My boyfriend constructed the bed without any issues, and we don’t currently have anything more than the most basic tools. There were two small issues, neither of which have affected our ability to use the bed: the middle support leg under the bed is shorter than the legs of the bed. Even though it is adjustable, it doesn’t touch the ground. It might support if the bed were to sag under weigh (?), but that hasn’t been the case with us. Also, one of the four holes need to screw in the headboard just would not match up. So we only have the headboard screwed in three places (2 on one side per instructions and 1 on the other). As I mentioned, neither of these issues has affected the functionality of the bed so far. The bed looks as pictured and the wood seems well made. Also, we like that the headboard can be adjusted higher or lower. This was important to us so that we could have a higher bed.