It took me about 45 mins to build this bed. The instructions were slightly hard to follow. Therefore,  I  looked at the overall big picture on the back and figured out on my own. It would have been easier with two people, but one person can build this bed. There were scruff marks on the headboard and some of the holes did not align. So one leg is slightly off the ground. I would return the item back because of this flaw, but do not want to deal with putting everything back together in the box and waiting for a new one to come. Overall, it is a sturdy bed for the price and with a lopsided leg. It is a nice blueish-grey color.  I would have given the bed 4 stars but since the holes did not align with the wooden 'screws' and I had to drill the holes slightly bigger to make everything fit and there were marks I had to give it 3 stars.