Love this Sleigh Bed! It compliments other wood tones throughout my room (medium oak) even though it is a much darker color. Its classy and elegant, and fairly easy to put together too. The instructions are pictures as shown above but was completed without written instructions by 2 people in about an hours time.The slats that people had mentioned in previous reviews do look a little on the not so sturdy side but hold up my full box springmattress well. There were holes drilled into the top of the slats so that we could screw them to the side panels but no pilot hold drilled into the panels, so my slats are just resting on top of them instead.All in all the bed is exactly as pictured and I am happy with what I purchased! My only complaint would be how it was delivered since I had written specific instructions for it and they were not followed.