The assembly of this bed at first appears to be simple, until you get to all the parts where there are no holes where there are supposed to be for the pegs; so expect to be using a drill. Also there were pieces missing, and  It took week to receive these pieces with a half assembled bed sitting in the room while sleeping on an air mattress in the living room. We had bought an unnamed mattress (not paid to advertise) that required a platform in order for it to work properly. It turns this was no novel, but rather frustratiing. I would have sent it back at that point if not for the weight. After a very timley assembly process, the bed turned out to be just usable, and not we had thought was going to be something specal.