I really love this daybed. After reading all the reviews I admit I was hesitant to order because of the reviews about it being hard to assemble and parts not aligning. Personally we didn’t have any issues at all. If you don’t read too much into the instructions and assemble it step by step it should go pretty smoothly. (Looking at the pictures really helped) it took about 45 minutes to an hour to assemble. This is a very sturdy,solid bed. I’m so glad I purchased it!