The bed itself is beautiful. I did think the headboard would be larger based on photos but thats my fault for visualizing it that way. It's high enough to match my pillows standing upright when the bed is made. I kept the bed because it wasn't a huge dealbreaker for me.

BUT the main issue I have with this platform bed after 9 months of owning it....... There is NOO support for the mattress. The wood beams bow down when you're laying/sitting on the bed. I have spend months trying to figure out why my back pain has been so severe. I put a claim in on my brand new mattress, got new mattress, only to have the same issue. When laying on the sides, you sink down, but when you lay in the middle ( where the beam is) you are supported. 

This bed is NOT a platform bed in my opinion. To be a platform bed, you have to support the mattress in place of a box spring, which this fails to do.