It took me almost 6 hours to put this together and I am pretty good at these things. One part was defective so I could  not even finish it and had to wait a week for "rush" shipment of the replacement part.  The directions are not good. Plus, there are 20 very detailed steps. Also, the headboard does not come with the photo. If I did not have  to pay return shipping on a defective product, I would have sent it all back. Not worth it!