The result is beautiful. It feels sturdy, looks high end, and is the perfect combination of fem/masculine vibes. This is definitely not a quick assembly, definitely needs at least 2 people for a king/cal king size which is the size we got. It took us less than two hours. There is a part at the end that says optional but you need to make sure to read this before a full assembly because you won’t be able to do this option without premarking it. The other thing that was an issue was one of the holes was drilled two wide/deep so we couldn’t even use the necessary bolt.