My 19yr. old daughter loves her new bed and she put it together herself. She got the beige,it did seem a bit lighter than the pitcher. As others said,the full size one did have a couple inches of space between the matress and frame. Also,the wood slats that are meant to support the bed are very thin. Probably will need to buy extra support. She was able to use both her box springs and matress. Other than that,it's a nice bed frame.