So we assembled this today and long story short, we LOVE it. Here’s the long story: (1) it shipped a half week early so our brilliant plan of having it arrive AFTER we closed on new house was busted but fortunately the sellers were nice and let us slide it into their garage—so good chance it comes early, fair warning, (2) this thing is wicked solid—this was my biggest concern ordering a bed we hadn’t seen. The design of the legs at the end of the bed, for example, has the cross beams resting (and screwed into) a solid leg on which they seem super solid. We managed to assemble the entire thing without washers (uh-oh) but even with redoing those and the interruptions of small children, my hubby and I assembled in about an hour. Love, Love, Love this bed. Fair warning it is heavy so you’ll want two people to move it (or un-Box it and move it in pieces) but I think could certainly be assembled by one person.