LOVE the bed. HATE the slats. The slats are curved upwards and create a bouncy squishy feel--even with our firm matress. We were used to sleeping on a flat platform base. After sleeping on this bed our backs started HURTING SO BADLY. A friend was kind enough to make us wide flat slats out of plywood and we now we are sleeping like babies. I LOVE THIS BED, but if you are used to sleeping on a hard/firm surface be warded that bowed slats are not the jam!