Was delivered in 3 boxes... which made it easier to get upstairs by myself! Relatively easy to put together and seems very sturdy. We bought a thicker mattress and a bunkie board, which caused the mattress to be to tall. So we took it apart, and drilled 4 holes in the posts and lowered the bottom frame 4 inches, so now you can see some of the wrought iron design. The modification works well since we are not putting a trundle underneath.