This thing is a complete nightmare to put together. It was extremely frustrating. My boyfriend, daughter, and I worked on it for four hours and we still haven't done the futon steps. We are fairly good at putting things together but this was a big pain. Holes were difficult to line up, directions weren't as clear as they could be (particularly about which way to face certain pieces, so we had to reassemble several things), and it just takes forever. Definitely pay attention to which way the pieces' holes face as you put this together!!! (Of course that is typical, but this thing is just difficult.) None of us would recommend.