The bed is very sturdy.  It came with all the brackets & screws and there were no scratches on the lovely wood.  the bed was shipped & arrived  very quickly.  However, it took my daughter 4 1/2hrs to put together.  She had never done anything like this before & had no help.  She does feel the bed was a great purchase & putting a second one together would progress more rapidly now that she knows what to do.