Got this the other day. It came in one box. Everything was neatly packed. And it was very easy to set up. It took my husband and I about 20 minutes to put it together. We took a little longer because you can set the height of the headboard in two different settings. I liked the taller setting for our 12" mattress. It is very heavy duty. We also have an adjustable base under our mattress that is kind of heavy. But the bed still works great.