I am more pleased with this than I expected.  Assembly was relatively smooth - except Step 5 which had me scrambling to find multiple "O" when actually what the illustration is telling you is to attach the headboard ("J") ...nbd, we were able to attach w/out undoing anything.  The other instruction misstep we did was get the headboard & footboard mixed up - again, not a big deal since the difference is about 1 1/2".  So, back to the frame itself.  It is way more sturdy than expected - very solid.  The hardware is ok and probably can assemble/disassemble (move house) a few times without stripping heads etc.  Appearance - perfect, no blemishes, chips or anything of the sort.  I was a bit concerned when FedEx plopped it down on edge, pretty banged up (it's one very heavy awkward box; not begrudging the FedEx person at all), but the packaging was top quality so the product was well protected inside the box.