For teh price bed is pretty weel made and sturdy. SOme damage in transit though and a couple of teh parts that should have been pre-drilled were not. Annoying but not as annoying as the 'finish' of teh back of the footboard where screw holes to secure the top piece of timber were roughly finished, not painted and clearly visible (see pics!). Completely unacceptable and yes the bed has been properly assembled to the instructions so just a design or manufacturing flaw.