Over all this is an excellent bed- installation takes 2 people. After the top and bottom of the bed is assembled, the 2 halves must be joined. We had to lift the bed up over our heads to set it on the attaching hardware- this took an additional person. Plan ahead for putting it together, also the directions for putting the bed together are one set for the base (on the website), and another set for the loft bed (comes in the packing materials). *hardware and material numbers and letters don't fully correspond with the directions. It's worth it in the end, just be fresh and ready to think and work to put this together- use a drill with Allen wrench bit and phillips bit.