It took me a few hours to build it by myself, instructions are great just the last part was confusing because it just drawings, so i did had a few things to fix in the last part but other than that, great. The material is so soft, i love it! It is a true black color. Just like the picture!! And packaging is awesome, but way to heavy for one person to move, well, im 5,3 so it took effort to get inside. Highly recommend this bed, worth every penny.