This bed looks really great and it’s very sturdy. The fabric on the headboard feels like linen and it gives it a high end look. However, I’m giving it 3 stars because the headboard doesn’t meet the mattress and this creates a one foot gap between the mattress and headboard. If the headboard were lowered and the mattress frame moved to meet the headboard, it would solve the problem. The bed states that a box springs is not required and it suggests a 9 inch mattress and the mattress we are using is 11 inches and we still have a problem. The hole is quite large, so pillows end up going through it and you have to fish them out every day. Also, I got this bed for my young son so we have to figure out a solution so he doesn’t fall through the hole which is kind of annoying since we didn’t know about the gap before we put the bed together.