Love this bed! I put this together by myself and it took me just over an hour. All of the pieces were labeled and the instructions were pretty easy. I switched steps and put the side rails together before hooking the rails to the headboard and footboard. It just made better sense. Make sure you have a drill to screw in the rails! Also make sure you lower the supports under the rails to level the bed. There is a disk that unscrews under the foot posts to do that. The headboard is beautiful and the color is a pretty cream color. I would recommend this bed!!