Bought this for my son and he loves it so far!  The headboard has a thick padding and the bed is sturdy and put together well!  The tan faux leather is nice and looks like real leather!  It comes with slats you can install so you don't have to use a boxspring, which is what we were wanting, so it's a true platform bed, but each slat is cut down into three's and are fitted together by plastic pieces that pop into the iron bed rails...will see how sturdy these are over time.