My fault for buying a product at this price point.

The shipping was delayed twice and then the second package arrived a week after the first; so we had half a bed for awhile.  Assembly took several hours; we broke it up into two days.

No footboard is a huge issue; it looks incomplete.  The worst problem is how low to the ground the bed is.  I feel like this bed belongs in a dorm room, not an adult's master bedroom.  

I wish we could return it but packaging all of the pieces after dissembly is cost prohibitive.  Eventually we will move it to a guest bedroom so we don't have to look at it as much.