This was NOT easy to assemble. Even with two people it was a task. We counted all of our pieces prior to assembling the bed but what we missed was that there are two pieces that are nearly identical but a select few have screw holes. We were missing those and received the ones that don’t attach but just rest inside the holes. Additionally, some of the pieces were rusty on the inside. My husband and I kept saying, “ well maybe it’ll be more sturdy once it’s all together...” NOPE. now that it’s been up for a few weeks we find ourselves having to go around tightening bolts all over again because they are willing their way out. The only reason I’m giving it two stars is because customer service was helpful with the missing pieces. I would definitely not buy this again.Perfect for kids. We use it for a 10,9 and 8 year old. Kinda squeaky but for the value it’s expected. Kids love it. Building it was a little complicated some of the pieces were hard to fit together due to the way they are made. (Extra metal or plastic) but we used our own tools to fix it.Very good bed. Good on space if you have multiple kids like us and a smaller house. Was easy to assemble and took maybe 2 hours tops.There has to be a better design than this! Trying to assemble all the support rods is about the biggest pain in the whole world. The instructions seem like they could have been reordered for an easier assembly. Don’t try to do it by yourself. You will hate you life and everyone in it.