I bought this headboard with the captains bed for myself. It was a choice I made based on the size of my bedroom. I found the directions were ok. The print was a little small and there werent any written directions, just pictures. I did find there was one error with one of the end pieces to the bed itself and had to pull out some of the pins and reverse their order from the directions. (When pulling out the aluminum pins, be careful, you can accidentally pull the particle board apart. I used a pair of needle-nosed pliers and wiggled them gently out.) I didnt like being without my box spring and with the box spring in there the shelves in the headboard were too low. So I jacked up the headboard by 7 inches and have blocks of wood under it for support. I took one of the knobs to my local paint store and they were able to match the paint color so I was able to paint the block (the one that shows) and I am also going to paint the edge of the particle board along the top of the headboard. Overall, it took me about 8 hours to do everything. I did 90% of this myself with only a little help adjusting its position after I got it put together. My biggest suggestion would be that if you end up doing this by yourself, to make sure you are putting it together where it will used. Its a bit on the heavy side with the headboard attached.
Same review for the matching headboard.
I bought this headboard with the captains bed for myself. It was a choice I made based on the size of my bedroom. I found the directions were ok. The print was a little small and there werent any written directions, just pictures. I did find there was one error with one of the end pieces to the bed itself and had to pull out some of the pins and reverse their order from the directions. (When pulling out the aluminum pins, be careful, you can accidentally pull the particle board apart. I used a pair of needle-nosed pliers and wiggled them gently out.) I didnt like being without my box spring and with the box spring in there the shelves in the headboard were too low. So I jacked up the headboard by 7 inches and have blocks of wood under it for support. I took one of the knobs to my local paint store and they were able to match the paint color so I was able to paint the block (the one that shows) and I am also going to paint the edge of the particle board along the top of the headboard. Overall, it took me about 8 hours to do everything. I did 90% of this myself with only a little help adjusting its position after I got it put together. My biggest suggestion would be that if you end up doing this by yourself, to make sure you are putting it together where it will used. Its a bit on the heavy side with the headboard attached.