This bed was very easy to put together. The directions were concise and everything was labeled well. The bed took an hour to put together with just myself. However, when I opened the box for the first time, the wood pieces were covered with a bunch of styrofoam balls. Styrofoam is so hard to get off of the surface it’s on, your floor, and not to mention yourself. Lol my second complaint is the placement of the middle posts on the sides (photo included) it’s in terrible placement that my husband and I have stubbed our toes every time we get into bed. haha. Otherwise, we love the bed.