Love the look of the bed! As the other reviews state, you can see the rods that hold up the headboard when looking at it from a certain angle. I don't consider it an eye sore. The bed was slightly complicated to put together from the bad pictures in the instructions. Also, I was missing some screws and washers from the set. Easy enough to find at Lowe's but was an annoynace. Overall, very happy with the bed!