This is a great bed. Attractive, sturdy, easy to keep clean and low to the ground for younger children! It did take awhile to put together but not an unreasonable amount of time (probably about 90 minutes with a 4 year old "helping"). My husband and I are large people and we frequently sit on both beds that we own to change diapers, do story time, etc without issue and we've had them for several months now.