I am very impressed with the twin bunk bed set. Although not perfect, the quality was better than I expected. I'm very glad I paid the extra money to have it delivered in the house. There were eight boxes and some of them were very heavy. Assembly was straight forward. You really should have two people. At 68 years old, I was able to assemble it without assistance, but I assembled the upper bunk on top of the lower (out of order). It would have been too heavy for one person to lift the upper into place according to directions. I loved the fact that you can place the stairs on either end. I got the dark wood which is very attractive. It looks nautical, so I made the whole room nautically themed.