I don't know much about beds, but although I thought this bed a little pricey, I saw it, fell in love with it, and ordered it. It took my boyfriend and I about 2 hours to put it together (including the unpackaging), but it's pretty straight-forward. 

All the tools you'll need come with, which is awesome because if I had to do it myself, I don't have any tools, and would have been out of luck.

It gets a little tricky when it comes to attaching the wing boars, as there are three seperate sets of directions located in different areas of the bed packaging. All in all, though, we were able to figure it out nicely and it's beautiful! I love it and don't regret the expense at all.