The bed is pretty awesome,  especially for a 17 year old. Direction wise, it wasnt too bad but he was able to assemble it pretty much on his own with me assisting with holding pieces so he could screw them together. 

One negative was the fact that you really need a drill to be able to assemble with greater ease. The places marked are not pre drilled enough. 

I will say that I was a little disappointed in the light display.  I thought it was a light bar but its the strips of led lights running along the inside of the cutout space. But he loved it and thats who it was form