Seriously in love with this bed. As others have said, everything is stored in the headboard (genius!). It was very easy to put together, my husband sat in a chair and watched me do all the work and I only needed a second set of hands once, but you could definitely do this one alone. It’s super sturdy. It makes zero noise (had my kids jump around and thrash like kids do for a bit). This is a must buy! It’s crazy heavy and awkward to get up the stairs and the box it came in was filthy and beat to heck, but the headboard was I scratched and great.