One reviewer called this bed flimsy and yes I suppose it is a bit.  But I do like it and once the slats are in it seems pretty sturdy to me.  If only I hadn't had any instructions to follow it would have been a lot simpler to assemble.  It was as if they were trying to throw me off the scent, making a very simple assembly as complicated as possible.  Awful instructions!  One more thing:  having stated that there were "no extra tools required" to assemble the bed, at the end they require you to have a rubber mallet ... "not included".  I ask you?!