the bed is new so I'll update if this changes, but i wanted to leave a lower review because I want to STRONGLY encourage people to use the assembly service to put this together — I could never have done it myself. It took two experienced people almost two hours, although this is partly because the kit was missing some screws. I'm super grateful to the excellent assembly team; they worked hard to make sure that everything was tight, and the bed looks great and feels very sturdy. would never have been able to do it myself.