My husband and I purchased this bed for a guest room.  [...] Having assebled similar types of furniture before, I had no difficulty following the directions and the bed went together pretty quickly and I had no difficulty doing the whole thing by myself.  I did have a problem with one of the locking connecters.  It was hard to turn and ended up cracking the particle board.  However, this does not interfere in any way with the finished appearrance or functioning of the bed.  All in all we are very very happy with this bed.