The finished product looks pretty, but there are many issues with item. The instructions are incomplete and even wrong in some steps. Part of the bed had some kind of blue ink marking. You def need a box spring. The quality of the material is subpar, and if you manually place screws (instead of using an electric screw driver) when building the drawers you will probably make visible damage to the drawers. Only reason we are not returning is that we do not have the energy to disassemble and send back.