love the way this bed looks but holy cow was it a pain to assemble. as other reviewers have said this is a two person job, you may also need power tools. we needed to drill extra screws in (we had stuff on hand but if you dont it'll require a trip to the hardware store) and maybe a saw. once it was put together i loved it, its very sturdy and after a few weeks of normal use im really happy with it. the package was also very heavy, my partner managed to drag it upstairs but if it were just me id have had to open the box and carry a piece up at a time. took maybe two hours to assemble, i included a photo of the dowels not aligning with the holes, we ended up sawing them off on one side but not the other and using a wood screw instead. for the price (we needed a cute bed on a budget) it was worth the extra effort on our parts but had i needed to do this alone or if i didnt have tools on hand it would not have been worth it.