My kids love their new bed. Very strong bed and absolutely beautiful. Assembly was not complicated, but took some time. I gave it a four star instead of five only because we assembled the ladder as shown in the picture, and it was very hard for me to get up and down because there is no proper grasp. But my kids don't have a problem with the ladder, so I guess it's fine for kids. And also because the trundle is stand alone. It just slides under the bed; it is not attached to the bed. I would have preferred if it was attached, but I can live with it this way. The upside to this is that it makes cleaning under the bed easy because we can pull the trundle all the way out to sweep under the bed. Definitely love this bed though and would recommend it to my friends.