The bed was great! I bought this on sale and paid about $200. It was better than expected. Not too difficult to put together - about 2 hours. Some of the holes in the metal pieces had very little tolerance and a few needed some strength to coax into alignment. The instructions tell you not to tighten all screws immediately - that’s really important. Leave a little give until you’re done with that whole section. Overall it’s pretty high quality and we’re very happy with our daughter’s new big girl bed! The hardware is silver rather than matching the dark gold color of the frame but it doesn’t seem like a problem - pretty unnoticeable.