I HAD SEVERAL NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES WITH THIS GIGANTIC THING!! it was incredibly heavy so i thought itd be good but it absolutely was not!! it was awkward to assemble on my own. it took two days  when completed, it was terrifyingly rickety (im a grown woman, barely weighing 100 pounds). i tried to add some bracing hardware. nothing helped at all. i didnt dare sleep on it. instead, i cut it apart, sold the bed, gave away the desk, kept the ladder  threw away the rest. i bought a scaffold from my local hardware store  a twin mattress that fits it, to replace that behemoth