Wasn't home when my husband put it together, he said it took less than an hour and it wasn't hard. We love the bed! I liked that the headboard wings came down to the side, so that you didn't see the headboard post as in some of the Upholstered headboards online. The only minor, and we have an older mattress, is it is a little low.  We also have to tuck the comforter in to the sides as it doesn't sit well at the wings, but it makes for a crisper bed look.