The bed is beautiful. However, there were some screws that came with it that were too short to work for the pieces it was intended to hold together. We went to Lowes and picked up a little longer set of screws and it worked perfectly. The bottom of one bench was broken, but we were able to fix that was well. I would not, however, recommend the assembly. They use Angi's list. The person arrived in time with his wife and 2 kids with him. he was here for about 3 hours. They left their kids in the car the whole time. I ended up giving them snacks to take to their kids because I felt bad for them. The Mom explained that the daughter, who was 4 (the other child was 3), had a broken leg for the second time and was fine in the car. They got the bed half was
way put together and left staring they were running to the store and would be right back, and yet never returned. we ended up putting the bed the rest of the way together. I would not go over the weight limit. My adult daughter, who is under the weight limit, got on the bed, and all the slats looked like they were going to break. so, if you have a larger child, you might want to pick a different bed. Otherwise I'd say it's a great purchase.