The bed is very nice and sturdy. I bought it for a Serta iSeries king mattress. Unfortunately to the left and right of the mattress 2 inches of planks are visible on each side. Not sure if that is normal or not, but it doesn't look very good. Might try to change the mattress. It took 2.5 hours to assemble because some of the wholes weren't aligning. Please, please connect the legs to the SIDES of the bed first, rather than the headboard and end of the bed. The sides weren't aligning so those are the ones that should be connected first. This will save you a lot of time..