The kids love the bed! I recommend you open all the boxes first get organized then start. Insure your bedroom has enough space to build both  beds independently.  You will need two people at certain times but one person can almost do it by themselves. It went together fairly easily the instructions walk you through it step-by-step.  The bed is very strong with two adults could easily sleep on the top bunk.  The only two things I can fault are the under the bed drawers, the bottom panels are very thin and cheap also the  modesty  panel kit is very thin and cheap I didn't install the monastery panels but for the price I paid for the bed I was expecting higher quality material for those two pieces.  The bed is beautiful it's strong the kids love it all things considering I would recommend it for the five stars in my opinion.