mid-century" -- I think that's a spot on description. Although I would have preferred a ash brown, the warm brown still looked fine. Putting together the bed took about 1 hour. The instructions were pretty clear. Essentially you make the top bed first then you make the bottom trundle. The last step for both parts is to drill in each individual slat. I decided not to do this.TIP #1: Use Velcro for the slats instead of drilling them inI ordered some Velcro Tape of 30ft and 3/4inch wide for $18 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GRBEK2), I probably used about half the box. I put the rough side on the bed part then cut up the soft parts in strips to put on each end of a slat. I wasn't sure how well the adhesive would stay so I also used a staple gun to add two staples to each soft strip on the slat. Then just secure the slats on the bed and trundle using the block spacers provided. This whole process probably took me 30mins. And now the daybed won't be a pain to take apart or move should we ever need to.TIP #2: If you have high carpet, use furniture sliders instead of the wheelsSo our room has super high pile carpet and the trundle wheels were essentially useless because they were too short/small. I decided to remove the caster wheels and instead ordered some furniture sliders. I got a set that had 8 carpet and 8 hardwood sliders for $12 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088P6CP4L) -- note, the width of the discs (3.5in) was the same width as the trundle slat where the wheels went. I combined 1 hardwood slider on top of 1 carpet slider than just placed it under the slat in each corner where the wheels were originally attached. I thought about securing these sliders with tape or glue but it wasn't needed -- the weight of the trundle kept the sliders in place. The trundle now slides super easily.TIP #3: Install some straps to make pulling out the trundle easierSo because of the high carpet, getting our fingers in between the open space of the trundle and the bed was a bit difficult. I installed two leather cabinet pulls from Ikea (search OSTERNAS leather handle 6" -- currently $16 for two) on the front of the trundle. Now our trundle bed is easy to pull out.All in all, very happy with our purchase even though we had to make a few modifications.

I chose this because it is all wood. The reviews on metal day beds say they all squeak and I wanted something that will be pretty and last a long time. This bed is made in Brazil, not China. It really does weigh 100 pounds. I am a 69 yr old woman. I had it loaded into my truck from my mail source and opened the box in the truck. It is extremely well packaged. I took a few parts at a time to the room I assembled it in. The hardware is excellent and there were a few extra pieces. The directions are pictures but easy to understand. Each piece has a small white paper letter on it so it was easy to know what goes where. I assembled it by myself, it took a while and I found a few sore muscles the next day, lol, because the wood is SOLID and heavy. It does not squeak or wobble at all. I bought a 10 inch memory foam gel mattress for the top and a 6 inch for the bottom. Both are pretty comfortable but of course the 10 inch is better. It's very pretty. Pulling the trundle out is a little hard because I have carpet but once it starts to move the wheels make it easy.

The color is red. We had to sand all four we bought and restain them. Luckily, it is good wood and now looks lovely. But the color it comes in is really terrible. Also, the trundle has no rails so it's not the easiest to get in and out. It kind of moves around making it hard to put in straight.Overall, great style, and nice pine just beware of the color and lack of rails.