Seems a little flimsy. Definitely an aluminum type structure not anything like a heavy cast iron even though it seems expensive enough to be. Using as a master bed. It's not a total dark color, it's like a dark bronze with paint brush wipes of like a gold all over it. I guess to make it look patina... I would rather have had an all dark color. It definitely needs a bed skirt, my king mattress doesn't cover the  underneath frame support as I am not using a box spring.