It was perfect for what we needed. The bottom bed sits really close to the ground (so there is no possible storage underneath). We had 4 adults helping to get it together, so it took us about 40 mins to get it all together. I suggest putting all the pieces in ABC order first (they are labeled by letter) that way you can quickly pull the parts needed for each step of the process. I would buy this again, it saved us a bunch of room in the small bedroom.