The bed itself is gorgeous when it is all done up but the process of putting it together wasn't too great for us. There was a faulty piece of wood (headboard center support) that had a mismatch with one of the holes. We had to buy an exact same piece from home depot and drill it ourselves. It was a lot of extra work adn time and we were working in doubt that it may or may not come together. Luckily we managed to fix it but for the amount we paid, I would have hoped for no defects in the assembly so disappointed with that. If we were unable to fix it, it would have been a bigger nightmare to return such a huge parcel.