5 stars

I read the review below a few months ago, along with many others on various sites, and decided to order the crib despite the poor reviews about the condition and color.

Well, I expected I would have to return the crib. I figured there would be chips and dents, missing pieces, poorly drilled holes, or at the least, missing instructions. I was wrong. There was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with this crib.

The color is WARM, but certainly not cherry. It is exactly what I wanted.

The crib is very, very sturdy, and the drop-side is surprisingly easy to operate. All you need is a free hand and a knee!

I assembled everything myself (and pregnant!) in less than an hour. The instructions were adequate, but the pieces were missing the labels to correspond to the instructions. I used common sense, read through the instructions before assembling anything, and I was fine.

I will note that the wheels are difficult to pop into place, so I turned the crib right-side-up, then inserted the wheels and put my weight on each corner of the crib. Way easier.

Overall, this crib is a great deal, and I am shocked people would spend hundreds more on a crib of similar construction and design.

4 stars

LOVE the color - it works much better with the finish in our baby's room than I had thought by looking at the pictures. The tone is warmer than it looks. The assembly itself was relatively easy - I'm nine days away from my due date and put it together in about two hours. (It would have been much simpler with another person around!) My only real issue is that the dropside is a little shaky. It's pretty easy to use, but I have a feeling that our little one is going to be shaking that thing all day long when he gets old enough.

3 stars

We ordered this crib for our soon to be 3 month old baby boy. I was debating over cappuccino or walnut and we ended up with an in-between color with honey tones that washed out the bedding. It was significantly darker than I expected it to be, so we returned it. If we want another color, we'll have to place a new order. Nevertheless, it looked like a pretty crib even though it had quite a few "dents" in it. I'm not sure if the "dents" are defects or for looks. We plan to chance it and order the Sarah in a walnut color.