The bed is pretty but assembly is extremely difficult.  It took 3 of us and we are lucky we were still speaking by the time we were done. All 3 drawers needed repair which we decided to do instead of having new drawers shipped out.  Some of the holes for attaching the bed together were misaligned. Also, an allen wrench was provided as the main tool to use. You need that for the majority of the work.  Absolutely miserable to deal with considering how tight some of the spaces were. You have to hope the allen wrench stays in the screw, turn it maybe 1/4 of the way around before hitting another portion of the bed, readjust it and start over. Do this about 20 times per screw hoping you don't strip it in the process.  The good thing is, the bed does look nice when done.  We were thinking of ordering a 2nd one for another child but have decided to look for an easier option.