Pretty simple to put together. Took me about an hour. The storage doesn’t have anything to stop it from sliding back so it keeps moving but once you put some things in the storage the weight stops the drawer from moving around too much. BOX SPRING REQUIRED!!! If you don’t get a whole box spring you can get the wooden slats. But make sure to get the vertical slats, not the horizontal. Over all. Pretty nice and sturdy bead.