The bed itself is beautiful: plush, well-padded and comfortable. Assembly was not so easy, especially since the directions I received were for screwing feet on to the bottom of a sofa. We figured out what needed to be done, but it is a difficult task to get the prongs at the ends of the sides to slide in to plates.  We followed what another reviewer said and unscrewed the plates, fastened them to the prongs fairly easily, then slid them back into place and screwed them in.  The work is worth it for a bed like this.