I love, love the look of this white queen bed in our guest room. However, I'm so glad we did not put this together ourselves. A contractor who we had doing other work for us, assembled it. It took 2 people an entire day, but it was worth the cost. They told me the instructions could be improved. Also, we ended putting another anchoring piece of wood near the base of the bed, because only anchoring it from the top, led to some shifting of the unit on the carpet when the bed was raised and lowered. Also, the instructions say you need a 70-pound mattress...we tested a 50-pound twin on the frame and it stayed down fine. FYI... Most mattress places have no idea what their mattresses weigh.