[Aerynne]

Originally Posted by RealLifeMama

That looks nice. I was hoping for a built in ladder so the ladder doesn't stick out. Their room is so tiny.
The second one has what looks like a non-existant rail on top. Is it high enough?

On second thought, I read a review of the second one that said that their 12 year old almost tipped it when on the ladder, so maybe having the ladder stick out would be a good thing.

I’m not the biggest fan of ladders that stick out but we don’t even use the ladder for the bunks because of how we have beds set up (I have a thread about it. I think it is in joyous homemaking pictures). We actually made a climbing wall next to the bunk so dd doesn’t need a ladder. She absolutely loves her climbing wall and it takes up no floor space (it is on the wall behind where her closet door opens so it really wouldn’t be useful space for much else).

The rail is high enough on the loft bed version but my dd1 has a thin mattress. The page shows recommended mattress height for each bunk bed. And it will also tell you distance between bottom of top bunk and top of railing.