It arrived much sooner than the expected delivery date. Although there was a mishap with the delivery, I recieved the actual headboard a couple days later than the platform, but it was an honest mistake from the delivery guy... He got it to me immediately though. The bed, I LOOOOOVE IT!!! It was super easy to asemble, between my husband and myself we built it in less tgan an hour. The gray is super neutral wich I love! The platfor made my bed a but higher than it was before wich Was a nice surprise