The bed is great and my 2yr old loves it! We make forts underneath and now I don’t have to lay in her bed with her until she falls asleep anymore! However for assembling one tool it requires is a screw driver... you need a drill because some to connect some parts you are making your own holes in the bed frame. Took about 3 hrs to assemble and you might need 2 people to put together. Was missing one part (A screw) but we made it work :)