I don't really write product reviews but I felt that I had to for this purchase because I had read some of the previous reviews that the bed was easy to assemble.  That was not the case here!  First the bed arrived in 2 extremely heavy boxes.  Both my sons had to bring the packages into the house and up the stairs  to the bedroom. There is no way I would've been able to get it in mysellf and I'm not a little old lady :)

To assemble the bed also took 2 people.  Being that I loathe the thought of doing so, I recruited my parents-both of which are quite schooled in Assembly 101-and have the tools to prove it.  Not kidding here folks, it took them a total of 12 hours.  And, another word of caution, the drawers are a bit of a nightmare to assemble.

I bought this as a temporary platform bed until I can afford the one I want.  It does LOOK cute, which is a good thing because when I need someone to help disassemble it people are going to run for the hills. :)