This bed is beautiful and very well made.  Looks like I spent a lot more money on it than I did.  Have received compliments by everyone that he seen it.  Putting it together was a little tedious, which is why I rated it 4 stars.  I am actually very handy, but I didn't realize, and the instructions didn't specify, that you have to space out the 3 wooden slats in a specific distance from each other that LINES UP CORRECTLY with the next step - which is lining up the metal rails.  I didn't know that the way I spaced out the slats would affect my ability to properly install the middle rail with the legs attached.  I don't know if this makes any sense to those reading it, but that's the best way I can describe it.  At any rate, it wasn't that big of a deal.  I had to unscrew one of the slats and reposition it.  Other than that, it was pretty straight forward.  The bed is BEAUTIFUL!