This bed was very hard to assemble the bolts in the diagrams that connect the headboard to the box, were not long enough.  We had to get different bolts for this attachment. The internals of the headboard were also damaged and we decided to repair these instead of returning the shipment.  Once assembled, the bed looks great.  Although we did not use them, the internal box structure with the cross beams is very sturdy.  We are using this with an adjustable base (sleep number) bed.  If using for this purpose, it is very difficult to assemble the bed outside of the base.  You need to assemble the base and drop the base of the adjustable bed into the frame.  Again, it looks just like the picture and we are pleased with the look.