I recently got this bed for my 6 year old daughter.  It is just BEAUTIFUL.  My husband and I put it together under 20 minutes.  All the parts were in the boxes and the only problem we had was getting some of the screws to go through the struts.  Although it's a panel bed, we used a box spring with the mattress because we had already purchase them.  My daughter just loves it.  I would recommend this bed to any of my family and friends.