I've had this bed for 6 months now and I have a love/hate relationship with it. Assembly went great until the actual installation of the slats. Holes didn't align so I drilled new ones, but the angle to drill them was pretty difficult and the wood itself for some reason was incredibly difficult to drill. Had to actually borrow my dad's impact driver to complete the task. Every 2 months or so, I have to take the mattress off and tighten up everything because the entire bed starts squeaking like crazy. So while it looks absolutely beautiful and I LOVE the channel tufting, the assembly / construction could have been better. Do note the height of this headboard though - if you are planning on using a lot of decorative pillows / shams, note that you won't see much of the headboard above those pillows.