The bed is nice and relatively easy to assemble. Deducting one star as I'm not in love with how shinny the wood looks. It almost looks cheap. Definitely not what I expect a $700 bed to look like. That being said, I got it for almost 50% so I can't complain about that. But I would have never paid more than $400 for this bed. 

As to putting it together - It took two people about an hour. I recommend having an electric drill as the last step is putting 30 something screws to hold the slats in. I would not have wanted to do that with a screw driver. 

The only reason it's 4 stars is that the wood is much more shiny and looks somewhat fake.