This is the first item that husband and I have put together where it did not result in an argument, lol! We were impressed that all of the pieces came in and that it was easy to put together. Like other reviewers mention, I do wish that the instructions had more detail, but you get the 'gist' of it from the pictures I suppose. Came in with a few tiny nicks, but barely noticeable. Bed was put together and looks exactly as pictured. We ordered the light grey and it looks good.