The type of wood used to make this bed seems lighter than solid wood.  I was expecting a more real wood feel.  
Assembling this thing gave my husband a headache.  We had our 12 yr old son help us figure out which screws went where.  Also,  we were stumped when we arrived at the point of assembling the upper bunk bed.  We were missing the hardware for one side of the railing.   I called the number on the "instructions" sheet and no answer.   We decided to open the box labeled "ladder" and lo and behold the hardware for the side railing to the upper bunk was in the "ladder" box.
After we understood the assembling instruction with bottom bunk bed, assembling the upper bunk was much quicker. 
In total it took us about four hours to assemble the bunk beds.
We are content with the quality for the price we paid.  
Would have liked a better quality wood but did not want to pay the price.
Works perfectly for our small kids.