I put this together with a friend (female) it was easy and believe it or not we had fun doing it!  I just love the elevated look it brought to my bedroom.  The quality of the materials is great, and for the price you can’t beat it!  I am very happy with my purchase and would definitely recommend buying for yourself.  The only con is there is a space between the footboard and the mattress and box spring which is at least 2 inches (see pics).  It bothered me at first because I misjudged where the end of my bed was a few times so I tripped but after the 3rd time I got it lol. After having it for a little over a week now I can honestly say it doesn’t bother me at all.