We love the headboard height, but the base as others have mentioned is very low. We used a 12” box spring and it’s still a bit low for us. The color is NOT BROWN. It’s more like a grey tweed with a bit of brown undertone and much darker than the pics. Materials are lightweight. It seems decently made, but we’ve only had it up for a week. The build took my husband and I around 30 minutes. Do make sure to adjust the height on the Middle support legs before adding box and mattress. We had a rattle and bounce until we did.