First of all, I received this 4 days later than was promised.  I wanted to cancel the shipment even before it was shipped and I was not able to.  When I received it there were no instructions.  It took an hour to put together, but with instructions, we would have known what bolts went where and to put the headboard together first before assembling the base.  We had to unassemble then reassemble. Other than those issues, the frame it very sturdy.