What can I say, this bed was totally perfect.  Super easy to put together and very sturdy!  My daughter absolutely loves getting into her new big girl bed.  She's done amazing with getting in and out of it with ease.  Like the other comments though I do highly recommend going and getting some padding for the ladder.  We went to Home Depot in the plumbing department and picked up black pipe insulation (looks like black pool noodles and goes well with the silver frame that we got) and the sticky back velcro so that they didn't spin on the metal rung.  It works perfectly.