Thanks, everyone! I appreciate the replies. I guess you could all be from Thuma PR, and I’ll hope that’s not the case!

OP

Anonymous wrote:I prefer article over west elm.

That is a new brand to me. What do you like about it?

OP

Anonymous wrote:Thuma is costly but solid and feels and looks great. Got the king size and no regrets. The old foam headboard is just a large pillow.

Good to know. I want something that will last a long time.

Anonymous wrote:We got a Thuma bed in September and it is solid. No wiggles or squeaks. It was probably overpriced, but it performs well.

Good to know. Thank you!

OP

Our West Elm bed is 7 years old and in good shape, but I’ve gotten some other terrible furniture there that didn’t last.

We have a west elm bed that is about two years old and it’s holding up so far!

I prefer article over west elm.

Thuma is costly but solid and feels and looks great. Got the king size and no regrets. The old foam headboard is just a large pillow.

I have a Thuma bed and it's great! I put it together as a single person and it never creaked, shifted, or otherwise caused any trouble. I'm moving it to the guest room because I'm redecorating, but I have no regrets at all.

Its original pillow headboard, which you just kind of prop into place, is nothing to write home about, but I plan to get one of the proper headboards they sell now to add to the bed I already have. 10/10 would buy again.

Thuma all day every day

We bought them for a four bedroom beach house

I went home end of summer and changed out all bedrooms to Thuma

Love Thuma

West Elm is junk. Very inconsistent supply chain and customer service is just ok. I love the way west elm looks but the coni’s like Target. Everything we ordered from there came damaged


Thuma is simple but well constructed.

Aren't West Elm beds known for falling apart?

We got a Thuma bed in September and it is solid. No wiggles or squeaks. It was probably overpriced, but it performs well.

Anonymous wrote:Did West Elm develop contract grade beds to overcome their reputation from about a decade ago?

For a while there, you couldn't say West Elm bed without somebody snickering.

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/west-elm-bummer-1316

I wish I had known this before I bought a piece of junk couch from west elm…no experience w their beds but the west elm couch I got is like lower than ikea quality but for 3x the ikea price.

Did West Elm develop contract grade beds to overcome their reputation from about a decade ago?

For a while there, you couldn't say West Elm bed without somebody snickering.

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/west-elm-bummer-1316

West Elm has contract grade furniture, and I like the idea of a bed that won’t fall apart like cheap ones do.

Thuma is a newer brand that touts how they use Japanese joinery to connect the bed together. This means it’s easy to put together and take apart.

Do you have opinions on either of these brands for beds?