The bed arrived one day early and was very easy to put together. I put it together in about 90 minutes with minimal assistance. I had my 11 year old daughter hold up the side rails when I attached them to the headboard. Here's what I didn't like. There were only 28 washers but the instructions called for 30. One of the headboard legs had a defective screw hole. I had to really push and turn hard for the screws to go in. Also if you attach the headboard legs according to the instructions, you will find out that they're on backwards. For these reasons I took off one star. The bed seems very sturdy. I'm pleased so far!