This came nicely packaged, no damage at all, and with good instructions.  Though their estimated assembly time of 30 minutes seemed a little shy of reality.  The piece is nice and sturdy when assembled with good supports, but it does look like particle board furniture.  The most unfortunate issue is that the frame is larger than a full-size mattress (mattress also purchased from Ashley) so there are several inches of "extra frame" either top or bottom leaving a gap between the mattress and wall at the head area or an extension of the frame at the base well beyond the mattress.