Bed arrived in a timely fashion. It came in 6 huge boxes and with myself and my family being very busy, needless to say these boxes sat in our front hallway for about a week before me and my husband mustered the courage to get started putting it together. Everyone told us we would not be able to put it together on our own, how it will start an argument and end in a divorce if we attempted to assemble this thing with no outside help. I even made an appointment with a task rabbit to get the job done but cancelled and ultimately decided we could do it alone. The instructions, although no words just pictures, were pretty clear and once you get in the swing of things the process is pretty self explanatory. The instructions tell you to start with the bottom, then the top and then simply put the top on the bottom and secure. We started around 9:30 at night and finished just before 1 a.m. That was just the bed itself, no stairs or under bed drawers assembly. I put the drawers together myself the following morning. Took me about an hour. The staircase came in 2 boxes which for now we have shoved under the bed (you can see one of the boxes sticking out slightly at the bottom in the photo). Since my son is still on the young side, we decided for now it's not safe to give him access to the top bunk. Once he is older and understands a little more that this bed is for sleeping and not a jungle gym, we will assemble and attach the stairs. This bed is very sturdy and beautiful and allows for so much extra space in the room. We're currently using it as a guest bed for my visiting mother in law. I am glad that we did not have a negative experience with this product or assembly.
Beautiful bed
Bed arrived in a timely fashion. It came in 6 huge boxes and with myself and my family being very busy, needless to say these boxes sat in our front hallway for about a week before me and my husband mustered the courage to get started putting it together. Everyone told us we would not be able to put it together on our own, how it will start an argument and end in a divorce if we attempted to assemble this thing with no outside help. I even made an appointment with a task rabbit to get the job done but cancelled and ultimately decided we could do it alone. The instructions, although no words just pictures, were pretty clear and once you get in the swing of things the process is pretty self explanatory. The instructions tell you to start with the bottom, then the top and then simply put the top on the bottom and secure. We started around 9:30 at night and finished just before 1 a.m. That was just the bed itself, no stairs or under bed drawers assembly. I put the drawers together myself the following morning. Took me about an hour. The staircase came in 2 boxes which for now we have shoved under the bed (you can see one of the boxes sticking out slightly at the bottom in the photo). Since my son is still on the young side, we decided for now it's not safe to give him access to the top bunk. Once he is older and understands a little more that this bed is for sleeping and not a jungle gym, we will assemble and attach the stairs. This bed is very sturdy and beautiful and allows for so much extra space in the room. We're currently using it as a guest bed for my visiting mother in law. I am glad that we did not have a negative experience with this product or assembly.