We were very kindly given the little tykes cosy cottage bed for my daughter by somebody on the freecycle network, as we needed her cotbed for her new baby brother, and at 2.5 years old she was ready for a big girls bed. This is a true little girls bed, it is basically shaped like a cottage at the head, with a blue roof, pink walls and a little hidey window with fully functioning shutters. The sides and bottom of the bed are basically like a garden fence/gate. It has wooden slats and takes a standard cot bed mattress. Being from little tikes it is durable solid plastic, very easy to wipe clean should someone attack it with crayons or something! My daughter now adores her big girls bed and was happy to pass on her cot to her new brother, and best of all this will last her until she's at least 5 years old, or until she decides she's "too big" for it, then we'll be able to pass it on to someone else i hope. They also do differnt styles, such as the racing car and thomas the tank engine, so theres one to suit all tastes!