The bed is great. It was easy to assemble - just make sure you have two people! It holds a lot of weight as well - I put a 97 lbs mattress on it and I weigh about 300 lbs, and I have had no issues or concerns with breakage or pressure points or anything. My only caution is if you want all of the pieces to fit flush with no gaps, make sure the floor area you plan to set the bed on is completely flat. My apartment floor is not perfectly level, so there are a couple of mildly visible seams between some of the pieces; however, the bed still works great and with the drawers in, you really can't even tell.