Very poor design that made assembly difficult. First of all, you need a drill. It does not say this in the instructions but you have to drill pilot holes for every single slat on each side and for some brackets.
Second, the few pilot holes that were already drilled were in the wrong place. When we used the pilot holes on the footboard provided for the central metal beam, they were way too low (and yes we tried rotating the footboard so they were upside down too). We had to redrill our own pilot holes higher up to make the central beam level. Even when we made the central beam perfectly level, some of the legs were still too short (despite lengthening the adjustable part).
Finally, they mislabeled the 2 long pieces connecting the head and footboard. They were labeled 10 but in the instructions were labeled 9.
All of this lead to a lot of confusion. It looks nice now, but the central legs are wobbly and some don't touch the ground so I will have to create a spacer.
Many design mistakes
Very poor design that made assembly difficult. First of all, you need a drill. It does not say this in the instructions but you have to drill pilot holes for every single slat on each side and for some brackets. Second, the few pilot holes that were already drilled were in the wrong place. When we used the pilot holes on the footboard provided for the central metal beam, they were way too low (and yes we tried rotating the footboard so they were upside down too). We had to redrill our own pilot holes higher up to make the central beam level. Even when we made the central beam perfectly level, some of the legs were still too short (despite lengthening the adjustable part). Finally, they mislabeled the 2 long pieces connecting the head and footboard. They were labeled 10 but in the instructions were labeled 9. All of this lead to a lot of confusion. It looks nice now, but the central legs are wobbly and some don't touch the ground so I will have to create a spacer.