This was the first piece of furniture have put together on my own. My son usually was my go-to guy. I recently moved out of state, after selling my home and giving everything away. I started from scratch, and there was no place to buy ready made furniture. It took me three hours to put the platform bed together, but it came out great, and then I put a dining table and couch together! The foundation did come damaged. The drawers were smashed in. Mayfair sent me a completely new bed, but it also had the same damage. I donated the next one and received a partial refund. I had to use a bed skirt to cover the missing drawers. The bed looks great, and Wayfair has outstanding customer service!