It is indeed a very lovely bed overall. I'm a mother of 3 small kids and I was able to put it together in one full day by myself. The instructions that came with it requires a lot of commonsense. Just looking at the picture instructions was not enough cause it's a very complex one since you have to build the drawers one by one. In the end, despite of all the time and trouble, it's all worth it. My husband and my kids love it and it looks very elegant same as it shows on the picture. If you have an experience on building some of your furniture in the past then you can do it especially when you have a help but even just yourself can do it, but if you have no idea on putting things together and you think that this is the right time to learn doing it, please save yourself and just ask for having it done for you or ask some friends to help you build it.