It took me and my dad three days to put together. Now I am a fairly intelligent person and love putting things together, but this was a beast. The directions were not as clear cut as folk have said in other reviews. We had to take it apart at least five times because the direction of the parts and how they fit were not as clear until after it was put together and when it didnt work, figured we had put it together wrong. Not a very big deal. My only complaint was the fact that I didnt know the directions called for me to cut my baseboard to anchor the bed to the wall. I took a short cut and used furniture safety straps to anchor to wall and enforced it with heavy duty zip ties. Great idea and support. My other complaint is the face of the Murphy bed did not align correctly and kept scraping the bottom of the bed. I had to rearrange the screws and all is well. Otherwise I love this product and end result.