The box was heavy and a little worse for wear but all the pieces inside were intact and packaged quite securely. I was able to put it together in about a hour by myself. The only complaint I would have is that, the number of screws for the slats was only 8, even though there were pre-drilled holes at each of of each slat. I would have preferred to have had 20 screws to drill each slat in place. Not that the bed isn't sturdy as it is. I would just prefer to have more screws provided. I bought a twin sized Capser  mattress to go with and it fit perfectly. I'm very happy with this purchase.