Bed is sturdy and quiet upon being assembled for the first time. The hardware is well packaged and arranged  by assembly step. An extra screw for the three main screw sizes was provided but not needed. Assembly took me about 45 minutes to an hour to complete. Despite decent wrapping of most of the major metal components I found small scratches on the footboard and headboard pieces. For me these defects were minor enough to overlook, but they did cost one star in my review.