ZINUS Lottie Platform Bed Frame Twin

It was difficult to know exactly how to rate this bed, you know, star-wise. So here is what I liked about the bed. The materials generally make for a quite sturdy bed. Of course I’ve had the bed less than a week, so perhaps I should wait a year before writing a review. Back to the point: the bed is sturdy, attractive, and easily assembled. They even included a little ratchet wrench that made the assembly so much easier. First time I’ve seen that. So thank you manufacturers for that. So, sturdy, sensibly engineered, and as sensibly priced. I paid over 400.00 for a bed from Macy’s furniture, and it was not half the bed of the Zinus Lottie Platform bed, and twice the cost. The Macy’s bed, however, did have a headboard. Now, I know those of you who are reading this review are asking: what is the dude talking about. The Zinus Lottie Platform has a platform. Yes they do, and though not nearly as tall, is as nice a headboard as the Monroe (The Monroe being the bed I bought, and returned, from Macy’s), that is until you put a mattress on it. From the slats to the top of the headboard it 27” inches. Think what is left of that 27 inches after one places a mattress on top of the slats. That little patch of black fabric you see in the photo is 7 inches, clearly meant to be covered by the width of the mattress, or a mattress, leaving 20” inches of headboard, assuming one is satisfied with a 7 inch mattress!! That is basically like sleeping on a pull out sofa, or a roll-away bed! In one of the reviews the guy complained about his back hurting. Could it be that he bought a 7 inch mattress from the Zinus Lottie Platform people? If one buys a real mattress with a 13 and 3/4 inch to 14 inch mattress, assuming one intended to use the bed regularly, not just for giving ones company one night of unpleasant rest, then what is left is a headboard . . . well, I will not insult the readers intelligence by doing the math, but what is left cannot justly be called a headboard. Throw some pillows on top, and make up the bed, like the photo they present in their ad. Well, as I said in my by-line the headboard disappears. And please consider that photo, that is go back and look at it. That black patch of fabric I mentioned, the 7 inch patch that goes up to the first upholstered square in the photo that shows the bed without the mattress? That patch of black fabric is not as wide as the slats, meaning it is not as wide as the mattress. Clearly, there should be strictly two full upholstered squares of headboard showing after the mattress, and no grey fabric showing alongside the mattress. The company either constructed a headboard just for the photo, or they simply pushed the mattress over the edge on the other side of the bed, the side you cannot see in the photo, to make the headboard seem more substantial and attractive than it actually is. While I wish that this sturdy bed, with failed attractive potential, had a headboard that did not disappear I will not return the bed because for me, pros vs. cons, it meets my price needs, and the need for a solid platform stat! I cannot help wishing, wondering really, why the manufactures feel the need to deceive people with tricks of photography (thinking to themselves that many people will simply keep the bed and live with the cons, and their disappointment) and not simply add 7 to 10 more inches of headboard, just a little more fabric, batting, wood (assuming there is wood the headboard at all) for a little bit more, and pure public satisfaction? Why do people always feel that have to cut corners, then cheat and deceive to sell their product? So, if you want a head board then this is not the bed for you. A steel frame and a headboard that attaches to the frame, or even just some wall paper boarder to create the illusion of a headboard would be your best bet. If you do not care about having a headboard then you can save money buy simply buying the old-fashioned steel bed frame. Sad, really, because clearly the company was onto something, but as usual with so many manufactures don’t want to create and manufacture something for the financially challenged that is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.