Arrived in three separate boxes. Be sure you thoroughly look through all the packaging and in the headboard for parts. At first I thought I was missing two parts after reading " the Iron sheets belong to the customers bed set"- but it turned out that those Iron sheets were parts were for if you already had a metal bed frame for your box spring to go on it. If you are only putting it together as a platform bed, you don't need to read the third page on the headboard assembly instructions. I was on the phone with customer service for about 30 minutes, and they took the time to go over every piece I had and even called the department that made it to double check I wasn't missing anything.  The quality of the headboard is beautiful, and once I figured it out it only took less than an hour, with help using an electric screwdriver.