I was able to put the bed together by myself in a decent amount of time. I did have to take apart a couple of pieces of the bed frame (posts on the back of headboard and side of bed frame) and put them back together as they were backwards/upside down so don’t screw the pieces down really hard until you’re sure they are on correctly. I’ve had the bed for a couple weeks, it’s holding up great. Nice and sturdy. The bed sits low so I kept my box spring to give extra height. The drawers are a wire like basket so keep that in mind if you plan on putting small items in the storage… the drawers connect to the bed by a screw that you pull up to open and align the screw to the hole on the bed frame to close