Putting it together took longer than anticipated. Start to finish 4 hours with 2 people. Instructions were clear and depictions easy to relate to the real thing. The only negative was that throughout the instructions the screw size was never mentioned. You had to look at the picture and guess if it was a small, medium or large screw that you needed to use.  We had to unscrew a few times and use a different size to make it work. But the bed looks great, more expensive than what I paid.