Very sturdy bed!!  It was somewhat difficult to put together, it came in many, many boxes, whatever you do, do not separate the contents of the boxes!!!  Every other piece of build-it-yourself furniture I have ever built has had all of the parts in one place, but this had a separate packet for each step of the process, had I known that ahead of time, it would have been a lot easier to put together!! I was also pleasantly surprised to find it is actually a day bed with a separate loft addition, which was awesome, because, should my daughter ever decide she doesnt want the loft part, we dont have to toss the whole bed!!!