Love the bed it is actually sturdy as far as a good nights sleep. If you actually luck out and get all the pieces and no damage to them, it should take no more that an hour. Only needed my daughters help for a few minutes to hold up the side boards while I screwed them in otherwise did assembled it myself.

Negatives - first package the drawer on the footboard was cracked and smashed. The material was  also stained with something. 

Got the second bed and everything was in good shape. Only issue I had was the headboard holes were not lined up properly to the arm. Good thing I saved my initial delivery and that one was     correct. Very important if you are missing pieces, check in the secret compartment on the back of the headboard lol.