Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I ordered this because it looked and claimed to be easy to assemble. I live alone on the third floor of a big apartment complex, the kind where humans live in their little cubby holes in a row of cubbies. I wanted to eliminate the hauling I'd have to do as much as possible, and was delighted to find some poor UPS guy had delivered the 7 ft long box directly to my door. I was doubly-delighted because I was already a bottle of wine in that evening and I'm one of those cursed with the propensity to break things, sober or not. There are pictures of 2 men lifting all over the box, clearly indicating what was expected to do the job, so of course I grabbed the box and wrestled it into my apartment all by mahself, because #feminism or whatever. I should preface the remainder of this review by explaining that I may be all of 5'4" on a good day, but I'm also a competitive bodybuilder, so I can lift things and stuff, but once the bed was indoors, things got easier. So if you're all of 5'4" and not a bodybuilder, that first part may be hard, but I believe in you. The instructions were only two pages, but I wasn't upset. I mean, lately I've seen the furniture directions where the paper is one page with 100 different pieces depicted, with all the arrows pointing to them all going together, so the instructions are literally just, "Take all the parts and put them together, then done." Those make me want to hurt someone. But these instructions made all the sense. You take the big pieces, hook them into each other, and then you already have the base done, boom. They even supply a super cute little rubber mallet to make the process easier. Of course, I didn't see that until I had man-handled all the pieces into place and was sweating out all the wine. Then you drop the slats into place, easy peasy. But then, this slip cover.... Look, my one complaint is that it came with a tag that explained which way was forward, top, etc. on the slip cover, but the thing had fallen off and was sitting sadly in my hand while I stared blankly at the slip cover, not knowing which was was up, down, or sideways. So I had another sip (swig, chug...) of wine and began wrestling that damn thing on. Now I know from experience and can warn you that if the slipcover fitting feels impossible and makes you curse the fact that society thinks that mattresses on floors is unacceptable for functioning adults, you are probably putting it on wrong. I wrestled with it in 3 different directions until the last time, it finally seemed to fit right into place, and I realized I had it right finally. Hint: The zipper zips on top. Yeah, didn't realize that the first 2 times. The legs go on way easier than expected, right through pre-cut holes in the slip cover. And then BAM. I was suddenly an adult again and no longer sleeping on the floor. So if you're wondering if this will be as easy as it claims and work for you, the answer is probably yes. I might recommend the wine to go with the experience. Particularly, a good cabernet will help get the job done. Men not required.