Relatively easy to assemble.  No complaints for the price.  Strong.  Wish they provided push-on caps to cover the heads of the hex-bolts that hold it together - those chrome bolt heads just don't go with the nice gold/black color (look closely at the online pictures).  I think a bag of plastic push-on caps would add just a few bucks to the cost and it would be definitely worth it.  I asked my wife to locate some nail polish to accomplish the same desired covering/hiding of the chrome hex-bold heads - she's working on it.  Otherwise for very cheap, I accomplished 3 tasks: no box spring needed, no separate bed frame needed, and a minimalist but not boring head-board/foot-board combination.  Nice.  Also, if you don't want a super-tall bed (wife is only 5'1") this gives you a lower bed since there is no separate box spring.  We like it a lot, but would love it if it came with push-on plastic hex-bolt covers in the same color as the bed finish.