I have not gotten the bed together yet but so far in the building process we have encountered many problems. We have had missing hardware also had many pieces where the holes that are supposed to be pre-drilled are not. The instructions specifically say NOT to use a drill but we had to use one since the holes were not pre-drilled and the screws were becoming bent bad stripped from using a screw driver in such hard wood. We had no choice but to use a drill. I want to love this bed but so far we are not happy with the building process. I will update when we are done putting it together. I am hoping we do not run into more problems.