The instructions were simple and mostly easy to follow, however there were a few steps that required a few people to help. A good rubber mallet does help with the assembly. 

Make sure you are assembling it where you want it. Once assembled this bed is very heavy and does not slide very easily. In the future if you need to move it very far (e.g. new home, another room) disassembly will not be easy and will need to be almost entirely disassembled.