It is a darling bed.  Not so high that my 6 yr old autistic granddaughter would break her neck should she fall out of it, play space underneath it.  I cannot describe the look of delight on her face when she saw it put together.  It goes together easily, but two sets of hands are necessity and three sets of hands makes it even easier.  I deducted 1 star because one of the canopy poles snapped the first day (yes kids were horsing around, but...)  We are going to replace them with the segmented fiberglass on elastic cord tent poles, which have more structural integrity than the plastic poles the bed comes with.  But for the price point, you can't beat this bed.