I'm never a fan of 'assembly required' but this really want's all that difficult.   We had it together in around 30-45 minutes.  I bought this for my teenage daughter who wanted a 'cooler' bedroom. I'd say her bedroom is definitely cool now.  The bed itself is longer than her normal twin bed was which i was a little worried about.  Her feet would hit the end of her old bed.  Much more room in this daybed.  Very European looking and clean lines.