Based on the reviews, I was ready for this bed to take forever to put together. It did take a couple hours (spread over two days) but it wasnt as bad of a process as I expected! The delivery came two weeks early (so awesome) and the bed itself is absolutely gorgeous - the photos dont do it justice. I thought it would be gamble to order a bed from the web without having seen it in real life, but it turned out amazing and I would do it again in a heartbeat if the product is this lovely!