Pictured as shown. I use a box spring and mattress, but it does not need a box spring. I just didn’t waste perfectly good materials and I really like the height. The picture I’ve taken isn’t pretty, but hopefully helpful for anyone who is thinking about keeping their spring. 

The under bed storage was the key point in me purchasing this bed as opposed to others with a similar design. I have all kinds of stuff tucked under this bed which has about a foot of clearance underneath. That’s my suitcase in the photo. 

This is my second platform bed and I really like this one. It took about 45 minutes to put together with two people.