I absolutely love this bed!  Prior to purchasing this bed we had just a plain metal frame.  With this bed the frame is sooo much more sturdier and solid.  The upholstered headboard is made of good quality material.  The boxes arrived in two shipments about 3-4 days apart.  We initially assembled the headboard to our old metal frame thinking that we were keeping the metal frame we originally had and that the upholstered sides would some how adhere to the old frame - but when we received the second box which is the frame we had to disassemble the head board again.  I would wait until you have both boxes to assemble.  The assembly did take about an hour and a half with 2 people.  The bed did arrive missing one of the large bolts that helps secure the winged side to the frame but we assembled it anyway and it didn't make a difference- as it wasn't the main bolt for the headboard.  We will most likely purchase a bolt at some point.