First, let me say I was initially really excited about my purchase. Then the box arrived and several of the panels were dinged up and damaged. Not a huge deal because the mattress covers most of them. The instructions tell you to have 2 people for the project which isn't necessary but probably helps. It also says you do not need a drill but that is a LIE. Once you are on the last steps of putting the platform on top, you are asked to screw into holes that are not pre-drilled and that was extremely difficult without a drill. The particle board pieces came apart a bit as I was putting it together and the instructions were all pictures so they aren't very detailed. Overall I wish I had spent more on the IKEA bed. Lesson Learned 

Cons: difficult instructions and assembly