The bed is really cute and my daughter loves it but it was a nightmare to put together. It took me 5-6 hours. The steps are not easy to follow and there is a lot of guess work. I did a step incorrectly in the beginning few steps and didn’t catch it until the last few. I would have had to take the whole bed apart to correct it.  Luckily it was only for the shelf so we had to find a work around. I would not recommend this bed because of the issues with putting it together.