Teal color is true to picture. Its so Vibrant love it. Bed was easy to put together I did it alone by putting pieces together before starting. Hardest thing was putting the coaster on the bottoms of the drawers. Bed is high up with standard box spring and pillow top mattress. Thinking of getting a low profile box spring so my bed doesnt take of most of the headboard. Im short 55 bed comes to my waist. I always add more slates because four isnt enough. Just take a slate to home improvement store they cute them to match  perfect. Also easier to use drill to get slates to stay in place