I bought this bed for my teenage daughter who had out grown her old bed. It was an excellent price on offer in the sale & arrived very quickly in 2 boxes. It took approximately 2 hrs to build & went together really well as instructed. I decided to use a good quality wood glue to assemble the bed for added extra strength & piece of mind. The only negative thing i will add was that for me, i thought the bed frame could've came with a few more slats for extra strength on the base, but i overcame that problem by using some of the slats from the old bed to give it more rigidity. Other than that it's a really good looking bed that should hopefully last my daughter for quite a few more years to come.