This bed is sturdy (the box it comes in is very heavy! make sure you have help to move it!). Putting it together took a few hours, but the instructions are clear and easy (just time-consuming). I like that you have some options for how to configure the drawers, but the problem with that is that the drawers are small -- they only are as deep as half the depth of the bed. We were hoping my daughter could get rid of her dresser and put all her clothes in the drawers, but they're not a dresser's worth of drawer space. I wish we'd gotten the kind with bigger drawers that just roll on the floor. I'd return this for one of those if I hadn't already assembled it. The drawers are probably big enough for a little kid, but my daughter is a teenager, with more clothes and bigger clothes.