PAY ATTENTION TO THE INSTRUCTIONS - since there are no words. you have to really pay attention to the indications on the drawings of where the holes are.  If not, you end up with a bed you can't put the guard rails on.  I chose not to disassemble and redo since the bed is for my Great Dane, but if it was for a child, I would have had to take it apart and put it back together again.  SUPER CUTE bed though!  The gray has a pearl/sparkle quality to the paint.  May not work for a boy.