A very handsome headboard  with coloration exactly as appears in photo.  To get it installed to attach to our mattress frame and high enough to sit above our taller mattress was a challenge.  My husband made numerous trips to the hardware store for bolts and the big box store for materials to creatively raise the base more than 5 inches.  Otherwise, our mattress would have hung over at the foot of the bed and taken up floor space too. Given the reasonable price and the high end look, the work was worth the result. if we'd had a lower profile mattress, installation would have been easier.  4 stars only because of installation challenge