I bought this as I was looking for an upholstered headboard that was in my price range. After reading the reviews about the headboard being hard to put together I decided to buy it anyway and I'm very glad I did!! The instructions are completely pictures but I feel that as long as you have common sense you can figure it out and I had it put together within 30 minutes. It looks wonderful in my bedroom and is exactly the piece I was looking for. The color of the headboard is much more linen than in the picture.