The hardware bag busted in the box so I spent the first 45mins obsessively counting and organizing all the bolts, nuts, and washers...that was fun... Once that was done it took me 2hrs to put together. I ought to apologize to all of the reviews I read that said this was a difficult bed to assemble. I thought you were all being weird and just not prepared. I was wrong. There are so many tight angles and I believe half the assembly time was invested in attaching the cross bars to the framed.

Despite the frustration of the condition upon delivery  the efforts involved in assembly the bed is beautiful. I love the low profile, with our low ceilings it really opens up the room.