I absolutely love the look and feel of this bed. Not really impressed with the paint job. It looks like bronze paint got swiped on parts of it. At first I thought it might be distressed but no it's just messy. However, you really only notice it as you are assembling the bed. It hasn't bothered me since. It is metal (not iron) and mostly all of the holes lined up fine. A few took some muscle. I was worried that the stability of it was not what others had claimed but it actually is very stable and doesn't move at all. Overall for the price I would definitely recommend this bed.