Once you take everything out of the 2 boxes and start reading the instructions everything starts to make sense. I was impressed with the materials that the manufacturer used for this type of knocked down bed. The wood was better than expected and everything arrived with no damage or scratches. The fasteners provided to build the bed were strong and above average and all the pre-drilled holes lined up perfectly. Nice to see dowels were used too to help stabilize the bed. BTW, none of the parts, fasteners, screws, dowels, etc. were missing, everything was accounted for perfectly. You should use a power drill/driver though because if you use the Allen wrench that is provided it will take you a lot longer to assemble. Took me 4 to 5 hours.