This bed is beautiful and sturdy.  If you like the photos, you'll love the bed.  Delivery was fast and courteous.

If you are not a savant at following directions, however, you might just want to spend the extra money to have the delivery team assemble it.  

The directions are so minimal and counterintuitive that I finally gave up them completely and just figured out how the bed was assembled by comparing to a the photo of the completed bed itself.  

Once you know what you're doing, the entire thing can be assembled in under an hour easy.  You may be able to do it yourself, but it is quite a bit easier with a helper.