I have to say that I was really surprised at the quality of a bed that gets shipped to you in ONE box. It was perfectly and carefully packaged and the instructions were very easy to follow. I put it together myself in a couple hours (with the help of a 2 year old...). The quality was also a huge surprise, it's excellent! Looks high end and fashionable. In darker lights it can look grey but it's a lovely dark green linen. My one caveat is that the platform that holds the mattress is at the top of the rails so your mattress doesn't 'nestle' into the frame. Because of this you sit much higher than expected with a platform bed. I used a standard queen mattress without the boxspring. This causes you to see less of the upholstered headrest of the bed. Still really great purchase that I would recommend to others!