Pleasantly surprised how nice this looks in person. Great value for the money as you could easily pay this much for headboard alone. Fabric is a light, true grey not leaning toward blue or green. It has a linen texture but without the little nubs. Bed is going in a bedroom waiting to be finished, so we have not put it together to comment on that aspect or to say how durable it will be. To keep the fabric looking new longer, we agreed before purchase that we'll use pillows to lean against when sitting in bed rather than putting our heads directly on the headboard. Just a consideration point with color and fabric of this type. Very pleased (and I'm a bit of a picky one!)