Instructions were easy to follow and bed is super sturdy. It took two of us about 2 hours to put it all together. Love that it can convert to two twin beds when the girls are older. Currently, my 7 year old is on the top and my 3 year old is on the bottom. Plenty of head room in the bottom for us to read books together! Their room is in the attic so we were looking for a bed that wasn’t too tall but still had room below.