The positive is that the bed is all solid wood and putting it together it felt a world apart from the flat packed nonsense that doesn't last or becomes wobbly quickly. It did take 2 of us about 4 hours but once done it is not probably the stringest item in the house and in the event of an earthquake we will be diving underneath it. The only disappointment and the reason for the loss of a star is that rather that it isn't quite white, there is a good smooth finish to the product but all of the grain can be seen through the white paint - I imagine it had one coat airbrushed on. One more coat and it would have been a five star. But again, this is all SOLID wood, no MDF or anything weak fixings - it's designed and built to last.