Full disclosure: Our handymen put this together. They said, “it’s a lot of parts, but the directions are very straight forward.” It took the both of them about 30 minutes. However, they put furniture together frequently and (I believe) used their own tools. 

It is light weight, but sturdy. So, what the materials lack in strength, the engineering/design makes up for it. It’s probably how the manufacture keeps it at such a low price point. Smart. 

The color (black) is as expected and I haven’t noticed any flaws in the paint. 

The bed was purchased to use as a guest bed. If you intend to use it daily, I would suggest also purchasing a bunky board as most memory foam mattress manufacturers recommend frame spacing to be about 3 inches apart. The spacing on this frame are each wider than that. That’s the reason I knocked off 1 star. 

Overall, it’s an above average bed at a very affordable price with a super cute end result. Nice!