First of all, kudos to everyone who said this bed is easy to assemble. For us, it was a total disaster, even with 2 people. Some of the holes didn’t align and we found ourselves starting over multiple times, growing increasingly frustrated with the process. The headboard has “points” on it, bc we didn’t realize how far the screws would go through the back part of it. Some of the screws stripped  while connecting the rails to the headboard, and we didn’t get all of them securely tight enough. We considered bringing the old sleigh bed back into the room. Our experience was that bad.

We finally got it assembled and it is still not completely right. In hindsight, we should have paid the additional money for assembly. Good luck!