I did manage to put the bed together myself, it took about 3 hours with a small amount of help from my 16 yr old daughter, holding parts while I managed to fiddle with small screws, alan key  and corner fittings of the bed ! It would also be REALLY helpful if on the instructions it told you that half the bed was stored in the head board !!!!!! I wasn’t impressed when I thought half the bed was missing ! But when all put together the bed is comfortable and looks good in my daughters room.