BE SURE to measure the footboard & headboard before you take the effort to put this together!  On mine, The foot & headboards were 2.5” LONGER than the crossbars (and all the slats)!  Sure, I could have returned it, but after HOURS trying to put it together and the weight made that impossible (I had to have help bringing it into my house).  I ended up “gerry rigging “ it with wire.  The bed looked great in the end but I am furious because one side is being held together with wire.  It’s not a canapy bed because I’m missing two bars ( the ones that are above the foot & headboards).