First off I will say I am extremely impressed and happy with this purchase. The instructions and pieces are labeled well and go step by step. It is a total of 33 steps and it is easy to assemble. My mom and I put it together in 5 hours but my 3 year old son wanted to help, so Im sure without any distractions it would take a lot less time. The bed is sturdy and comes with an allen wrench to tighten bolts. You will also need a phillips screwdriver. No drill neededI would advise you to read ahead a few steps in the beginning because at times we had to go back and loosen bolts to add pieces from a later step. Other than that, the bed is great and my 3 year old loves it enough that he is not sleeping with my husband and I tonight I was worried it would be too high off the ground but I am 57 and it stops at the top of my stomach. I bought a 5 inch linespa memory foam mattress and it leaves plenty of space left for the railing to provide safety from falling off while sleeping. I would recommend this bedOh, but the bed is delivered in a long rectangular awkward shaped box that is extremely heavy Save your back and get some help bringing it in the house.
Awesome sturdy bed
First off I will say I am extremely impressed and happy with this purchase. The instructions and pieces are labeled well and go step by step. It is a total of 33 steps and it is easy to assemble. My mom and I put it together in 5 hours but my 3 year old son wanted to help, so Im sure without any distractions it would take a lot less time. The bed is sturdy and comes with an allen wrench to tighten bolts. You will also need a phillips screwdriver. No drill neededI would advise you to read ahead a few steps in the beginning because at times we had to go back and loosen bolts to add pieces from a later step. Other than that, the bed is great and my 3 year old loves it enough that he is not sleeping with my husband and I tonight I was worried it would be too high off the ground but I am 57 and it stops at the top of my stomach. I bought a 5 inch linespa memory foam mattress and it leaves plenty of space left for the railing to provide safety from falling off while sleeping. I would recommend this bedOh, but the bed is delivered in a long rectangular awkward shaped box that is extremely heavy Save your back and get some help bringing it in the house.