Overall very easy to put together except for a couple of the crossbars which we had to hammer to get into place. It looks pretty nice but the silver pieces that hold the head and footboard screws into place look a little weird with the white, powder-coated bars. The white powder coating also seems to scratch pretty easily. The bed is very sturdy though for my 20-something son- who really doesn't care about the appearance of it too much. The mattress does slide around a bit on the bars, but he doesn't complain about that either. It could probably be fixed using a anti-slip carpet pad or something.