It was really easy to put together, but it squeaked like crazy, so we had to put fiber washers in all the connectors. Doing that really seemed to address the noise issue. Now it is a more reasonable sound rolling over in bed.
We made upholstered headboards for it to give it a little bit more pizazz,  I think they look great!
I do recommend this bed, but a few tweaks make it really nice! A great bed for the money!