The instructions were not very clear. They labeled the pieces with letters in the instructions, but the pieces themselves had no letters on them. The hardware was all thrown together in one bag, so it took a lot of guessing to pick the correct piece with a LOT of pieces left over. The wooden slats were very cheap, rough, uneven, and were so hard to get in the frame that the fake leather tore on the inside of the bed frame. The middle of the headboard started to separate from the outer part in the upper left hand corner. It needed longer screws to keep it together.  I gave it 2 stars because (so far) it has held together.