This bed looks absolutely amazing as you can see from the pic we posted! Our daughter loves it! It took about 1.5 hrs to put it together. Most of the bed only takes one person but it'll be very helpful to have two. Some reviews say to put the crown together first and we didn't know why until we got to the end of the instructions. Yes it would be a little easier to put the crown together first but we did it at the end like the instructions stated and it was fine but you'll need two people. My wife bought three toules at the fabric store and made the canopy. This will be helpful because we looked everywhere for a canopy (Target, Buy Buy Baby). She bought a white bedskirt and had it tailored with slits in it so it would drape over the bed properly and then dyed it pink. Our daughter truly loves it and it's the perfect princess bed.