This bed is beautiful, but the slats do not provide adequate support. The center beam is made of a light wood and doesn’t extend the full length of the bed because of the drawer at the foot of the bed. So there is a foot supporting the center beam where it stops, about 3/4 down the bed, and there is a foot under the center beam near the headboard, the center beam safe between the two and all of the slats flex down with it when someone lies in the bed. I’m going to have to add extra support, but really it needs new, stronger slats and a whole new *metal* center beam.