I read the reviews and saw this bedframe was difficult to put together, but diffucult is an understatement. We read the directions incredibly closely knowing that others had had problems assembling this bed, but the directions are drawings only no words so it is very hard to know which tiny predrilled hole matches up with which piece and which holes you'll have to drill yourself. Do not buy this bed unless you have all the time in the world or don't mind sleeping on a mattress on the floor while it takes you 3 days to assemble.