This bed is wonderful!  My husband, my parents, everyone is amazed by the quality of this bed.  We had three people involved in assembly.  There were a lot of parts. It took us 1.5 hours to put it together. My only complaint was that we had troubles locating some of the parts.  There were several little boxes that had parts in them as well.  Some parts didn't have stickers to match the directions.  It was like putting together a large puzzle. Had all the parts been labeled, it would have saved us some time.  Regardless of the puzzle component, we love this bed.  We absolutely recommend it.  We also purchased a bunkie board to provide extra stability and support since there weren't a lot or support bars.