Bought this headboard on sale for a good price.  It did look very different in person--the velvet is more like shiny, crushed velvet, which is not the look I was going for. Its also a darker gray than it appeared in the stock photos.   In addition, I didnt check the close-up pictures carefully enough, as the buttons turned out to be very big rhinestone-type things--eek!   Ill salvage it by doing a DIY re-cover job.